The viewing public and the ad campaign would have you believe that Hot Tub Time Machine is all about reliving your youth, righting wrongs, and generally getting a “do-over” in life to fulfill your long-lost dreams. But there was another layer about losing touch with your old friends as you get older. The issue comes up many times in the dialogue. How did the main characters lives stall-out, or take such drastic turns away from their young man dreams? Because they lost touch with their close friends, who egg them on when encouragement is needed and check-up on them once in while, so the burden of loneliness doesn’t take over. None of these issues really get resolved beyond a quick line of dialogue or two, but it’s interesting that they’re there. Maybe they’ll dig more deeply into that in the sequel.
Otherwise, it’s a funny movie with some of the usual sex-comedy shenanigans. Performances are par for the course, except for an especially funny turn from time-travel movie veteran Crispin Glover as an armless bell-hop. I laughed from beginning to end. Not pee-in-my-pants laughter, but the amused chuckling kind of laughter, which is fine with me.
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