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At its essence, Back to the Future had a real Oedipus complex going on.
While Marty McFly tries to shake off his mother’s advances, she luridly forces her son to breaking point before sticking her tongue down his throat. Only in the ’80s, eh?
Well, actually that’s exactly the same sort of lows that the Hot Tub Time Machine mines for comedy in this ’80s throwback.
You know what’s great about the ’80s? John Cusack, that’s what. You know what’s also great about the ’80s? Back to the Future.
Well great Scott! They’ve only gone and put the two together in some bawdy romp about sex, rock and floppy haircuts. Hot Tub Time Machine takes a look at the radical decade where wives of film stars didn’t tell everyone that they’re husbands were smacking them around. Nostalgia, eh?
Here’s an exclusive clip for you to enjoy on your pathetic Thursday afternoon.
Hot Tub Time Machine is out on DVD and Blu-ray on August 30th 2010.
William Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” And what better way to start a look at the trailer for a movie called Hot Tub Time Machine than a quote from The Bard of Avon?
But what is in a name? I don’t know about you, but if there isn’t some sort of chronology-altering device whose primary function is the storage of heated water for recreational relaxation therapy, I’m going to be extremely disappointed by this trailer. Let’s decode it…
