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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 36
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Critic Reviews: 7
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Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey find the two obtuse pals battling The Grim Reaper, God, robots, great philosophical questions, and girls -- although not necessarily in that order. In this loose parody of the Terminator movies, directed by Peter Hewitt, the ultimate has happened -- at Bill and Ted University of the future, for many years now the people of the world have been "excellent to each other." But fed-up with Bill and Ted's peaceful world and even more fed up with heavy metal, the evil De

PG, 1 hr. 38 min.

Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Peter Hewitt , Alex Winter

Written By: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon

In Theaters: Jul 19, 1991 Wide

On DVD: Dec 4, 2001

MGM Home Entertainment

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Cast

Keanu Reeves
Ted "Theodore" Logan
Alex Winter
Bill S. Preston / Evil ...
Bill Sadler
Grim Reaper
Joss Ackland
DeNomolos
Pam Grier
Ms. Wardroe
George Carlin
Rufus
Amy Stock-Poynton
Missy
Jim Martin
Sir James Martin
Hal Landon Jr.
Captain Logan
Annette Azcuy
Elizabeth
Chelcie Ross
Colonel Oats
Robert Noble
Bach
Tim "Herb" Alexander
Primus
Tom Allard
Big Station
Roy Brocksmith
Deputy James
Ed Cambridge
George Washington Carve...
David Carrera
Ted Double
Michael Chambers
Good Robot Bill
Les Claypool
Primus
John Ehrin
Albert Einstein
Bruno "Taco" Falcon
Good Robot Ted
Terry Finn
Heavenly Greeter
Don Forney
Benjamin Franklin
Ed Gale
Station
Arturo Gil
Station
Tad Horino
Confucius
Eleni Kelakos
Ria Paschelle
Larry Lalonde
Primus
Max Magenta
Smoker
J. Patrick McNamara
Mr. Preston
Jeff Miller
Bill Double
Tanya Newbould
Kate Axelrod
Dennis Ott
Carol Rosenthal
4th Seance Member
Brendan Ryan Barrett
Young Ted
Anthony Schmidt
Dark Figure
Valerie Spencer
2nd Seance Member
William Thorne
Young Bill
Sarah Trigger
Joanna
Taj Mahal
Gatekeeper
Chris Matheson
"Ugly" Seance Member
William Shatner
James T. Kirk
Ed Solomon
"Stupid" Seance Member
Kathryn Miller
3rd Seance Member
Karen Rea
Dana Stevens
1st Seance Member
Kenau Reeves
William Sadler

Critic Reviews for Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

All Critics (37) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (20) | Rotten (17) | DVD (11)

[The] filmmakers might have gotten more mileage if they'd rooted their adventure a bit more in reality.

June 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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A riot of visual invention and weird humor that works on its chosen sub-moronic level, and on several others as well...

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

It's hard not to appreciate two guys who can invest a cry of "Whoa!" with such pure ecstasy and who think that Joan of Arc is Noah's wife.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

Funnier and livelier than the original.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

A masterpiece of stupid.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Hal Hinson

Washington Post

Top Critic

An anarchic motion picture, but reveals triumphant originality -- a sublime daredevil of a film that authentically assumes a great deal of risk. Not many sequels can lay claim to that.

July 20, 2011 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

Slackers meet Satan in not-quite-so-excellent adventure.

December 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Joly Herman

Common Sense Media

Mostly disappointing results.

June 23, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Has there ever been a more perfect role for Keanu Reeves than floppy-haired, dim-brained high school slacker Ted "Theodore" Logan?

December 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star

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Phil Villarreal

Arizona Daily Star

For those who appreciate dude-speak and bozo humor, this is a very funny film.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

...the various elements that made Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure such an unexpected delight are almost entirely absent here.

July 16, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

awash in weird humor and outlandish gags

April 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Keith Breese

Filmcritic.com

strained but goofy fun

July 11, 2004 Comment

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Its best moments make up for its more mediocre ones.

June 29, 2004 Comment

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

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After the terrific Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, we have this sequel that is just as good as the original. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reprise their roles as Bill & Ted. This sequel has a good story; some laugh out loud moments and is very entertaining. This is a well made comedy that is very good. Considering

October 16, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

Not as good as the first movie, but it is somewhat interesting and entertaining.

September 6, 2010

AJ Verser

Super Reviewer

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