Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

“Hot Tub Time Machine” is utterly, proudly ridiculous. The premise: Four guys jump in a ski resort hot tub and are zapped back to their own mid-1980s bodies. Correction: Three of them do so: John Cusack, Rob Corddry and Craig Robinson. Clark Duke is 20 in present day, and so, should be a sperm. But he’s not. Nothing makes sense here. All this is made OK when Robinson looks directly at the camera and screams the film’s title, with a big smile on his face. His shout says, “You think I’m dumb for being in this flick? Hell, you payin’ money to see it!” It’s a ballsy and hilarious wink at the audience. This is a wild celebration of all ’80s flicks where the bad kids were rich snobs and the heroes were stoners. Cusack sends up his own career, while Corddry steals the whole movie. The humor is so gross, you’ll gag. Even if the end is limp and sentimental, this is kitty nip for anyone who proudly wore a Members Only jacket. B-