Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989 · Movie · PG · 90 min · ★ 6.8 · 67% critics
Two laid-back high school friends are on the verge of failing history, which could split them up and derail their dreams of starting a band. When a traveler from the future arrives with a time machine, they race through the past to recruit famous figures and pull together an unforgettable class presentation in the present.
Also known as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-02-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (2,100 votes)
- Box office
- $40,485,039
- Budget
- $10,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a light, silly time-travel comedy with a warm, upbeat vibe and lots of quotable moments; Not for you if you need tight logic or big stakes like Back to the Future Part II.
Pros: goofy, big-hearted fun; memorable quotes and gags; likable buddy chemistry | Cons: thin story stakes; uneven humor; some episodes drag
Themes
- jealousy
- school presentation
- journey in the past
- time travel
- heavy metal
- socrates
- past
- napoleon bonaparte
- rhinoceros
- world peace
- best friend
Cast & crew
Keanu Reeves
as Ted 'Theodore' Logan
Alex Winter
as Bill S. Preston
George Carlin
as Rufus
Terry Camilleri
as Napoleon
Dan Shor
as Billy the Kid
Tony Steedman
as Socrates
Rod Loomis
as Freud
Al Leong
as Genghis Khan
Jane Wiedlin
as Joan of Arc
Robert V. Barron
as Abraham Lincoln
Directed by Stephen Herek