Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Reviews
Dann M
Super Reviewer
April 28, 2013
One of the greatest comedies of the '80s, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is most triumphant. The story follows two high school seniors who are about to fail their history class, until they receive a time machine from the future to help them pass their final. Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, and George Carlin lead the cast, and give great performances. Additionally, the comedy is irresistibly hilarious and over-the-top. And, the soundtrack is wickedly awesome. A wyld and crazy goofball comedy, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is outrageously funny. "Party on dudes!"
April 7, 2013
Another one of my favorites growing up, but it's just not that funny to me anymore.
March 30, 2013
Next to Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back To The Future, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter make a perfect time-travel duo in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
March 26, 2013
This movie is smarter than one would expect. This is the role that basically characterizes Keanu Reeves' entire persona, and he's actually pretty darn great. He and Winter are a natural pair, and casting George Carlin as their time-traveling mentor seems bizarrely inspired. Not everything works (The Napoleon bits, in particular, were never all that funny to me), but it's clever and fun, and history buffs will get a kick out of it. It also has maybe my favorite poster tagline ever: "History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell." Genius.
October 7, 2006
Enjoyable but Dumb. It really is a brainless, but cute, exercise in a scenario where you find a time travelling machine that does help you prepare for your history presentation for class. I can't help but ask myself hundreds of snobby, (un)necessary, analytical questions. If these two suck at history, and are so obviously stupid, is history the only course they are doing? No mathematics, science, art at San Dimas High? The historical figures barely get any character and are somewhat lame, but charming enough to get me through the movie. The Time travelling aspect itself is not that well thought out. I want to make it clear, I like this movie, I make it a tradition to try and watch it every couple of years, but it would have benefited from being shorter, or just from being better written. There are laughs and fun memories, but honestly, Napoleon Bonaparte's discovery of the Water Slider will always stay with me, because it truly makes me wonder: Have these important figures from history truly missed out on the "EXCELLENT!" opportunities of life such as the Water Parks of San Dimas?
March 7, 2013
What they don't know is that if they flunk, it will change the history of the entire planet in a most heinous way.
With help from a time traveler from the future named "Rufus" (stand-up comic George Carlin), the two go throughout the past in a time machine designed to look like a public telephone booth. However, "Rufus" leaves the two to take their most excellent adventure on their own.
The two go to various points in time and abduct some famous figures from history. And they do it in a fun way for not only their lunkhead selves, but the fun of the audience as well.
Most of the fictional cast is not as defined as the two title characters. The historical cast requires some knowledge of history -- so, I suggest that you do a little studying before seeing the movie because the historical characters aren't written entirely accurate. However, they are written, by design, in a comical way.
Some of the historical characters do not speak English, which creates some pretty good comedic moments. There are also other comedic moments throughout the film that will make you laugh out loud, but you won't bust a gut.
The time travel effects don't hold up in the 17 years since the film's release in 1989. They are interesting, but nothing spectacular like CGI could create these days.
Another problem with this movie is that "Bill" (Winter) and "Ted" (Reeves) do not spend enough time in the time periods they visit. This is because there are just too many historical figures to deal with. Some of them just appear in the film and are kidnapped by "Bill" and "Ted" without any character development. This also hampers the romance storyline between the two title characters and the "Princess Babes" (Diane Franklin and Kimberley LaBelle), not to mention the character development of the two ladies.
Though not an outrageously funny movie, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is fun enough for a fun movie night at home with the family.
Two bonehead California high school students (Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves) are going to flunk out of school. Because of their grades, which rides on their grade on an oral report for History class, they might never live their dream of a hit band called Wyld Stalyns.
What they don't know is that if they flunk, it will change the history of the entire planet in a most heinous way.
With help from a time traveler from the future named "Rufus" (stand-up comic George Carlin), the two go throughout the past in a time machine designed to look like a public telephone booth. However, "Rufus" leaves the two to take their most excellent adventure on their own.
The two go to various points in time and abduct some famous figures from history. And they do it in a fun way for not only their lunkhead selves, but the fun of the audience as well.
Most of the fictional cast is not as defined as the two title characters. The historical cast requires some knowledge of history -- so, I suggest that you do a little studying before seeing the movie because the historical characters aren't written entirely accurate. However, they are written, by design, in a comical way.
Some of the historical characters do not speak English, which creates some pretty good comedic moments. There are also other comedic moments throughout the film that will make you laugh out loud, but you won't bust a gut.
The time travel effects don't hold up in the 17 years since the film's release in 1989. They are interesting, but nothing spectacular like CGI could create these days.
Another problem with this movie is that "Bill" (Winter) and "Ted" (Reeves) do not spend enough time in the time periods they visit. This is because there are just too many historical figures to deal with. Some of them just appear in the film and are kidnapped by "Bill" and "Ted" without any character development. This also hampers the romance storyline between the two title characters and the "Princess Babes" (Diane Franklin and Kimberley LaBelle), not to mention the character development of the two ladies.
Though not an outrageously funny movie, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is fun enough for a fun movie night at home with the family.
Tyler H.
March 1, 2013
A great film. An 80s classic and an indispensable comedy. A personal favorite. If you haven't seen it, do so. It will not disappoint
rodjeckrich
February 26, 2013
A childhood gem that I still love..Too many great jokes..I always loved the mall scene. Napoleon at the waterpark was good as was the whole Bob Genhis Kahn, Dennis Freud, Herman the Kid, Maxine of Arc, Socrates Johnson scene..I wish shitty ass Munster High School has a cool presentation like the one at the end.
February 24, 2013
Classic! I still love the montage of the historical people going through the mall.
December 15, 2006
This is a really fun comedy. This is the role Keanu Reeves is born to play. Reeves is very good in the role and Alex Winter also is great here. George Carlin is also good in a supporting role in this movie. The script is a lot of fun, it playfully references a lot of historical figures.
