Stephen Herek
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Stephen Herek
Like, radical, dude—but not nearly as funny as it should be, even though it was a box-office hit. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are a pair of dim Valley boys, whose life is made heinous by a school history project. Enter George Carlin as a futuristic dude with a time-traveling phone booth. So Bill and Ted go back in time to round up a gang of historical figures (Socrates, Joan of Arc) to bring back for their presentation. Abe Lincoln at the mall? That’s about as witty as it gets, rendering this the kind of comedy that gives teenaged audiences a bad name.…
