A group of
friend accidentally uses an hot tub time machine.
The current
output of American is so dismal that when we get one that somehow works is
practically worth an headline. The premise is all there, in the title, you don’t
need to ask more. As a premise is actually good but we saw movies after movies
squandering much better premises.
In this
case they actually use it in a good way, mainly because they remembered to
bring in the jokes and the funny. They don’t work every time and they certainly
aren’t the best jokes that you’ll ever hear but they are funny enough and there
is a good abundance of them.
As the
latest tendencies dictate this is an extremely crude comedy. I love Judd Apatow
movies but evidently somebody in Hollywood decided that we really can’t go on
without potty humor which is really a shame. Now I can’t put a comedy over dinner
if I don’t want to watch people manipulating excrements while I’m eating.
They kinda
play with the titular concept but don’t except anything mind blowing; if you
saw half a movie about time machines you already know the entire plot of this
one. I think that also the screenwriters knew about that and actually aimed
squarely for it. The whole sense of Déjà vu is evoked by the main cast who many
times talk about the situation in movie terms adding a meta dimension that adds
to the fun.
As usual
all the main characters need to solve some personal issues but luckily this
time they don’t lose too much time over it and when they delve on it they do it
in a farcical way, we never stray from the comedy to put a serious hat like so
many rom-coms.
In the end
if you like a fun comedy and you don’t mind really gross gags this one is aimed
at you.
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