I wanted to see the movie in theatres when it came out but by the time I had a chance it was gone. So when it came on ppv yesterday I immediatedly checked it out and for what it is I enjoyed it.
When Dave and I first heard about this film we hoped it would kind of be this generations Back to the Future trip.
When Micheal J Fox and Doc went back to the 1950's from 1985 it was comparable time wise to Hot Tub going from 2010 to 1986- but unfortunately thats where the comparison ends.
It's not that I had expectations that Hot Tub would be anything close to a classic that the Future movies were. That would be unfair.
Hot Tub stars John Cusack and Rob Cordrey and the basic premise is that they and two other friends go back to a ski resort where they partied in 1986. The place is now a rundown shell of what it once was when they were 19 years old. They get in a hot tub together and in a drunken haze get transported back to 1986 where they try to retrace all of the steps they did back than so they don't upset the space time continuum.
As far as the fashions, trends and everything else from the 1980's Hot Tub does a fantastic recreation. If you lived through the time period, or as I did came of age, there are multiple times you will say "Oh god I remember that! What were we thinking!!!" (It also has a great soundtrack from the 80's I have to buy)
But when they go back in time, everyone in that time period sees them as they looked when they were 19 years old which takes away half of the fun that you found in the Back to the Future movies.
Because everyone sees them as 19 years old again. Hot tub has no classic lines like when Martys mother called him Calvin because his underwear had a Calvin Klein label or people thought Marty was in the Coast Guard because of his vest or "hey buddy you're not getting a pepsi free you gotta pay for it."
Having said that Hot tub is a funny, breezy movie that is only an hour and a half and it's a trip I enjoyed taking. It fires off plenty of jokes and not all of them work but most do. It is also a very raunchy movie too so don't say I didn't warn you. Hot Tub is a soft 3 stars out of four.
