Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
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Feb 20, 2015 · 14% Tomatometer 108 Reviews 26% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings After their first adventure with the "Hot Tub Time Machine," Lou (Rob Corddry) and Nick (Craig Robinson) are living very...
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By Brian Formo
Posted: Feb 19, 2015 7:51 pm
I really liked the first Hot Tub Time Machine. It’s charm and throwback winks, mixed in with all that bubbling raunch was an unexpected jet blast. It delivered a lot of highs for such a low concept film (in case you’re not familiar, yes, there’s a hot tub that operates as a time machine). But with the sequel we indeed get all the low concepts you’d expect from such a movie called Hot Tub Time Machine.
Uh-oh, I feel a “Dear John” letter coming on. But don’t worry, even though Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is a lifeless, near laugh-less experience, this isn’t a “Dear John” breakup letter. Like Back to the Future, the first sequel to Hot Tub Time Machine left behind the thing that made it all work magically the first time: associations with the past.
Dear John Cusack: You’re a trusted, reliable brand of glue. You were a big dreamer in the '80s. You held your boombox high, and you survived both crazy summers, and crazy winters. In the '90s you were the highly rootable guy who was a little stunted: perhaps haunted by the ghosts of past girlfriends who you didn’t think you deserved, by delusions of being a letdown at upcoming high school reunions, or stunted by people who didn’t understand the artistry of your eclectic puppetry. By the 2000s you were hitting middle age, but still favored a black trench coat, and just kinda appeared to have lost your optimism. That snuck up on us as an audience. But it made you perfect for Hot Tub Time Machine.
I know we’re supposed to be talking about the sequel—which you did not appear in—but when it comes to buddy comedies, addition by subtraction is bull. Your buddies (Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, and Clark Duke) are absolutely drowning in Hot Tub Time Machine 2 without you being there. Without you there it’s nothing but penis jokes. It’s like they’re grabbing them out of imaginary trees for every improvisational or scripted joke.
It’s not John Cusack’s fault that the screenplay sacrificed his buddies, and an Adam, Jr. (played by Adam Scott) in his stead. Many have tried and failed to make a John Cusack before. But there’s only been one John Cusack. And we’re glad for so many of the standalone films that he’s given us, including the lone Hot Tub Time Machine worth taking a d...
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‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ Review: Adam Scott Hops in for a Second Uninspired Soak. Alonso Duralde. Like its predecessor, this sequel is only half right when it thinks it’s being...
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Feb 20, 2015 · 2.5 out of 5. Adam Scott Craig Robinson Gillian Jacobs Rob Corddry. Written by. Don Kaye @donkaye. Is the Hot Tub Time Machine sequel a wash? Read out review...
Feb 20, 2015 · Paramount Pictures. How does the murder mystery go? About as well as you can expect when you have these three monsters running around playing Sherlock Holmes. Which is to say, disastrous. Lou,...
Feb 19, 2015 · Film Review: ‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ Reviewed at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, Feb. 17, 2015. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 93 MIN. Production: A Paramount release presented with MGM...
