Bill & Ted Face the Music

Name: Bill & Ted Face the Music
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Music
Released: August 28, 2020
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Alex Winter, Amy Stock-Poynton, Anthony Carrigan, Beck Bennett, Brigette Lundy-Paine

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Orion Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): August 28, 2020 | PG-13

Starring: Alex Winter, Amy Stock-Poynton, Anthony Carrigan, Beck Bennett, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Erinn Hayes, Hal Landon Jr., Holland Taylor, Jayma Mays, Jillian Bell, Keanu Reeves, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving, Scott Mescudi, William Sadler

Summary: When we last met Bill and Ted they were time-traveling teenagers trying to pass history class and win the battle of the bands. Once prophesized to save the universe with their rock and roll, middle age and the responsibilities of family have caught up with these two best friends who have not yet fulfilled their destiny. They’ve writtenWhen we last met Bill and Ted they were time-traveling teenagers trying to pass history class and win the battle of the bands. Once prophesized to save the universe with their rock and roll, middle age and the responsibilities of family have caught up with these two best friends who have not yet fulfilled their destiny. They’ve written thousands of tunes, but they have yet to write a good one, much less the greatest song ever written. With the fabric of time and space tearing around them, a visitor from the future warns our heroes that only their song can save life as we know it. Out of luck and fresh out of inspiration, Bill and Ted set out on a time travel adventure to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe as we know it. Together with the aid of their daughters, a new crop of historical figures, and some sympathetic music legends, Bill and Ted find much, much more than just a song.… Expand

Director: Dean Parisot

Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Music

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 91 min

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Richard Whittaker

Aug 27, 2020

With a story built around the need to bring everyone, all the oddballs and weirdos and lost friends and new friends together with peace, understanding, and a lack of judgement, maybe now is the time we really, truly need Bill & Ted. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Aug 27, 2020

The film is weightless and super-goofy — a blissed-out air balloon of nostalgia. It zips right along, it makes you smile and chortle, it’s a surprisingly sweet-spirited love story. Read full review

Brian Truitt

Aug 27, 2020

While Face the Music is best when you don’t think about it too hard, it's also a movie that knows exactly what it is and doesn’t bother to have an insincere moment. Read full review

Jim Vejvoda

Aug 27, 2020

Bill & Ted Face the Music is a pleasant escape for the quarantine-stricken, a sweet and entertaining romp that defies expectations by largely recapturing what worked about the series so many years later. Read full review

Oliver Jones

Aug 27, 2020

They came in fleeting glances, befuddled smiles and odd-timed pauses that the iconic pair share with each other before the movie shuffles them from one frenzied and inconsequential story beat to the next. In such stolen moments, you sense the depth of a friendship so profoundly felt and so deeply comforting that you think to yourself, I would follow these guys anywhere. Read full review

Empire Al Horner

Aug 28, 2020

Reeves and Winter look like they’re having a blast getting the band back together in a fun but forgettable time-travelling comedy. Neither bodacious nor bogus. Read full review

Johnny Oleksinski

Aug 27, 2020

This whole half-baked sequel is a forced exercise, willed into being by the so-called “Keanussance” — society’s renewed love affair with Reeves. He’s a nice guy and a decent actor, but he’s made a lame movie. It’ll let down even hardcore fans. Read full review

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7Silver7

Aug 28, 2020

A most excellent movie indeed It’s amazing to see how a movie from 30 years ago can be sculpted into something still fun and enjoyable for the audience of today

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Johnsnow27

Aug 29, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A Good classic reboot of the old bill and Ted movies, all the negative 1 and 0 ratings are just kids probably aged 12 and are totally wrong which is sad because they can’t actually get the movie… Expand

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DragonMan85

Sep 10, 2020

Sometimes, I like to go to a high end steakhouse and buy a big fat medium cooked eye fillet, covered in a sweet garlic sauce, and topped with king prawns. I will usually wash it all down with a glass of very expensive whiskey that has a very unique and complex finish...
Aaaaaand other times,Sometimes, I like to go to a high end steakhouse and buy a big fat medium cooked eye fillet, covered in a sweet garlic sauce, and topped with king prawns. I will usually wash it all down with a glass of very expensive whiskey that has a very unique and complex finish...
Aaaaaand other times, I really just want a cheeseburger and a beer.
Bill and Ted are that cheeseburger and beer.
And if you go into a burger house expecting a rib eye and expensive whiskey, of course you are going to be disappointed.
It isn't a movie that requires a deep plot and emotive scenes in the rain.
It is a harmless flick about friendship, music, and the childhood dreams of ours that never really leave us, no matter how old we are. Bill and Ted were like two dumb puppies, that no matter how many times they run into the wall, you can't help but shake your head and laugh.
Now, they are grown up into big dumb scooby-doo dogs, and you get to watch them and their puppies run into walls together.
I am sure Keanu could be doing blockbusters right now, but he wanted to do this instead. This was an ultimate fan service movie meant as a thank you gift for the old fans.
I have read some weird reviews saying things like "This movie is trying to be politically correct, like calling girls princesses instead of babes".
Well... that is because the girls ARE princesses, duh. And I didn't notice any other political agenda in there. Some people don't really don't like women in movies that don't just get tied up by the bad guys.
I watched B&T growing up and I can't thank everyone involved enough for letting me step into their world one last time. Me and the Mrs both walked our with charmed smiles on our faces. Great job guys!… Expand

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theredsky

Sep 5, 2020

Not objectively very good but like the previous entry, enjoyable none the less. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter may not be giving very good performances here but their chemistry with each other is excellent none the less. They still have that electricity they both shared with each other fromNot objectively very good but like the previous entry, enjoyable none the less. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter may not be giving very good performances here but their chemistry with each other is excellent none the less. They still have that electricity they both shared with each other from back in 1989 and 1991. Unfortunately, George Carlin passed away in 2008 and his absence in this film, aside from a hologram cameo, really made me make this film the worst of the three. They keep mentioning his character and it makes you miss him. All the other performances here are fine and the two actresses who portrayed Bill and Ted’s daughters did a great job at acting like their Dad’s. The plot itself is fine. It’s engaging for the one or two of the time jumps but after that it becomes very repetitive. I really enjoyed the ending though. It was obvious that there was a lot of passion that went into this and it paid off with a beautiful concert. Although the actual ending is weird though. They finish the concert and then there’s two lines of narration and that’s it. It just ends. It feels like they were going to add something else but they just forgot to. The visual effects are definitely a step up from the previous two films but I feel like they will look dated in about 5-10 years. I also found the film to only be somewhat funny. I found the “villain” character to be super annoying while I found some of the future impersonations of Bill and Ted to be pretty hilarious. If you like Bill and Ted, then go check this out and if not, pass on it.… Expand

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MATM

Aug 21, 2021

There really is no reason to watch “Bill & Ted Face the Music”. If you want to see Bill and Ted, just rewatch the original. There are absolutely some fun moments in this installment, but the production quality of this movie is so low that it is just painful sitting through this thing. IThere really is no reason to watch “Bill & Ted Face the Music”. If you want to see Bill and Ted, just rewatch the original. There are absolutely some fun moments in this installment, but the production quality of this movie is so low that it is just painful sitting through this thing. I give it a D, just don’t bother.… Expand

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Jp117

Aug 29, 2020

Way to much like the original not all that funny didn’t like how they try to time travel again... guys are 40s-50s still sound like high schoolers didn’t like the girls replacing them more forced sjw crap overall meh!!

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Nashmite

Mar 9, 2023

I rate this as a 0, but it truly deserves a negative number for the damage it intentionally (tries) to inflict on the IP. I say "tries" because this... whatever it is, doesn't qualify as canon. It attempts to change past truths about Bill & Ted's family, established at the end of BogusI rate this as a 0, but it truly deserves a negative number for the damage it intentionally (tries) to inflict on the IP. I say "tries" because this... whatever it is, doesn't qualify as canon. It attempts to change past truths about Bill & Ted's family, established at the end of Bogus Journey. This is a trend that I see more and more in cinema today; Hero destruction (see also "Luke Skywalker" and most/all of the MCU, etc). Also, this... what ever it is, "attempts" to change the established, over-arching premise that Bill & Ted (and not anyone else) are in fact the Great Ones who save the world (see: Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey). If I'm wrong, then this isn't a spoiler, right? That aside; the acting is horrid, the characters are forgettable, and the story is uninspired, even if called a "stand-alone." But, given the atrocities that these criminals have perpetrated on we the people, rest assured that they will pay the ultimate penalty for what they have done. Enjoy the show!… Expand

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