This film follows three 40-somethings and a 20-something as they travel to the 80s in a magic hot tub at a skiing resort. Gritty realism isn’t really what the director Steve Pink is going for. Instead it is very, very stupid and very funny.
The three old friends (John Cusack, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry) leap into their own teenage bodies and must relive an eventful weekend from their past. The results are very rude and crude, with lots of retro references and general making fun of the past. Everyone apparently had day-glo clothes and very bad hair back then.
This is obviously riding the coat tails of The Hangover, and it just isn’t up to that standard – because it isn’t as funny, but also because it doesn’t have a nugget of sweetness at its centre. It is also a bit smuttier than many “gross-out” comedies of late. As long as you aren’t a prude, it should give you an evening of laughs if nothing else.
