Al Leong, Alex Winter, Amy Stock-Poynton

Two seemingly dumb teens struggle to prepare a historical presentation with the help of a time machine.

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Stephen Herek

Release Date: February 17, 1989

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DVD Release Date: December 4, 2001

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  • September 21, 2009
    Excellent bit of early 90?s (late 80?s if you?re going to be pedantic) fun.
  • July 18, 2009
    About on par with the sequel. The effects for the time are very good, its not as funny as the sequel and aimed at teens but it still works on all levels. The whole story is very original and it just works so well, even today, the soundtrack was good too. Napoleon steals the show ...( read more)in this one haha
  • May 29, 2009
    Billy the Kid: Not bad, eh, Socrates? Where are we, dude?
    Bill: England, 15th century.
    Ted: We are in most excellent shape for our report.
    Bill: Yeah, all we need is one more speaker from medieval.
    Billy the Kid: Excellent.
    Bill: Billy, you are dealing with the oddity of time tra...( read more)vel with the greatest of ease.

    A time travel movie starring two idiots that is a lot smarter than it probably should be, but it's not a bad thing.

    Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter star as Bill and Ted, two slackers more concerned with getting their talentless band off the ground than finishing high school. Little do they know that the future depends on these two staying together to make excellent music, so with the help from a friend in the future, Rufus played by George Carlin, the two are given a time machine in the form of a phone booth in order to go back in time and borrow a number of famous figures for their final history report.

    There are so many ways to look at this out of spite, but that is not fun at all and that is what this movie is about, having fun. So look past what doesn't make sense and aim for what really matters - two dudes traveling through time and interacting in these various places. Add to that some time travel logic that is actually fairly solid and different from Back to the Future in terms of its rules, giving it some originality.

    This is just a fun and fast paced movie, and to me, that is excellent.

    Abraham Lincoln: Fourscore and...
    [looks at his pocket watch]
    Abraham Lincoln: seven minutes ago... we, your forefathers, were brought forth upon a most excellent adventure conceived by our new friends, Bill... and Ted. These two great gentlemen are dedicated to a proposition which was true in my time, just as it's true today. Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
  • January 10, 2009
    SAN DIMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!!

    Childhood classic, grew up on this shit shit shit shit bodacious shit!!!!!!!!
  • June 18, 2008
    Best acting Keanu has ever done.
  • November 15, 2009
    EXCELLENT! So many great one liners from this movie, and this really threw Keanu Reeves into the big time. To be honest it's the first time I've actually seen him act. That's probably a little bit harsh, but true. But Bill and Ted is an indisputable classic of the 80s, if under-a...( read more)ppreciated.
  • November 15, 2009
    What a fun film

    Contains spoilers.
    This tells the story of two boys on a adventure they go to water loo and have plenty of fun.Their father isn't too nice to them but that doesn't stop them from having fun.Their father locked people behind bars and the two boys tricked their ...( read more)father and stole is keys so they could get everyone out from behind bars.

    This film is very good and is well delivered.I was impressed by some of the acting performances and I loved the story.The thing I liked about this was it was fun,entertaining and it didn't take itself too seriously.This film wasn't messed up and it didn't have a dull moment.

    Overall this film was great and I highly reccomend this one.
  • October 27, 2009
    Comercial! or stupid :|
  • October 22, 2009
    I loved this movie growing up.
  • October 20, 2009
    a fun flick and also great on historian humour

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