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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyDelightfull time-travel comedy.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThere are multiple reasons why Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is such an entertaining movie even now, but the biggest is that Matheson, Solomon, and director Stephen Herek found the perfect Bill and Ted in Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, two young actors with just the right boyish energy.
- 60EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanAn insanely effective no-brainer of a film, sparkling with a simple charm and energy rarely witnessed this side of illegal substances.
- 60Time OutTime OutThis 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.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineHas an intangibly charming goofiness about it that is somehow endearing: here is a movie about teenagers that contains no excessive profanity, no drug references, and no explicit sexual activity.
- 50Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonIf the director, Stephen Herek, has any talent for comedy, it's not visible here.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenEverything Reeves has done since always has the whiff of "Ted" about it. Party on, dudes.
- 30The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyMeant to be funny, but it only swells the sinus passages. It is a painfully inept comedy.
- 25USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkWow, dudes. Pu-trid. (1989 February 20, p.4D)