Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

United States of America

Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, New Crime Productions

John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Sebastian Stan, Crispin Glover

Steve Pink

Josh Heald, Josh Heald, Sean Anders, John Morris

Taglines: Kick some past.

poison, time travel, one-night stand, singer, peter pan syndrome, forty something, snow skiing, ski resort, 1980s, butterfly effect, 80s throwback, change the past

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Craig is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.

Reviews:

Author: John Chard
The Bubble Bath Boys. I guess when push comes to shove, it is what it is and achieves its aims by pleasing the intended target audience. Plot finds 40-something pals John Cusack, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry stuck in ruts and magically transported back to 1986 courtesy of a hot tub. So basically the guys, still in their 40 something bodies get to relive 86 knowing what they know already, if you get my meaning? What follows is a load of raucous behaviour, man child histrionics and crudeness as the mid-life crisis’ come thundering out in a wave of bad hair, iconic 80s dudes and teen angst. The laughs are plenty, if a touch juvenile, and there is at least an air of regressive reflection trying to make its point amongst the testosterone. It does a job, just. 6/10