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Hot Tub Time Machine

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past.

Release:2010
Runtime:1h 41m
Country:United States
Director:Steve Pink
Language:English

Genre

AdventureComedyScience Fiction
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Keywords

Poisontime-travelOne Night StandSingerForty SomethingSnow SkiingSki Resort1980s
iRank63

Hot Tub Time Machine rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 196K votes
Rotten Tomatoes64%
Metacritic63%
TMDb6/10· 3K votes

With 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 63/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Hot Tub Time Machine

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.

Cast of Hot Tub Time Machine

  • John Cusack

    John Cusack

    as Adam

  • Craig Robinson

    Craig Robinson

    as Nick

  • Rob Corddry

    Rob Corddry

    as Lou

  • Clark Duke

    Clark Duke

    as Jacob

  • Sebastian Stan

    Sebastian Stan

    as Blaine

  • Chevy Chase

    Chevy Chase

    as Repairman

  • Crispin Glover

    Crispin Glover

    as Phil

  • Lyndsy Fonseca

    Lyndsy Fonseca

    as Jennie

  • Lizzy Caplan

    Lizzy Caplan

    as April

  • Collette Wolfe

    Collette Wolfe

    as Kelly

  • William Zabka

    William Zabka

    as Rick

  • Charlie McDermott

    Charlie McDermott

    as Chaz

Hot Tub Time Machine facts

Budget
$36M
Box office
$64.8M
Collection
Hot Tub Time Machine Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Nostalgic 1980s throwback humor resonates with comedy enthusiasts
  • •Ensemble cast chemistry creates raucous comedic moments effortlessly
  • •Time travel paradoxes and butterfly effect themes entertain conceptually

What the audience disliked

  • •Crude humor and juvenile sensibility wear thin over runtime
  • •Recycled comedy tropes and predictable plot beats lack originality
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