Fresh
Director Steve Pink offsets the satire with moments of genuine warmth.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Hot Tub Time Machine
Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past.
2010 · 1h 41m · R
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Steve Pink
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Hot Tub Time Machine
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.
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Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Well played, Hot Tub Time Machine, well played. You defied expectations, in a good way, and managed to evolve from "potentially silly concept" to "fairly funny film."
Laremy Legel, Film.com
Fresh
Admirably turns a potentially one-note joke into a consistently funny package.
Ian Buckwalter, NPR
Fresh
No masterpiece, perhaps, but Hot Tub Time Machine is post-pub perfection.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Fresh
Hugely raunchy and undeniably funny, with Cusack adding just a hint of sweetness.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
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