Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
“Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past.”
Movie20101h 41mEnglish
Our verdict
Decent one-time watch
Mixed-to-positive reactions; enjoyable if the genre is your thing.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 2,829 ratings.
Movie review: Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine is a film from 2010. It is catalogued under Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure. Its listed tagline is “Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past.”
Story
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.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.0/10 based on 2,829 votes.
Production
Release date: March 26, 2010 · Runtime: 101 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $36,000,000 · Reported revenue: $64,780,213
Official trailer
Cast
John Cusack
Craig Robinson
Rob Corddry
Clark Duke
Sebastian Stan
Chevy Chase
Crispin Glover
Lyndsy Fonseca
Lizzy Caplan
Collette Wolfe
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