Wednesday, September 22, 2010

A Review Of The Film Hot Tub Time Machine

By Rose Good

Major releases just are not quite bringing the funny as often as they used to be able to. While there has been a sort of comedy drought to speak of, that does not mean that some gems have been able to break through to the front lines. While it might not have done superbly in the theaters, you should certainly check out "Hot Tub Time Machine" if you like to laugh.

You should look to this particular article to give you a good introduction to this particular film in a couple of different ways. One of these ways will be through giving you the names of some of the finest talent in the film. Another and more prominent way for the sake of this particular article will be the plot synopsis. This won't really contain any spoilers, so if you haven't seen the film, you can still get a more detailed look at what happens.

This film begins with the depressing display of leaving middle aged years and still having nothing to show for it. All three of these aging men in the movie believe that they were meant for so much more and they have to always think about what could have been while dealing with what is. These men are Adam (played by John Cusack), Nick (played by Craig Robinson) and Lou (who is played by Rob Corddry).

After another night of hard drinking, Lou decides that life for him is over and attempts to end his. He leaves his car running, drinking heavily and rocking out to Motley Crue sitting in the driver's seat of the car parked in the closed garage. Nick and Adam meet up at the hospital after Lou was found, and returned to health. They realize that their friendship has been compromised and to get it back, they are taking a trip to Kodiak Valley Ski Resort, where they have very fond memories.

However, time has not been kind to the resort, and it is all but a dump right now. Without many options, they decide to all get into the hot tub out back and through a strange sequence of events manage to turn that same hot tub into a time machine. Next thing they know, they are living in the eighties once again. They even look as they did, when they experienced this same Winterfest '86 decades before.

The hilarity ensues when the group decides that for the sake of not messing up the future, they would have to relive everything that they had undergone back in the eighties on the trip they appear to be reliving. So this means different things for different characters. One will have to break up with his perfect girlfriend all over again, another will have to get beaten up, and another will have to cheat on his wife (even though technically he wasn't married then).

There is a lot of ridiculousness that ensues after this, as they reach a point where none of them are able to follow things to a tee. While they might have lived more of Winterfest '86 than they did in the past, they also have learned a lot more about themselves in the process.

If you are someone that can appreciate 80s references and humor, than this film is certainly for you. If you are someone that just likes good jokes and crude humor, than this movie is for you as well. You should certainly check out the DVD "Hot Tub Time Machine" if you haven't already. - 40732

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