![]() ![]() ![]() Suddenly concerned for their asinine friend whose subsequent calls up to this point they’ve continually ignored, they jump in the car with Duke along for the ride. Let’s all go back to Kodiak Valley, a ski resort that holds a lot of good memories for the trio. An offended Corddry comes to life and then makes a suggestion. While in his room, Cusack and Robinson openly run down his hall of shame qualifications: divorce, sexual dysfunction, bad breath, numerous failed get-rich-quick schemes and much more. What he gets instead is a trip to the ER and a catheter on his cock. While air drumming to Motley Crue’s Home Sweet Home (I’ll admit the start of this is funny as are parts of the rejigged video at the end of the film), he keeps the car running in his garage hoping for permanent sweet relief. It’s Robinson who contacts Cusack to let him know about their mutual friend Rob Corddry in what is easily his most obnoxious performance to date which, considering his appearance as the dumb FBI guy in the second Harold & Kumar movie, is saying something.Ĭorddry is a real fucking mess when we first meet him. Meanwhile, Craig Robinson has given up a potential career as a rocker to exercise chubby bulldogs and pull car keys out of shitty asses at a pet store. ![]() He’d rather pretend to be a prisoner in Second Life than take a single step of freedom outside. His nephew, Clark Duke, lives exclusively on the Internet in his basement. What went wrong and what will it take to repair the damage?Ĭusack has just broken up with his spiteful girlfriend who upon moving out steals his Television. Estranged friends once incredibly close now at serious odds with each other. Here we are again in a familiar scenario. Some chuckles arise out of the soundtrack stuffed with '80s tunes, among them Spandau Ballet's "True," Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and Robinson's cover of Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl.Did John Cusack really produce this pile of shit? What was he thinking? Serendipity aside, making Hot Tub Time Machine was his worst decision. Three screenwriters - Josh Heald and writing partners Sean Anders and John Morris - teamed up on the script, which has flashes of humor and a couple of truly hilarious moments.īut the story rests too often on easy '80s potshots - Look, a Jheri curl! Check out those leg-warmers! Can you hear me on my brick cell phone? - and today's parlance falling on deaf '80s ears - E-mail? What's that? Lizzy Caplan, Collette Wolfe and Lyndsy Fonseca unremarkably round out the cast as some of the women in their lives.Ĭhevy Chase bizarrely turns up as a mysterious hot tub repairman, his fleeting scenes so pointless and forgettable they beg the question, was this really one of the biggest stars of the '80s?Ĭrispin Glover, who co-starred in 1985's time-travel adventure "Back to the Future," continually takes over the movie with his weirdly amiable turn as a bellhop who has his own dark fate hanging over him.Ĭusack and production partner Grace Loh are producers on "Hot Tub Time Machine," and they brought in Cusack's old high school pal and longtime creative collaborator Steve Pink to direct. Hot Tub Time Machine sends them back to a pivotal night of their youth for a chance to either let time play out the same sad grooves or use their knowledge of the future to create a better past for themselves. ![]()
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