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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonThere's nothing bogus about this locomotivated follow-up; it's a truly excellent adventure, hilariously inventive, greased-lightning paced and dumb-bunny brilliant.
- 80EmpireEmpireOne of the most worthwhile sequels of recent years, maybe funnier than the original as it intelligently expands the potential for the surreal and it ties up all the loose ends managing, quite remarkably, to give pointlessness a purpose.
- 80Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA most excellent sequel, funnier and livelier than the original.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA riot of visual invention and weird humor that works on its chosen sub-moronic level, and on several others as well, including some fairly sophisticated ones.
- 70The New YorkerThe New YorkerIn the middle of this confident retread, the director, Peter Hewitt, and the writers, Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, sandwich something far more free and funny--a slapstick version of "The Seventh Seal" in which Bill and Ted play games with Death.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinAmusing but sloppy and overcomplicated.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIf any character steals Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, it's the Grim Reaper, who, as played by William Sadler, keeps smirking with pleasure at the chance to loosen up.
- 40TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineInferior retread.
- 30Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisBill & Ted's Bogus Journey isn't much of a trip. In a word...NOT!!!