25 May 2012

Hilarious for men, instructional for women

I avoided this movie intially based on the stupid and widespread promotions. Good thing I finally saw it. Yes it is vulgar and gross and the time logic is completely broken. It is also a perfect example of how men act when they are alone, which is enjoyable for us guys and should be an eye-opener for women. Any woman that thinks we fart and swear and roughhouse excessively in their presence has no idea what happens when they aren't around.Beyond that the portrayal of middle age disappointment is the core of the film. Also internet shut-in disappointment. These are addressed in a way that few movies do, with the characters recoginizing and admitting their own faults. How many lowbrow comedies tackle suicide, failed marriage, failing marriage, and a unanimous lack of direction in life? This one.

24 May 2012

worse movie I have ever seen

poor acting, gratitous sex scenes and constant f-bombs...expected more from John Cusack and Chevy Chase. Was so bad that we left the movie after 45 minutes of vulgarity...NOT in the least bit funny. Waste of money and time.

21 May 2012

this movie is freaking hilarious

This review is from: Hot Tub Time Machine (DVD) let me say this first rob corddry is the best part of this movie the rest of the cast is great but corddry is the funniest this is a must see its one of the best comedies out right now its raunchy the endings good i wanted to see tis movie since i saw the preview i didnt even think it was going to be as good as it is but it is if you like raunchy comedies you gotta buy it.

ashley

20 May 2012

TERRIBLE

I seriously can't believe anyone liked this movie. I thought it was one of the worst movies I have EVER seen in my entire life. It wasn't funny. And I honestly can't believe the critics gave it a B. I seriously wanted my money back it was so bad.

ALIZEEBUM

19 May 2012

Dont waste your money (Warning)

I have just come home from seeing Hot Tube at the cinema. Why did I go?A female film reviewer raved about it.An online review gave it four outof five stars and said it was the best comedy so far this year.IMDb hadit at 7 out of 10. The film is very disappointing, there are some goodcomedy moments but not enough to save it.I didn't like the characterwith the shaved head. A few months ago I got DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHANon DVD for 2 euro and expected not to like it but I thought it wasfunnier than Hot Tub, had a better sense of silliness and was more warmhearted. Most people in the cinema tonight were not laughing and Icould understand why.Wait for Hot Tub on TV and save yourself a wastednight.

19 May 2012

Hot Tub Time Machine is great!

"Hot Tub Time Machine" is great! This is how the story goes: A group of best friends have become bored with their adult lives: Adam has been dumped by his girlfriend; Lou is a party guy who can't find the party; Nick's wife controls his every move; and video game-obsessed Jacob won't leave his basement. After a crazy night of drinking in a ski resort hot tub, the men wake up, heads pounding, in the year 1986. This is their chance to kick some past and change their futures - one will find a new love life, one will learn to stand up for himself with the ladies, one will find his mojo, and one will make sure he still exists!The cast led by John Cusack (who also produced) (as Adam) is great! The directing by Steve Pink (who also did the screenplays to "High Fidelity" (2000, also co-produced and was the music supervisor along with Cusack) & "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997, also co-produced), both, ironically, co-written by Cusack, he is also producing the upcoming "Knight & Day" (2010) is great! The story by Josh Heald & the screenplay by Heald, Sean Anders & John Morris (both of them did the screenplay to "She's Out Of My League" (2010) is great!The music by Christophe Beck (who also did the music to "The Hangover" (2009), "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief" (2010) & the upcoming "Date Night" (2010) is great! The cinematography by Jack N. Green (who also did the cinematography to "Diary Of A Wimpy Kid" (2010), he also did the cinematography to Clint Eastwood's movies from "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) to "Space Cowboys" (2000) is great! The film editing by George Folsey Jr. (who also did the film editing to "Animal House" (1978), "The Blues Brothers" (1980), "Coming To America" (1988), "Basic" (2003), "Cheaper By The Dozen" (2003), "Hostel" (2006) & "Hostel Part II" (2007) & James Thomas (who also did the film editing to "Bruno" (2009) & "Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan" (2006) is great! The casting by Lynne Carrow & Susie Farris (who also did the casting to "Elf" (2003) & "Mona Lisa Smile" (2003) is great! The production design by Bob Ziembicki (who also did the production design to "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" (1993) & "Scream 2" (1997) is great! The art direction by Kelvin Humenny (who also did the art direction to "Elf" & "Wind Chill" (2007) & Jeremy Stanbridge (who also did the art direction to "The Butterfly Effect" (2004), "Eight Below" (2006), "Shooter" (2007) & the upcoming "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" (2010) is great! The set decoration by Jill Sprayregen Henkel & Johanne Hubert (who also did the set decoration to "Elf" & "Shooter") is great! The costume design by Dayna Pink (who also did the costume design to "Fame" (2009) & "Crank: High Voltage" (2009) is great!This is a great, funny comedy that keeps you laughing and on the edge of your seat. This is different than most comedies out there right now. John Cusack, again, has another great movie under his belt.

Bill S

17 May 2012

Better than I thought it would be.

It's not the Hangover or Wedding Crashers but it deserves consideration for the tier below those type of movies. Enough laughs so you don't feel ripped off anyway.

16 May 2012

Raunchy, Yet Hilarious

I read a few of the reviews by those who have seen this movie and I have to agree with many of them. It is incredibly stupid, but deadly funny. I found quite a bit of it to be raunchy humor, but it is in such a way that you cannot help but laugh until your sides hurt. It barely makes sense and would probably be best seen when you're drugged out or drunk, but I still laughed.

13 May 2012

Old men cant return to the past...but they can still dream about it.

This review is from: Hot Tub Time Machine (Amazon Instant Video) Most of us are resisting Stephen Hawking's scientific assessment that time travel to the past is impossible. We all seem to travel to the past in our dreams and in our daydreams. So fooey, Professor Hawking! We are traveling to the past...in our minds.This movie was a superb example of what a group of middle-aged men might do if they were transported to their past. It portrays the best and the worst of man's regrets, remorse, and his striving to maintain control of his mind-boggling emotional state when faced with re-living his life and making the same choices all over again or creating change to those scenarios that might change the entire world.I loved this movie as an escape from my mundane life. Yes, I am like those men in many ways, perhaps a hybrid of them all. I dream of having my own Hot Tub Time Machine and re-creating myself with the knowledge of the future. Don't we all know that hindsight is 20/20?So, if you had pubes in 1986 and your life did not turn out satisfactorily at this point in your time-line, Hot Tub Time Machine might be right for your entertainment needs. Just make sure you are mentally stable enough to return to your current situation after watching this reminiscent movie without losing your marbles in the fictional past your mind will re-create and the present you know is impossible to forge...because there really are no Hot Tub Time Machines except in our minds.Enjoy it.

Dell

13 May 2012

Run to get your money back!

RUN, don't walk to the ticket booth to get your money back if you've already purchased the ticket. I love John Cusack so I was eager to see this movie. But, I was in for a huge disappointment. This is by far the worst movie I have seen in my life. Not even a giggle throughout the entire movie. The story was lame the acting even worse.

MotoMike

09 May 2012

Vulgar, messy, profane ... and funnier than it has any right to be

A review could really consist of just mottos: "If you can remember the'80s, you wouldn't want to be there". "Back to the Future Hangover".Hot Tub Time Machine is silly, obscene, and filled with profanity; thecharacters are barely likable (except for Nick, played by CraigRobinison), and it moves so fast that you don't get any chance to get asense of who's who. And yet ... it's sometimes (and pretty often)fall-on-the-floor funny; the first clue is Chrispin Glover's surlyone-armed bellhop, who THROWS the luggage on the floor from the cartand then sticks his one arm out for a tip. After being transported tothe 80s (don't ask whether this makes sense) the quartet all findthemselves reliving episodes they (or three of them) remember clearlyand are afraid to change (for fear of changing time and space; they'veseen every time travel movie made and and they know the lingo and theproblems.) What it's really about is three guys who don't like the waytheir lives turned out, yet are afraid to change; it turns the familiar"butterfly-effect" trope on its head in that just maybe things might bebetter (not worse) if you changed the past in some way. Along the waythere are a lot of little snarks about the 80s ... and a continuingsaga of "will the bellhop lose his arm or not?". A couple of caveats:Lots (and lots and lots) of profanity and an ending that was a littletoo sweet. Other than that this is the funniest comedy I've seen thisyear.

09 May 2012

Life 201 Outside the Hot Tub

This review is from: Hot Tub Time Machine (DVD) I was originally drawn to the movie because of Jessica Paré. Unfortunately, she has only a cameo appearance in this 2010 hilarious and improbable romp through time via a mysterious ski resort hot tub. Thankfully, her torso is worth the price! If you like "Madmen," you will love this version of "Megan." The unrated version provides the best visual experience for men, with bare tops abounding, and juvenile behavior patterns of the 80s in full hormonal displey. Will the friends who are male bonding to help a suicidal buddy get back to their own time before they disturb the warp of history? You'll have to watch to find out. This B-grade flic is a light-hearted look at getting a second chance to remake your life...and learning how hard that is.

09 May 2012

Comic farce does not attain the high expecations of a John Cusack movie

"Hot Tub Time Machine" looks like it was a heck of a lot of fun to make and to write. John Cusack has a well-earned reputation as one of the Smart Guys in Hollywood - always reliable for delivering intelligent, wise, clever lines with humility and perfect comic timing. Rob Corddry earned his stripes on the brilliant "Daily Show." Craig Robinson never disappoints on "The Office." This movie promises much . . . but unfortunately fails to deliver on its full promise.The plot is well-known. Three buds and a nerdy nephew go back to the 1980's via the most ridiculous time machine since Bill and Ted were famous. Virtually all the action takes place at one of those ski towns where everybody wants to "Party!!!!!" Especially the nubile and loose bevy of gorgeously big-busted women who I never saw in Whitefish, Montana when I went skiing in the 1980's. We get a bunch of 1980's-inspired humor, some of it great but some of it rather sophomoric ("What color is Michael Jackson?" has been done. A lot.).What ensues is a tepid romp through time-travel cliches, T&A humor, and some rare moments of inspired hilarity. The best running gag is the secret of just how Crispin Glover loses his arm (and Corddry's continued aggravation at the arm's series of near-misses). Indeed, Corddry essentially steals this show as his head-banging, extremely profane Lou gets to exorcise some inner demons. Corddry's got that gift of being able to look at even the most absurd situation with complete honesty and conviction, strapping on whatever emotional armor is needed to get things done. Craig Robinson also has some inspired scenes as a man tortured by the apparent infidelity of his modern-day wife, whom he takes to task in a classic phone call even though back in the 1980's she's only nine years old. John Cusack is the biggest puzzle of this movie. Cusack may be the ultimate scene stealer in Hollywood because he's so memorable and yet so restrained - he can go toe-to-toe with Jack Black in "High Fidelity" and still remain the heart of the picture. But in "HTTM," Cusack is strangely unmemorable. Usually there is at least one line in a John Cusack movie that you walk out repeating to yourself and saying, "I wish I talked that way." Not in "HTTM."I am not certain if the "Unrated" edition of this movie is any better than the rated version - it does not appear to be any raunchier, but appears to include a few extended comic scenes that probably ended up on the cutting room floor because they don't quite work. A surprising return to the classic T&A comedies of the 1980's, "HTTM" is by no means a bad movie. It's very funny in moments, but it does suffer from dizzyingly high expectations.

Sean E

08 May 2012

Hilarious

I laughed, I cried, ok, I didn't cry, I just laughed til my arm fell off. I recommend it, unless you are the type that thinks movies like the Hangover, Porkys and Animal House are jsut not funny. Do not bring the kids.

08 May 2012

Funny movie, but...

I so wanted to see this one in the theaters but missed it. I rented it when it came out and bought it before I returned the rental dvd. I thought it was very very funny and has the most unique scene of someone nearly preventing their own conception! The part of it that I take exception to is this: I am part of the generation that is shown going back in time. I was 21 in 1986. Not everyone in my generation (or any others) did the drugs and stuff that they show. They give the impression that everybody did drugs then but we didn't all do them. I stayed away from them and haven't ever touched them. Normally I dis any movie that glorifies drug use but in this case I made an exception. Ignore the drug use (not all of us did that) and enjoy seeing of all people, Chevy Chase being called an old man! I just don't have that mental image of him as an "old man" sort of like I can't imagine Clint Eastwood being called an old man by anyone who wants to live to see tomorrow!

07 May 2012

Simply not funny

I'm not too picky about dumb comedies, but this movie simply isn't funny. It had a moment or two, but that's about it. Most of it is just plain dumb.

kdnor2011

05 May 2012

Pretty Funny

Talk about a shocker, I did not think I would like this movie. I had noplans to see this. I was born in the 90s, so the 80s were before mytime, I'm not a big John Cusack fan, and the plot seemed more weirdthen it did charming. My dad bought the DVD, and to see what all thefuss was about, I watched it, and it was pretty damn funny.The plot was good, the characters were harlarious, the premise was sostupid it had to work, and it was very entertaining. I think I mightactually like John Cusack in this movie more than I did in 2012.The plot is exactly what you would expect from a movie like this. Threedudes in their fortys go back to a ski resort they went to as collegekids. There, along with Cusack's nephew they travel back to the 80'swith a Hot Tub Time Machine.It's stupid, but it's funny.

KineticSeoul

04 May 2012

Probably more enjoyable if you lived through the 80s

This is a good time travel movie and a funny one at that. A lot ofpeople seems to be comparing this film to "The Hangover" I personallydidn't think it was good as "The Hangover" nor is it as satisfying, butthat isn't to say that this is a very enjoyable comedy for adults.There is a lot of shock humor in this as well as some crude humor, sopeople that are turned off by these kinda comedies probably won't likeit as much but for those that dude, they are really going to dig it. Ipersonally didn't think it's a movie that you need to rush out and seeit in theaters, but it is a super high rental not because it's notworthy to be hitting the big screen. It's just that you will have asmuch fun watching it at home with your buddies while laughing your assoff together. I personally think that if you lived through the 80'syour probably going to enjoy it even more, because you can relate witha lot of the stuff. Although I personally haven't.7.8/10

mluvsa

03 May 2012

A hillarious movie!

I was hesitant to see this movie it seemed like a stupid movie with a stupid title but I saw it anyway and was pleasenly suprised. Overall a great movie, never a dull moment, GO SEE IT NOW!

ikandi

03 May 2012

Funny but raunchy

If you forget the unnecessary sex scenes and overuse of the f word, this movie was fantastic! Loved the references to other 80s films especially John Cusack films. I for one was not surprised by the ending. I saw it coming in the first 15 minutes. It was still good though. Chevy Chase was poorly used here. Would tell anyone(except children and pastors) to check it out!