Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

Maybe it is because I went into the film with very low expectations, or I expected the film to be horrible, but Hot Tub Time Machine was a pleasant surprise. The movie's title is only descriptive of how the four gentlemen go back in time, but what actually happens when they arrive in the 80s is a whole other story.

The foursome includes John Cusack as Adam, Clark Duke as Jacob, Craig Robinson as Nick, and Rob Corddry as Lou. The hilarious group makes a decision to take a road trip back to a ski resort they enjoyed in their youth. They're excitement is quickly extinguished when they arrive to find the ski-town boarded up and run-down. After getting over the initial disappointment, the group gets down to business in their hotel room and start to party like they're in the 80s.

The wild night of drugs and alcohol leave the guys with an extreme hangover the next morning and a lot more confusion to come at them. Once they realize that they've somehow gone back in time and traced the time travel to their night in the hot tub, they realize that they must re-live a crazy weekend from their past without changing the course of history. Sounds a lot easier than it is.

The situation makes for a perfect comedy full of crude humour, teenage heartbreak and wild times. The guys challenge themselves to live through the weekend again, even though they know there are great high points and pretty low points throughout the radical weekend. Hot Tub Time Machine is great entertainment, different than a lot of comedies out there right now and even begs the serious question of; if you could do it all over again, would you do it differently?

To be honest I had no intention of seeing this film but I'm glad I did and you will be too!