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- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe 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.
- 75IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnFace the Music is a giant party of a movie, made all the more gratifying by the way it sits at odds with the divisive moment that greets its release. Things may be dire (in this movie and IRL) but Bill and Ted’s unbridled enthusiasm as their stumbles through daunting circumstances turn gleeful ignorance into a form of escapism.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattMostly, the joy comes from watching Reeves and Winter on screen, two holy fools just doing their best to bring light and love and non-heinous riffs — and remind the bleary-eyed citizens of 2020, perhaps, of a simpler, sweeter world gone by.
- 70IGNJim VejvodaIGNJim VejvodaBill & 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.
- 70ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerBill & Ted Face the Music breezes by for 95 minutes, cruising along with the same chill energy that Bill and Ted bring to every room they enter. It’s admittedly very slight, and the ending is way too abrupt. Still, Matheson and Solomon managed to make a movie about how life’s accumulating failures can turn people cynical without making Bill and Ted into cynics themselves.
- 67ConsequenceMichael RoffmanConsequenceMichael RoffmanAs expected, the real flexes come from the four principal stars. Winter seamlessly slides back into his flannel as Bill, wisely dialing things down to address the years. However, Reeves dials it down too much, coming off as nearly geriatric as he shuffles around as his buddy Ted.
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film suggests that Bill and Ted’s dreams of stardom, which have evolved into dreams of acceptance and expression, aren’t so stupid after all.
- 60Screen RantSandy SchaeferScreen RantSandy SchaeferFace the Music is clearly a passion project for the minds behind Bill & Ted, and it results in a sequel that coasts by on its goofy humor and heart.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThe result is just a bigger, louder, more special effects-laden extension of a franchise that skated on pretty thin ice the first two times around.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA sentimental and cheerful affair that doesn’t amount to much more than an attempt to tap into their residual good vibes.