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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Reviewed by Steve Simels | Jan 10, 1992

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EW's GRADE

Details Rated: PG; Genres: Comedy, Fantasy; With: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter; Distributor: MGM

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, the sequel to 1989's Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is consistently funny on a sort of addled-Three Stooges level. The plot is flimsy (evil-robot doubles of Val-speaking Bill and Ted go back in time to change history), but the big comic riffs are often inspired — a trip to hell that prompts Bill to note, ''We've been totally lied to by our album covers,'' for example. And Winter and Reeves are, well, frighteningly believable as the out-of-it postadolescent heroes. Besides, any teen comedy that parodies Bergman's The Seventh Seal (the heroes play Twister, rather than chess, with Death) is worth a rental. B

Originally posted Jan 10, 1992 Published in issue #100 Jan 10, 1992 Order article reprints

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