2010, 15, Directed by Steve Pink
Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson
John Cusack is a crowdpleaser. Working his way through teen comedies, a few mystery dramas and disaster flicks, he manages to make something not-so-great into watchable fodder. Hot Tub Time Machine, much like his purely awesome Grosse Pointe Blank (also directed by Steve Pink) contains the theme of reflection about times gone past. Only, this is about a million times crazier. A group of disbanded friends reunite when one attempts suicide. Heading to a hotel they stayed at during a particularly memorable time of their lives, they get into the hot tub – only to be thrown back to 1986. Pink’s nostalgic offering is filled with enough raunch and chucklesome moments to direct this towards a contemporary audience, as well as long-time Cusack fans. Add Crispin Glover to proceedings as a one-armed bellboy whose 80s version still has his limb intact and you will be guaranteed a silly amount of hilarity-filled set-pieces in which you wait for the inevitable. As long as you are seeking something not in any way taxing and completely removed from reality, that will make you grin like a child (who the hell isn’t?), then have a soak in this hot tub. When all is said and done however, the feeling remains that without Cusack’s presence, this would barely be watchable.
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