Hot Tub Time Machine

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

2010 1h 41m EN

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6.0

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64%

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6.4

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★6.0TMDB · 2,842🍅64%Rotten Tomatoes●63Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 196,213

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Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

John Cusack
Adam
Craig Robinson
Nick
Rob Corddry
Lou
Clark Duke
Jacob
Sebastian Stan
Blaine
Chevy Chase
Repairman
Crispin Glover
Phil
Lyndsy Fonseca
Jennie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steve Pink
Writers: Josh Heald, Josh Heald, Sean Anders
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Hot Tub Time Machine Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

CAST

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209+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steve Pink, shot by Jack N. Green. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor George Folsey Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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John Cusack and Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Steve Pink directs. Jack N. Green behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. George Folsey Jr. cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 16 years ago.
2Part of the "Hot Tub Time Machine Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3209+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Steve Pink, shot by Jack N. Green. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor George Folsey Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7John Cusack and Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Forget the present. Change the future. Kick some past.".
9IMDB entry: tt1231587 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 11 themes, including "poison", "time travel", "one-night stand", "singer".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jack N. Green
Original score: Christophe Beck
Editing: George Folsey Jr.
Production design: Bob Ziembicki
Costume design: Dayna Pink
Makeup / hair: Linda Dowds
VFX supervisor: Ray McIntyre Jr.
Sound: Michael Minkler
Stunt coordinator: Doug Chapman
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $36,000,000
Box office: $64,780,213
Return: 180% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes: 64% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 63/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 196,213 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

5 nominations total

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Hot Tub Time Machine Collection

"Hot Tub Time Machine" movies series.

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John Chard2014-01-26
★ 6/10
The Bubble Bath Boys. I guess when push comes to shove, it is what it is and achieves its aims by pleasing the intended target audience. Plot finds 40-something pals John Cusack, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry stuck in ruts and magically transported back to 1986 courtesy of a hot tub. So basically the guys, still in their 40 something bodies get to relive 86 knowing what they know already, if you get my meaning? What follows is a load of raucous behaviour, man child histrionics and crudeness as the mid-life crisis’ come thundering out in a wave of bad hair, iconic 80s dudes and teen angst. The laughs are plenty, if a touch juvenile, and there is at least an air of regressive reflection trying to make its point amongst the testosterone. It does a job, just. 6/10

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