Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.

Director:

Steve Pink

Writers:

Josh Heald (screenplay), Sean Anders (screenplay)

Stars:

John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Cusack	...	Adam
Clark Duke	...	Jacob
Craig Robinson	...	Nick
Rob Corddry	...	Lou
Sebastian Stan	...	Blaine
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Jenny
Crispin Glover	...	Phil
Chevy Chase	...	Repairman
Charlie McDermott	...	Chaz
Lizzy Caplan	...	April
Collette Wolfe	...	Kelly
Aliu Oyofo	...	Young Nick
Jake Rose	...	Young Adam
Brook Bennett	...	Young Lou
Crystal Lowe	...	Zoe

Storyline

Three friends on losing streaks: Adam, whose girlfriend dumped him, Nick, with a dead-end job and a cheating wife, and Lou, a suicidal alcoholic. To help Lou recover from car-exhaust poisoning, Adam and Nick, with Adam's nephew Jacob, go to a winter resort that was their old party place. It's now a dump, but the lads rally for a night of drinking in the hot tub. Somehow, the hot tub takes them back to 1986, on a fateful night for each of them. Maybe if they do everything the same way they did that night, they'll get back to the future so Jacob can be born. There are serious temptations to do things differently. Will they make it back to their sorry lives? And what about Jacob?

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Plot Keywords:

maintenance man | cheating wife | drug reference | male vomiting | promiscuous woman | 

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Taglines:

Kick Some Past

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong crude and sexual content, nudity, drug use and pervasive language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

26 March 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hot Tub - Der Whirlpool... ist 'ne verdammte Zeitmaschine

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$36,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$14,020,502 (USA) (26 March 2010)

Gross:

$50,213,619 (USA) (4 June 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), United Artists, New Crime Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Crispin Glover, who plays the bellhop at the hotel, also starred as George McFly in Back to the Future (1985), another time-traveling movie that takes place partially in the mid-1980s. Additionally, he lost his arm in an accident whose cause isn't shown until the end, just like the cause of his son Marty's hand injury isn't explained until the end of Back to the Future III.

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Goofs

When Adam is writing poetry in the room after the breakup, he is listening to "I Just Died In Your Arms tonight" by the Cutting Crew. This song wasn't released in the U.S. until the spring of 1987.

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Quotes

Jacob: [from trailer] Do I really gotta be the asshole who says we got in this thing and went back in time?

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Crazy Credits

The end credits start out as one of the main characters' alternative histories, showing real crew names over a flashy 1980s music video.

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Connections

Spoofs A Christmas Story (1983)

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Soundtracks

Venus
Written by Robbie van Leeuwen
Performed by The Jerry Ross Symposium
Courtesy of REPS Music Group Inc
By arrangement with pigFACTORY USA LLC

User Reviews

Unexpectedly Hilarious

I went to a screening of this film and didn't expect very much out of it. However, this is probably one of the funniest movies I've seen in a while. I laughed almost the entire length of the movie, which is something that hasn't happened in a long time. The movie is extremely well-written. John Cusack really carries the movie with a great performance. Chevy Chase really doesn't do much of anything. Comedy was sort of in the vein of "The 40 Year Old Virgin." The film doesn't take itself seriously at all, which is part of the fun. It doesn't really get bogged down too much in the science of time travel, and focuses mostly on these four guys trying to get the hell out of 1986. A great watch. Very entertaining. Highly recommended.