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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Directed by Stephen Herek · 1989 ·

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Answer Summary: Is Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure worth watching?

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) earns a 69% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure?

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

69%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

81% Critic Score
75% Audience
50 Metascore
★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.5
6.9 IMDb /10
Runtime
1h 30m
Cast
Keanu Reeves , Alex Winter , George Carlin , Terry Camilleri , Dan Shor , Tony Steedman , Rod Loomis , Al Leong , Jane Wiedlin , Robert V. Barron
Language
English

Where to watch

Not confirmed on any major streaming platform yet — check local listings.

Why this score?

  • Majority of critics rated it fresh (81%).
  • General viewers mostly liked it (75%).
  • Celluloid Score 69% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

  • Short runtime — easy weeknight watch

Not ideal for

  • Viewers who only watch top-tier, 90%+ rated films

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Is Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure worth watching?

Yes — Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure earns a 69% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

Be excellent to each other — Reeves’ Ted helped invent a time-travel comedy that still defines his early persona.

Celluloid Critics Consensus

Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

What is Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure about?

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

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