Hot Tub Time Machine

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Hot Tub Time Machine

R

2010

1h 39m

Comedy

Fantasy

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64%

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210 Reviews

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Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam (John Cusack) has just been dumped, Lou (Rob Corddry) is a hopeless party animal, Craig (Craig Robinson) is a henpecked husband, and Jacob (Clark Duke) 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.

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Critics Consensus

Its flagrantly silly script -- and immensely likable cast -- make up for most of its flaws.

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Julie and Brandy

Autostraddle

08/31/2021

I'll go, it's a comedy, it'll be dumb and funny. And it was dumb. But it wasn't that funny yet.

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

08/23/2018

An irreverent, guilty pleasure, frat boy comedy, it blows a big fat raspberry at sci-fi fans and tells them to stick their Flux Capacitors where the sun don't shine.

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Ed Koch

The Atlantic

01/13/2018

It may be a generational gap that turned me off, but I thought it was all quite ridiculous and the dialogue worse than coarse. Trust me and not those in their 30s. It is not worth your time.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/22/2023

2.5/4

The result is the kind of lazy comedy that demands a lazy audience. If you’re feeling lazy, you could do worse.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

08/08/2022

This farce is not as dumb as it seems. [Full review in Spanish]

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James Croot

The Post NZ

10/25/2021

3.5/5

Those of a certain age will find this an enjoyable blast back to the past.

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Roger L

@RT08360088 Jul 14

I am listening to the classic rock radio amstation in my area. They are playing "Home Sweet Home" and I am thankful this movie changed the way this song makes me feel. For that alone, it get 3 stars from me.

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Michael C

@Crowley Jun 28

One of the greats from a near dead sub genre of comedy movies I will surely miss. At the end of the day, it's just comedy actors having a good time. Once upon a magic time where scripts were allowed to occasionally and purposefully be guidelines and actors were selected to carry it the rest of the way with their own charismatic presence.

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m1ckDELTA M

@RT78743143 Jun 11

It's now sixteen years later, and HTTM has become a genuine Gen-X cult classic. I'm pretty sure that, for more than a few of us who saw it upon it's release, we knew it was destined for a long life of repeat viewing. With that, I'm off to another one.

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Elliott L.

@GreenBeans Feb 15

Jacob you suck and you know it!!! I mean come on this is top tier. They don’t make comedy’s like this anymore. I wish i lived in the 80s. I love this movie. For the boys type

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Kate H

@RT25292466 Jan 30

My favorite movie ever!! It never fails to get me out of a slump and always has my stomach hurting from laughing. This movie is such a masterpiece and I live for the stupidity and nostalgia of it. 10/10 greatest movie

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Joachim Meyer A

@Jmania Jan 1

It’s a master piece comedy of the 21st century. Why you might ask me ? Because it weaponizes the dumbest possible time-travel device to deliver the smartest possible diagnosis of modern nostalgia, regret, and midlife self-deception. And it’s a lot of fun. I’m ready to die on the hill defending this take

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Synopsis

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam (John Cusack) has just been dumped, Lou (Rob Corddry) is a hopeless party animal, Craig (Craig Robinson) is a henpecked husband, and Jacob (Clark Duke) 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.

Director: Steve Pink
Producer: John Cusack, Grace Loh, Matt Moore
Screenwriter: Josh Heald, Sean Anders, John Morris
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: United Artists, New Crime Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: R (Nudity|Drug Use|Pervasive Language|Strong Crude Content|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 26, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $50.2M
Runtime: 1h 39m