Milan Barac I don't understand how can someone give high rating for this movie!!! It is stupid and utterly vulgar. If there is a 0 in voting options, I would rate it with 0. Story is horrible, acting yet worse. Jokes are not funny at all. I will not watch a sequel for sure, even if my life depended on it.

david-sarkies I remember getting a call from a friend of mine who had landed up with two free tickets to see this film when it was in the cinemas, and while I was a little surprised that he had even shown the slightest of interest in seeing such a film, when he invited me along I decided that I would give it a go. Well, I have to admit that it actually isn't anywhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be, and in a way seems to actually be a tribute to the classic teen party movies of my younger years than anything else. Okay, it still has a lot of modern aspects to it, but a part of that has to do with the protagonists traveling back in time to eighties.Basically the film is about three men whose lives have sort of gone nowhere. In fact they have all ended up drifting apart, though an attempted suicide of one of their number brings them back together again. Mind you, a lot has changed though they decide to try and cheer their depressed former friend up by attempting to relive their better days and head up to a ski resort that they used to frequent when they were younger. However, as it turns out, the whole place has become somewhat run down and it seems to be past its used by date – much in the same way that they are.However, they discover a hot tub in their room so they all decide to sit in there and basically have one of those drinking parties that a number of us would have had back in our younger years, though when they wake up they suddenly discover that they have jumped back in time twenty five years, and suddenly there is the whole question of trying to do everything that they did back in the past so as not to change the future, which I have to admit is much, much harder that it seems.I'm not going to go down the road of temporal physics because that is not what this film is about. What it is about, and the way that it appeals to those of us who have reached middle age, is that dream of being able to go back in time and not only relive our wilder years, but to also change the future so that we don't land up in the ruts that we all end up landing up in. I guess this is the thing about this film – it is about some middle age men reminiscing on the past, and seeking to change the future for the better. Of course, those of us who lived through the eighties remember a time before email, and Google, and all that other stuff, and we all have this desire to capitalise on the wave of technology that comes about, yet it is also about our desire to rectify some of our mistakes.I guess I never really understood this whole middle aged angst until I actually reach that point and see what these movies are getting at. It is so true that as young people we literally have the world at our feet, yet once we reach that certain point we suddenly realise that the world has changed, and we are actually no longer young (and that the world is incredibly cut-throat, and definitely not fair). Sure, we all have dreams, but sometimes the reality is that we simply can't dwell on the past, we can only look to the future. However, sometimes, we end up in the situation where we simply have made just one too many mistakes and there is no way to escape. Mind you, I should also mention that there is still the question of privilege, but I'll leave it at that.

witster18 If I could leave a one-word review - that would be it. HTTM has many laugh-out-loud moments.4 friends go back to a ski resort to re-live teens, but actually end up doing-it, literally.Before we talk more about this - pass on the sequel. It gets too ridiculous and too crass, and misses Cusak for sure.HTTM accomplishes a lot more than say,"Take Me Home Tonight(4/10)" in terms of paying homage to the 80's. TMHT missed the mark completely. Here, the dress, the music, and many other ideas are perfect.The film is paced perfectly, and as ridiculous as it all seems, it still works. Lots of connect-the-dots sub-plots involving and connecting both timelines, and good there's solid character development and chemistry as well.Rob Corddry and Craig Robinson steal the comedic moments, while Cusak holds everything together as the best actor and the leader of the group. Overall, this film isn't going to win any awards, and there have been much better films on the subject(Back to the Future), but HTTM gets props for sheer fun without going too far over the top, or crass in the process.Mild thumbs up. 63/100

Python Hyena Hot Tub Time Machine (2010): Dir: Steve Pink / Cast: John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase: We all dwell on our errors and we sometimes live in past times. Steve Pink's film regards yesteryear as four friends are washed away to 1986 via resort hot tub. There is John Cusack playing a lout whose girlfriend just left him and his nephew lives in his basement. Craig Robinson works as an animal vet and remains a victim to his wife's demands. Clark Duke plays Cusack's nephew who is forever glued to a computer screen. Rob Corddry plays an alcoholic who ends up in the hospital on a suicide suspicion. They all trek to finer times but the resort is mostly run down. An ominous hot tub transports them back in time where they have the opportunity to improve mistakes. Director Steve Pink previously made the idiotic Accepted. Here he branches with ideas and bathroom humour. Cusack tries to deal with a girlfriend who stabbed him in the head with a fork at this date. Robinson makes a nasty phone call to his future wife who is only a girl. Corddry depressed and must face off with the bullies who beat him up. Clark Duke is slowly fading with the realization that he wasn't born yet. Unfortunately Chevy Chase is underused as the hot tub repairman / Father Time figure. This was a golden opportunity for chase to shine again and he is largely placed in the background. How the time machine works isn't explained but some of the results are changed for the better. What it doesn't figure on is that dwelling on failures isn't progressive. Improving yourself in spite of failure is what makes time well spent. Score: 7 ½ / 10