Underplayed Gems

Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)

Bill & Ted Face the Music poster
Directed by
Dean Parisot
Genre
comedy film, science fiction film, time-travel film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 1,094 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two middle-aged rockers Bill and Ted are told they must write a song to save the universe. They travel through time to get help from their future selves.

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What happens

Bill & Ted Face the Music is a 2020 American science fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot and written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. It is the third film in the Bill & Ted film series, and the sequel to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991). Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, and William Sadler reprise their roles as Bill, Ted, and the Grim Reaper, respectively; while Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving, Jack Haven, Anthony Carrigan, Erinn Hayes, Jayma Mays, Holland Taylor, Kid Cudi, Jillian Bell and Beck Bennett join the cast. In the film, Bill and Ted must write a song to unite humanity before space-time is destroyed. The script was laid out as early as 2010, but a production deal was not confirmed until 2018. Filming commenced on July 1, 2019. Bill & Ted Face the Music was simultaneously released in theaters and through Premium VOD in the United States on August 28, 2020, by United Artists Releasing. It received generally positive reviews from critics for the performances and story, with many calling it a welcome return to form for the series but the film was a significant box office failure that grossed just $6.3 million against a $25 million dollar budget which can largely be attributed to heavy restrictions on movie theatres due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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