Hot Tub Time Machine

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This is an awesome movie and so much fun to see the tributes to the 80's and today. I laughed out loud (along with everyone else in the theater) and it was a great conversation piece for after the movie. I was even thinking about it today and chuckling at the different quirks. It might not be a 1st date movie, unless you know the other person is into potty humor but it was great for us or a group of friends. It was fun to see which friend you might be in the group. If you don't think that your group has one of the main characters (Lou) or that loose sister... than you might be that character. It was also fun to see the movie make fun of (or just point out) the things that we used to do in the 80's when new technology started. It was dead on for the things that we actually sat around and joked about... Leg Warmers??? Really?

I feel duped. I feel wronged. I feel angry. The publicity I heard about this flick was that it was - let me paraphrase - "A great, humorous tribute to 80s comedies". Erm, yeah, right! It MAY have one or two slight smile moments, but in general, it is one huge disappointment. And not just as a "a tribute" to the 80s, but as a whole, as an absolute, as a flick itself. This, my dear friends, is one hell of a stinker of a movie, and I, for one, feel utterly saddened and disappointed that an actor as great as John Cusack could stoop so low as to commit to this insipid and re-rehashed script. This doesn't get a zero or a one rating for the mere fact that he is in it and Chevy Chase makes a Luke-warm cameo. Throw your money, and more importantly, your precious time at this at your own peril.

Gotta love it when people say things like "you have to suspend reality" and "this movie was not made to win Oscars", like this somehow excuses the fact that this is just a bad movie, plain and simple. There is no character development whatsoever. The plot has holes you could drive a truck through. Just because you set out to make a silly movie doesn't give you free reign to ignore all cause and effect. The 1980s are presented in an unrealistic, two-dimensional and clichéd manner. I went skiing all the time in the mid-eighties and never encountered a lodge and people like in this film. Depictions of rampant drug abuse and casual sex only work in the context of advancing the plot of a well thought out movie. And a massive amount of toilet humor as appears here is just the crutch of the unfunny. I can't believe some people actually like this wretched piece of film making.

Director Steve Pink takes an old hat, wipes off the dust and delivers an enjoyable, fun flick as four has-beens and one nephew travel back to 1986 thanks to a time-machine hot tub. There's nothing really original here, aside from the hot tub its self, however, producer/actor John Cusack and the rest of the cast make it a watchable amusing experience from start to finish as the friends, including Craig Robinson, must put history right. Rob Corddry as Lou Dorchen steals the show as a manic suicidal failure. Crispin Glover shows up and has one long running gag, that thankfully never tires and an old Chevy Chase has a cameo as The Repairman. It's packed with gags, clichés and fine comedy performances. The story borrows a lot from Back to the Future but it's forgivable as 80's nostalgia is high, there's references galore, accompanied by a fantastic 80' soundtrack. All in all good fun especially if you lived the 80's.

First of all, if you haven't seen the trailer yet, DON'T. It will spoil one of the few funny twists in the film. That being said, the film was funny, quite unexpectedly so, but I had expected something sligthly deeper, something that would be watchable and enjoyable not only at the level of the beer buddy and the frustrated teenager, but also something for the adult, for the ones that see patterns in their pasts and would find it immensely enjoyable to have a movie fiddling on that. Alas, it was not to be. Hot Tub Time Machine is just one funny and enjoyable party film. Get intoxicated with some friends and see it and enjoy it fully. Just don't make the mistakes I did, in my past, and either watch the trailer or expect thought provoking subjects. And BTW, if you knew the face of the repair man but you just couldn't place him... it was Chevy Chase. And yes, he is really that old. Maaan!

The characters are poorly developed and unlikeable. The plot wanders between funny and serious and never decides which it is. Some said it is like 'the hangover' but i'd say more like 'a' hangover. it hurts to watch, but so painful you almost can't get up and leave. and i thought 'the hangover' was really funny. adolescent humor is fine with me. 'hot tub time machine', however, seems intent on being semi-serious half the time and semi-funny the rest of the time. Chevy chase adds nothing to the movie. perhaps because most of the time he is a funny guy because he seems to be funny while acting like he isn't. so in this case he fits right in, and he really isn't funny, or serious, or anything. the only reason i didn't walk out was i had the night off and wasn't expected home so i didn't want to just go home. what a waste of time.

I have just come home from seeing Hot Tube at the cinema. Why did I go? A female film reviewer raved about it.An online review gave it four out of five stars and said it was the best comedy so far this year.IMDb had it at 7 out of 10. The film is very disappointing, there are some good comedy moments but not enough to save it.I didn't like the character with the shaved head. A few months ago I got DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN on DVD for 2 euro and expected not to like it but I thought it was funnier than Hot Tub, had a better sense of silliness and was more warm hearted. Most people in the cinema tonight were not laughing and I could understand why.Wait for Hot Tub on TV and save yourself a wasted night.