Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

  • 81% of critics liked it
    (37 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (351,443 ratings)

With only a few days before their high-school graduation, it looks like airheaded rock star wannabes Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are doomed to flunk all their finals. The boys' long-suffering teacher (Bernie Casey) gives them one more chance. If they can ace a presentation on the… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon
Genres
Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Feb 17, 1989 Wide
On DVD
Dec 4, 2001
Orion Pictures Corporation

Critic Reviews

  • , Variety

    Reeves, with his beguilingly blank face and loose-limbed, happy-go-lucky physical vocabulary, and Winter, with his golden curls, gleefully good vibes and 'bodacious' vocabulary, propel this adventure as long as they can.

  • , Time Out

    This is extremely silly, good natured, superficial stuff; a lot depends on whether you take to Bill and Ted's unique lingo (which contorts surfers' expressions) and their gormless behaviour.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    A painfully inept comedy.

  • Hal Hinson, Washington Post

    More than anything, the picture looks paltry and undernourished. Even the warts on Lincoln's face look slapped on.

  • Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

    still relateable today

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  • KJ P


    The chemistry between Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter is terrific, as they are two carefree high school seniors who are given the opportunity to travel back in time in order to pass their history assignment and stay together in order to become the greatest rock band in history, as they… More

  • Jeff "


    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a fun, brainless and entertaining comedy. The film surrounds two metalheads that happen to almost graduate, but unfortunately they are about to fail unless they pass a final history presentation. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is… More

  • Jim C


    I actually enjoyed this movie, even if it was boring. It was funny, idiotic, and mostly cliche jokes, but it was still good.

  • AJ V


    Excellent! Okay, this movie isn't totally excellent, but it is really good. It's funny and full of adventure and teenage fun. It's goofy and silly, but in a good way.

  • Conner R


    One of the many classic 80s adventures. This has one of Keanu Reeves' most most memorable and hilarious characters, but that is not to say that Bill isn't a vital part of this movie too. It's just such a kooky premise that would only work in the context of when it was… More

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