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80s Comedy Monopoly?

Written by Jonathan Jacobs

No one can boast 80s comedy monopoly like John Cusack (that is to say, before he moved on to more dramatic roles). Most actors begin in off the beaten path comedy and rather than relish their beginnings, they prefer to bandage them in the hopes that people forget they existed (i.e. Jim Carrey). The well was not very deep in Hot Tub Time Machine, nor should it be. The characters fit together like mesh underwear at the Blue Oyster bar in Police Academy.

Why were these guys friends exactly? Why was Chevy Chase on mushrooms? Personally you could not pay me to get into a hot tub with these guys, and despite the paycheck, Clark Duke seemed to feel the same way. Now for the meat and potatoes. After a botched attempt at suicide to Motley Crue, Rob Corddry wakes up to find his former crew of high school friends gone astray. They devise a plan to relive their former glory and make their way back onto the ski mountain where thanks to booze and drugs, they scored for the first time. The mountain has fallen apart, Crispin Glover is a bitter, one-armed wisecracking bellhop, and their room and hot tub has a fetid raccoon under the hood. Suddenly, the hot tub is clean, shimmering and calling to them. As the crew gets silly on alcohol, they accidentally pour Russian red bull into the control panel. 1-2-3 presto, they are in 1986! A hot tub time machine indeed.

Now 20 years into the past, they are their former selves. After some not so clever rationalization and Butterfly Effect theory, they decide not to change their course of history and to attempt to act out their former bumblings. This is where everything goes wrong. John Cusack begins to realize that he doesn't want to be in this movie, and begins a "Serendipitous" relationship with a band hottie in town for a few short hours. You did this movie already Johnny boy! Meanwhile, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry and Clark Duke continue on without Adam (John Cusack). Nick (Robinson) begins to fall apart, and calls his now 9 year old wife, Corddry gets it on with Adam's sister, we wait patiently to see Crispin Glover lose his arm, Cordrry gets his ass kicked, Robinson gets on stage and performs some future hits, we get to see lots of 80s hairstyles and clothing, and a very nice pair of "luscious mounds of mouthwatering flesh".

Where this movie fails, and I did enjoy this movie greatly, is that to do a buddy comedy, it would help if the actors were actually buddies! John Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Oliver Platt potentially? I am an 80s movie snob, and nothing can ever top Revenge of the Nerds, Caddyshack, Stripes, etc. There was a severe shortage of one liners, memorable characters, or dare to be great situations in Hot Tub. Nothing could ever be better than Omega Moo's, Michael Jacksons "Thriller", and Wonderjoints. Outside of my tangent, this is a good film that could have been truly great. Craig Robinson is one funny man, and I look forward to seeing him in more films. Rob Corddry was best cast in Lower Learning, which I am sure most of you have never heard of. Clark Duke, for some reason I thought you were Klitz from the Girl Next Door, so my apologies. On that note, give it a shot; there are far worse movies out there to see.