No sure what to make of this...

This is a movie made by and for the people who grew up on '80s pop culture; they're all grown up now, so the rating has gone from PG to R, the jokes are necessarily raunchier, and the tone has a darker, more realistic edge. (As realistic as a plot based on Jacuzzi-bound temporal shifts will allow, at any rate.) And though the title and subject matter — as with the notorious Snakes On a Plane — may seem like a plea for instant cult status, Hot Tub does a far better job earning it. It may not be as consistently uproarious or quotable as a movie like The Hangover, but Hot Tub Time Machine admirably turns a potentially one-note joke into a consistently funny package. Better yet, it even manages to engender a twinge or two of heartfelt nostalgia for the most culturally embarrassing of decades.