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:

ski resort | maintenance man | cheating wife | drug reference | male vomiting | 

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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:

A Ressaca

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

If you listen to the commentary of the nature documentary Adam is watching at the beginning of the film, it foreshadows Lou puking on the squirrel after the hot tub party.

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Goofs

When Nick calls Adam his iPhone says 4PM not 4AM.

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Quotes

Jacob: [Refferring to Lou] Do you remember when I was 12 and he tried to bite me.
Adam: Yeah, but you had that coming.

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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

References Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

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Soundtracks

I Will Dare
Written by Paul Westerberg
Performed by The Replacements
Courtesy of Rykodisc
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Worst movie I saw in a long time

This movie seems to be the Hollywood's response to a much better movie called "Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel" (2009).

As usual, the Hollywood version failed. Don't waste your money on this piece of crap, go watch "FAQ About Time Travel" instead.

The rating of 6.5 for this movie suggests that somebody paid one of those agencies to pump up the IMDb rating, which should be punishable by law. But when you see that production house is called "New Crime Productions" it all makes sense.

Without paid reviews this movie would have a rating of about 4.0 or less.

It's not even worth downloading for free, because that means you would have to watch it. Which would waste 2 hours of your free time. And these 2 hours can be spent on something much more useful. Like playing video games. Or sleeping.