Eighties Icons Forever

Rating: 9/10 (6 September 2019)

The most excellent Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure is firmly in the pantheon of great Eighties period pieces, yet the cultural traction it continues to gain proves its ongoing appeal to mischievous teens of any generation.
Ted Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) and Bill S. Preston Esquire (Alex Winter) load up on the SoCal "accent" and coinciding Eighties vernacular and take it right over the top, joyously pushing the envelope separating authentic acting and totally self-aware exaggeration. The casting and resulting acting, in fact, can truly be argued as the drivers of the film's long-term success : It takes serious acting power to play fun-loving knuckleheads while at the same administering a healthy dose of knowing satire, yet neither Reeves nor Winter really have received the kudos they deserve for knocking these roles out of the park and transforming these characters into true cultural icons that remain in our public consciousness decades later.
Check your film snobbery at the door, crack a cold one, and give in to all the lovely nonsense this classic comedy has to offer.