Amazon.com video review:
Like, radical, dude--but not nearly as funny as it should be,
even though it was a box-office hit. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are a pair
of dim Valley boys, whose life is made heinous by a school history
project. Enter George Carlin as a futuristic dude with a time-traveling
phone booth. So Bill and Ted go back in time to round up a gang of
historical figures (Socrates, Joan of Arc) to bring back for their
presentation. Abe Lincoln at the mall? That's about as witty as it gets,
rendering this the kind of comedy that gives teenaged audiences a
bad name. --Marshall Fine
