Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

PG

1991

1 hr. 38 min.

Comedy

List

55%

53 Reviews

Tomatometer

56%

100,000+ Ratings

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Amiable slackers Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos (Joss Ackland), a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper (William Sadler) to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.

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Critics Consensus

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey has the same stars -- and cheerfully wacky sense of humor -- as its predecessor, but they prove a far less effective combination the second time around.

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Johnson C

There was nearly no time travel. It was very disappointing. We liked the melvins.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/24

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Ian S

This is probably the best in the franchise by adding death, little Bill, and little Ted and without this film Bill and ted face the music wouldn't be half as good and sure it doesn't have Bill and ted time traveling it is replaced with some of the best jokes in the trilogy.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/13/23

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Evan G

I thought Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey was just as good as the first one.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/04/23

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Timothy D

Still insanely cheesy without losing too much charm, the second Bill and Ted has the same appeal as the first, except this time it goes to hell instead of the past.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Josh G

Strange bizarre and uncannily funny, This is a wonderful and worthy follow up to the og dude bro classic. Keanu reeves was born to act as dude bro in this and every film he graces, Alex winter is awesome and the music is sick and gnarly. What a bogauis time.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/23/23

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DJ W

Look, i love these movies, but this one is EASILY THE WORST IN THE TRILOGY. Still worth a watch tho.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/15/23

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Peter Hewitt

Director

Keanu Reeves

Ted

Alex Winter

Bill

William Sadler

Grim Reaper

Joss Ackland

De Nomolos

Pam Grier

Ms. Wardroe

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Carrie Rickey

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Once Bill and Ted get out of hell, though, their film loses it -- in more ways than one.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 29, 2016

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John Hartl

Seattle Times

Reeves and Winter are clearly having a wonderful time. The enthusiasm is contagious.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 29, 2016

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Michael Wilmington

Los Angeles Times

In almost every respect, Bogus Journey is better than the original: more imaginative, more opulent, wilder and freer, more excitingly visualized.

Jul 29, 2016

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

With its greater resources, the film enjoys more sets, more props, and more computer animation - none of which increases the quality or the entertainment value.

Rated: 4/10

Jan 2, 2022

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Kevin A. Ranson

MovieCrypt.com

Having an actual bad guy changes the dynamic to something less fun and more serious... but the inclusion of Death as a wild card provides a new too-serious foil for Bill and Ted to happily torment.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 1, 2020

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

An extraordinary grab bag of conceits and jokes, unified only in that Winters and Reeves treat everything with the same effortless merriment and slacker philosophy.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 24, 2020

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Synopsis

Amiable slackers Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos (Joss Ackland), a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper (William Sadler) to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.

Director: Peter Hewitt
Screenwriter: Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon
Production Co: Interscope Communications, Nelson Entertainment
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $38.0M
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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