Hot Tub Time Machine

critic Reviews

, 64% Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Its flagrantly silly script -- and immensely likable cast -- make up for most of its flaws.
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    Julie and BrandyAutostraddle
    I'll go, it's a comedy, it'll be dumb and funny. And it was dumb. But it wasn't that funny yet.
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    Anna Smithmetro.co.uk
    An irreverent, guilty pleasure, frat boy comedy, it blows a big fat raspberry at sci-fi fans and tells them to stick their Flux Capacitors where the sun don't shine.
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    Ed KochThe Atlantic
    It may be a generational gap that turned me off, but I thought it was all quite ridiculous and the dialogue worse than coarse. Trust me and not those in their 30s. It is not worth your time.
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    Laremy LegelFilm.com
    Well played, Hot Tub Time Machine, well played. You defied expectations, in a good way, and managed to evolve from "potentially silly concept" to "fairly funny film."
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    Ian BuckwalterNPR
    Admirably turns a potentially one-note joke into a consistently funny package.
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    Derek MalcolmLondon Evening Standard
    It's passably funny in spasms, but in the end the outright vulgarity palls and you wonder what the two leading ladies in the cast, Collette Wolfe and Lizzy Caplan, thought of it all. Not much, I'd say.
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    Brian EggertDeep Focus Review
    The result is the kind of lazy comedy that demands a lazy audience. If you’re feeling lazy, you could do worse.
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    Rene JordanEl Nuevo Herald (Miami)
    This farce is not as dumb as it seems. [Full review in Spanish]
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    James CrootThe Post NZ
    Those of a certain age will find this an enjoyable blast back to the past.
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    Stuart McGurkNME (New Musical Express)
    Gross, silly, stupid - yet this 80s time-travel comedy is surprisingly funny...
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