Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
*
Director: Steve Pink
Cast: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, Chevy Chase, Collette Wolfe, Sebastian Stan
Adam, Lou, and Nick, whose lives didn't pan out quite like they expected, take a nostalgic trip to a ski resort, where the three friends and Adam's slacker nephew Jacob are transported back to 1986. This is the set-up for a formulaic, misogynistic, and depressingly unfunny gross-out comedy, which features three unpleasant and uninteresting man-children. Paying homage to the Back to the Future trilogy is one thing, ripping it off at every turn is a different matter. Jacob runs into his horny mother, Nick sings a song from the future, Lou puts money on future events he knows are going to happen, and Crispin Glover appears in a quirky supporting role. The ending made me want to throw up. Followed by a 2015 sequel.
