Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 1989

Chris Willman, Los Angeles Times: Make no mistake, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is not a satire of mindlessness; it's unabashed glorification of dumbness for dumbness' sake. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: Though its one-liners elicit the occasional chortle -- when Bill and Ted don medieval armor, there's an obligatory heavy-metal joke -- the film doesn't engage, because its heroes don't engage with the historical characters. Read more

Vincent Canby, New York Times: A painfully inept comedy. Read more

Colette Maude, Time Out: This 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. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Reeves, with his beguilingly blank face and loose-limbed, happy-go-lucky physical vocabulary, and Winter, with his golden curls, gleefully good vibes and 'bodacious' vocabulary, propel this adventure as long as they can. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: More than anything, the picture looks paltry and undernourished. Even the warts on Lincoln's face look slapped on. Read more