United States of America

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PoisonTime travelOne-night standSingerPeter pan syndromeForty somethingSnow skiingSki resort1980sButterfly effect80s throwbackChange the past

Steve Pink

John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Sebastian Stan, Crispin Glover

Josh Heald, Josh Heald, Sean Anders, John Morris

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, New Crime Productions

Taglines: Kick some past.

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Craig is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.

Reviews:

Author: John Chard
The Bubble Bath Boys. I guess when push comes to shove, it is what it is and achieves its aims by pleasing the intended target audience. Plot finds 40-something pals John Cusack, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry stuck in ruts and magically transported back to 1986 courtesy of a hot tub. So basically the guys, still in their 40 something bodies get to relive 86 knowing what they know already, if you get my meaning? What follows is a load of raucous behaviour, man child histrionics and crudeness as the mid-life crisis’ come thundering out in a wave of bad hair, iconic 80s dudes and teen angst. The laughs are plenty, if a touch juvenile, and there is at least an air of regressive reflection trying to make its point amongst the testosterone. It does a job, just. 6/10