A wild, hit-and-miss stab at high-concept comedy, Hot Tub Time Machine tells the story of four guys (John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke)
who inexplicably wake up in 1986 after a night of debauchery at a ski lodge. The movie should find mostly welcome reception in younger audiences willing to submit to its slipstream rhythms, but most moviegoers will deeply feel at least some nagging lack of narrative underpinning and infrastructure, which crucially, and fatally, undercuts momentum and goodwill. For the full original review, from Screen International, click here. (MGM, R, 99 minutes)