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Hot Tub Time Machine

"Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past."

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.

Top Cast

  • John Cusack

    John Cusack

    Adam

  • Craig Robinson

    Craig Robinson

    Nick

  • Rob Corddry

    Rob Corddry

    Lou

  • Clark Duke

    Clark Duke

    Jacob

  • Sebastian Stan

    Sebastian Stan

    Blaine

  • Chevy Chase

    Chevy Chase

    Repairman

  • Crispin Glover

    Crispin Glover

    Phil

  • Lyndsy Fonseca

    Lyndsy Fonseca

    Jennie

  • Lizzy Caplan

    Lizzy Caplan

    April

Overview

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.

Rating

6.0 / 10
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1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    6 Jan 26, 2014

    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

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