Hot Tub Time Machine: DVD Review
Hot Tub Time Machine
Released by Roadshow Entertainment
Rating: R16
John Cusack stars in this story of a group of guys who've got
various issues - John Cusack's Adam's just been dumped; Craig
Robinson's Nick has an unfaithful wife and a job that involves him
sticking his hand in dog's bottoms; Clark Duke is a teen who's
going nowhere and Rob Corddry's Lou has just tried to commit
suicide.
Spurred into action by the suicide attempt, the quartet head to one
of their haunts from their past to live it up. But when they get
there, they find the party resort has gone down the dumps - and
deciding to get drunk, the guys head to the hot tub to party.
After a night's decadence - and a shoe horned in plot device, they
awake to find themselves back in the 1980s and as younger versions
of themselves at Winterfest 1986.
What can be said about this? The film finds its level in the first
few moments as Craig Robinson's failed musician pulls out a pair of
car keys from a dog's backside and throws them straight to its
owner...subtle it ain't.
Funny at times, it is though - a likeable cast give a frankly
insane idea a bit of life and the whole thing is just about carried
off - if like the lads, you've been drinking.
Rating: 5/10
