Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Film198990 min

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Taste attributes: adventurecomedyscience fictionmusic/danceanimalsfastfresh & originallightimaginarysimpleglossyemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashself destruction/implosionunlikely connections

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"History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell."

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, pacy sci-fi film: breezy and inventive. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

all consuming questcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashself destruction/implosionunlikely connections

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Keanu ReevesAlex WinterGeorge CarlinRobert V. BarronTerry Camilleri

Details

Genre
Adventure
Year
1989
Runtime
90 min
Status
Released
Studio
Orion Pictures
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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