Hot Tub Time Machine
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Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick 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.
What critics thought
A raunchy, fast-moving comedy that lands somewhere between guilty pleasure and genuine satire — critics were divided on whether its coarseness was a feature or a flaw, though most agreed the likable cast carried it further than the premise had any right to go. The film drew comparisons to other guy-centric raunch comedies of its era, with some critics arguing it was sharper and more self-aware than its peers, while others found its misogynistic and homophobic undercurrents hard to ignore.
“the undercurrent of misogyny and homophobic panic that courses through most arrested-development, guy-centric comedies these days is certainly present here. But unlike, say, The Hangover, which sweetens and sentimentalizes its man-child characters—allowing them to run wild and then run home to Mommy—Hot Tub Time Machine is honest in its coarseness and pretty tough on the fellows who are the agents and objects of its satire.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“gross-out guy comedies open twice a month, and many of them are wretched excesses. Hot Tub Time Machine, which wants nothing more than to be a screwball farce, succeeds beyond any expectations suggested by the title.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Steve PinkDirector
John CusackAdam
Craig RobinsonNick
Rob CorddryLou
Clark DukeJacob
Sebastian StanBlaine
Chevy ChaseRepairman
Crispin GloverPhil
Lyndsy FonsecaJennie
Lizzy CaplanApril
Collette WolfeKelly
William ZabkaRick
Charlie McDermottChaz
Christophe BeckComposer
Josh HealdWriter
Sean AndersWriter
John MorrisWriter
Jack N. GreenCinematographyHot Tub Time Machine
Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick 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.
What critics thought
A raunchy, fast-moving comedy that lands somewhere between guilty pleasure and genuine satire — critics were divided on whether its coarseness was a feature or a flaw, though most agreed the likable cast carried it further than the premise had any right to go. The film drew comparisons to other guy-centric raunch comedies of its era, with some critics arguing it was sharper and more self-aware than its peers, while others found its misogynistic and homophobic undercurrents hard to ignore.
“the undercurrent of misogyny and homophobic panic that courses through most arrested-development, guy-centric comedies these days is certainly present here. But unlike, say, The Hangover, which sweetens and sentimentalizes its man-child characters—allowing them to run wild and then run home to Mommy—Hot Tub Time Machine is honest in its coarseness and pretty tough on the fellows who are the agents and objects of its satire.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“gross-out guy comedies open twice a month, and many of them are wretched excesses. Hot Tub Time Machine, which wants nothing more than to be a screwball farce, succeeds beyond any expectations suggested by the title.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Genres
Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure
Cast & Crew
Steve PinkDirectorJohn CusackAdamCraig RobinsonNickRob CorddryLouClark DukeJacobSebastian StanBlaineChevy ChaseRepairmanCrispin GloverPhilLyndsy FonsecaJennieLizzy CaplanAprilCollette WolfeKellyWilliam ZabkaRickCharlie McDermottChazChristophe BeckComposerJosh HealdWriterSean AndersWriterJohn MorrisWriterJack N. GreenCinematographyRent & Buy