Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 196
Fresh: 124 | Rotten: 72
Its flagrantly silly script -- and immensely likable cast -- make up for most of its flaws.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 14
Its flagrantly silly script -- and immensely likable cast -- make up for most of its flaws.
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Disappointed at the way their lives have turned out, four longtime friends reunite at the ski resort where they used to party and find themselves transported back to the year 1986 by a magical jacuzzi. Adam (John Cusack), Lou (Rob Corddry), Nick (Craig Robinson), and Jacob (Clark Duke) have all seen better days; Adam's and Nick's love lives are in the dumps, Lou is clinging to his hard-partying past, and video-game addict Jacob can't even muster the courage to walk outside. A fun stay at the ski
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Cast
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John Cusack
Adam -
Rob Corddry
Lou -
Craig Robinson
Nick -
Clark Duke
Jacob -
Crispin Glover
Phil -
Lizzy Caplan
April -
Chevy Chase
Repairman -
Sebastian Stan
Blaine -
Lyndsy Fonseca
Jennie -
Collette Wolfe
Kelly -
Charlie McDermott
Chaz -
Kellee Stewart
Courtney
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Well played, Hot Tub Time Machine, well played. You defied expectations, in a good way, and managed to evolve from "potentially silly concept" to "fairly funny film."
Top CriticAdmirably turns a potentially one-note joke into a consistently funny package.
No masterpiece, perhaps, but Hot Tub Time Machine is post-pub perfection.
Hugely raunchy and undeniably funny, with Cusack adding just a hint of sweetness.
Director Steve Pink offsets the satire with moments of genuine warmth.
Hot Tub Time Machine is funnier than any movie called Hot Tub Time Machine has a right to be. And how funny is that? Not very, but a little.
Like most guy-centric films these days, this film is ragingly homophobic and misogynistic, and you know what? These are some of the best parts. It is a testament to the wit of the writers and the charisma of the cast that we are never turned off.
If the filmmakers had thrown in some variety, it might have worked, because I'm sure they were going for more than just a feeling of indifference.
Those drawn in by the name will surely get exactly what they expected and then some.
Yes, it's funny. Often really funny.
Through its slack editing and direction, Hot Tub Time Machine gives the impression of a halfhearted effort, as if the film's name and story were wacky enough that any old gag would do.
it has the timing and insight of a Borscht Belt comic from the 1930s.
The Hangover meets Back to the Future in this hilarious and unapologetically adult buddy chuckler.
Hot Tub Time Machine is rough around the edges ... [but] it offers us closure on a decade of great comedy -- from the very silly Anchorman to the deathly serious Funny People -- in which childish men are forced to grow the hell up.
Hollywood nam ovim filmom pokazuje da, s vremena na vrijeme, zna stare ideje iskoristiti na svje i zabavan način
It doesn't care to explain how a jacuzzi becomes a de facto DeLorean ... nor does it get too bogged down in its butterfly effect meddlings -- it just wants to be a piece of good-times stupidness.
Despite the naff-sounding name which could easily have been a throwaway offering, it's actually one of the more fun comedies which sees grown men reduced to acting like teenagers.
Despite being more muddled than a frat house 'cocktail', still manages to maintain a level of charm.
full review at Movies for the Masses
Greed is still good for these children of the 80s in the high concept mess Hot Tub Time Machine.
Mindlessness done pretty well. Three middle-aged friends and a Gen Next tag along whose lives haven't turned out as they'd hoped travel back to 1986 via the titular device. Stupid fun ensues, some of it involving Crispin Glover.
Audience Reviews for Hot Tub Time Machine
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- April: You gotta embrace the chaos. You have to. That way, life might just astonish you.
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- Nick: First of all, Fuck you motherfucker!
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- Lou: Wait, I know that squirrel. That's a magic fuckin' squirrel!
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- Nick: Excuse me miss, what color is Michael Jackson?
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- Jacob: Nobody wants to see your giant shit, Lou.
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- Nick: Looks like some kinda, Hot Tube Time Machine.
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May 8, 2013:
Adam Scott in Talks for Hot Tub Time Machine 2He'd fill the John Cusack-shaped void in the sequel.
April 1, 2013:
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Filming This SummerJohn Cusack may be back for the sequel.
January 16, 2013:
MGM Mulling Hot Tub Time Machine SequelIt sounds like just about everyone except John Cusack is involved.
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Foreign Titles
- Hot Tub (DE)
- La machine à démonter le temps (FR)
Consider this - there's a running joke about a one armed porter, who, when the group goes back into the 80's, sees the same porter bi-limbed. Of course the coarsest of the group, drunken wimp loser Lou, can't wait to see the poor porter lose his limb. Ha Ha Ha - well, mildly amusing, but the payoff really doesn't do the setup justice.
The direction of Steve Pink (probably hiding his real identity with that fake non de plume), is way off base - terribly uneven, and lacking focus. The film starts with a bang, showing one of the "travelers" in his dead end job at a dog grooming facility called "Sup Dawg", but then quickly goes into travel log mode and an absolutely lame bit of skiing camaraderie (I doubt that these middle aged losers, especially the drunk, can even find ski bindings let alone race down the slopes).
A further indictment of weak direction is the over reliance on spewing vomit - using it frequently and almost insisting that the viewer regard this as humor - here's a subtle hint: I've never ever thought that viewing vomit, in any way shape or form, to be funny.
Acting wise - John Cusack is totally wasted here (and wtf - he gets wasted and then is totally unphased by all he has ingested and smoked a mere manner of moments later), and Rob Corrdry is vulgar and way too manic - spitting out his lines (and yes, vomit) as if his life depended on it.
The film does have a saving grace - a very strong cameo by Chevy Chase - who utters some truly profound nonsense... an exhibition of writing that far outstrips the rest of the script and makes you wonder if Chase didn't just ad lib the entire thing.
About the only other laugh out loud moment involves the divine intervention of a "magic squirrel", though I will give the writers credit for calling Corrdry's Lou character's band Motley Lew.
Yes, this is a misogynistic guy flick, but that's no excuse for a weak script and a crass equals funny directive. To belabor the obvious, I wish I had a hot tub time machine, so I could recover the 2 hours lost by watching this decidedly mediocre attempt (and gee, isn't that some witty repartee on my part???).