By Chris Snellgrove | Published 1 minute ago While I don’t play slots or frequent casinos, I do have one serious gambling vice: I love to watch movies with stupid names and even stupider plots to see if they end up being inexplicably good. That’s why I checked out Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), a movie whose delightfully dumb premise is baked into the time-tripping title. To my delight, the movie works well as both a sci-fi adventure and a raunchy bro comedy, and you can now stream this film (one which features stars from The Office and the MCU) on Prime Video. Gonna Go Back In Time The premise of Hot Tub Time Machine is that three middle-aged losers decide to cheer their most depressed member up with a trip to a ski resort they all enjoyed as children. The place is now a boring ghost town, so this geeky trio (plus an even nerdier nephew) ends up relaxing in the titular time machine. But a freak accident ends up catapulting all of them to 1986, where they must correctly relive the events of their shared past, or risk completely changing the future as they know it. The supporting cast of Hot Tub Time Machine is surprisingly stacked, and this time travel adventure fittingly includes Back to the Future veteran Crispin Glover in a small role. Marvel icon Sebastian Stan has a meatier role in the film, playing against type as the kind of mean-spirited bully that only the ‘80s could produce. Rounding out the supporting cast is Chevy Chase , still best known for classic films like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and Caddyshack. A Freaky, Funny Foursome The movie’s hilarious primary cast includes Clark Duke (best known for Kick-Ass and a brief stint on The Office) as the nebbish nephew of the everyman character played by John Cusack (best known for Say Anything). Craig Robinson (best known for his much longer run on The Office), meanwhile, plays a henpecked husband. Finally, Rob Corddry (best known outside of this film for the Childrens Hospital show) plays an alcoholic whose implied attempt at self-harm causes these buddies to return to the ski lodge of their childhood. Hot Tub Time Machine was a relatively risky box office gamble because it combined two elements that don’t always mesh well: sci-fi and comedy. While it was no Back to the Future, the gamble paid off well enough for this movie to earn $64.6 million against a budget of $36 million. That’s a slim profit margin after you factor in marketing costs, but this film’s strong home video sales (remember when studios could count on those?) led to a sequel getting the green light, and Hot Tub Time Machine 2 came out in 2015. Not-So-Rotten Tomatoes When Hot Tub Time Machine came out, critics decided that this timey-wimey throwback was a worthy addition to the comedy canon. On Rotten Tomatoes , the movie has a rating of 64 percent, with critics praising the cast for gonzo performances that fill every frame with seriously chill vibes. They also commended the script for leaning into the silliness of the entire premise, resulting in a movie funny enough for you to overlook its occasional flaws. Generally speaking, I agree: Hot Tub Time Machine isn’t a perfect movie, and it’s certainly nothing you watch when you are in the mood for some kind of cinematic masterpiece. It is, however, light and consistently funny, making it the perfect film to put on if you want to entertain guests or just vibe out on the couch. The script is generally solid, but even when it falters, you can count on these charismatic actors to turn shaky punchlines into comedy gold. A Perfect Comedy For Sci-Fi Fans If you’re a big sci-fi fan like me, you’ll likely find Hot Tub Time Machine even more enjoyable because it plays with many of the genre’s biggest tropes, including the dreaded butterfly effect. But it does so with a light touch and raunchy humor, turning a genre that can often be way too serious into one killer punchline after another. If you’ve ever wanted to see just how weird things could have gone for every fictional time traveler (from Marty McFly to The Doctor), it’s definitely worth checking this movie out. Will you agree that Hot Tub Time Machine is the funniest, raunchiest take on time travel, or would you rather mess up your own timeline than watch all the way to the end? The only way to find out is to step into the tub yourself by streaming this movie on Prime Video. Let’s face it: with the world as crazy as it is right now, don’t you owe yourself a cinematic blast to the past? REVIEW SCORE Source: https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/scifi/hot-tub-time-travel-review.html