Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 20, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
29
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
11
Negative:
19
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
VarietyJustin ChangFeb 19, 2015
Boorish and crass, homophobic and misogynistic, the very definition of sloppy seconds — par for the course where the present generation of male-driven, R-rated, “Hangover”-aping franchise comedies are concerned. That it somehow manages to send you out of the theater feeling tickled rather than sullied may be a mystery as impenetrable as the cosmos. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleFeb 19, 2015
Ultimately, "2" is hit-and-run humor as hit or miss as any comedy of its ilk. If one has to sit in front of a jet spray of degradation gags, better it feel like the occasional seltzer spritz than a fire hose blast to the crotch. Read full review
58
HitfixDrew McWeenyFeb 19, 2015
The best moments in this film are the moments where it feels like they're just throwing jokes at the screen. The moments that are toughest are the ones where they try to create some sort of emotional beat, because the moment we're supposed to invest in these guys at all, the movie crumbles. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaFeb 20, 2015
In the future, in the past, at all points along the space-time continuum, the Theory of the Teenage Male Mind throws everything out of whack. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenFeb 19, 2015
Whether something did or didn’t happen, and the comic confusion as the future bumps into the past: those are the smart parts of a movie that is not as idiotic as it pretends to be. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanFeb 19, 2015
The film isn’t bad, although it is somewhat repetitive. If it has plot holes, conceptual laziness and an overreliance on dumb-insult humor, the film at least seems to know it. There are lots of self-referential jokes that acknowledge its own stupidity. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia PuigFeb 19, 2015
Some of the gags are stupid-funny, others are just puerile, making for a hit-or-miss experience. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFeb 19, 2015
The difference here — aside from the fact that the jokes aren’t as funny and that John Cusack is nowhere to be found — is the lack of a motivating factor. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKimber MyersFeb 19, 2015
Corddry’s Lou was an enjoyable, over-the-top asshole in the first film, providing most of its humor, even while surrounded by an equally strong cast. However, here, he’s just a truly disgusting human being. Worse still, he’s not that funny. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinApr 9, 2015
The film doesn’t look like the future, or the past’s idea of the future, or anything other than a venal cash grab. Read full review
40
EmpireWilliam GossApr 6, 2015
Despite some choice improvisations, we're given no running gag as endearing as the first film. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 20, 2015
Look, the movie didn't have to cure cancer or anything. But sans the original's redemptive nostalgia or any newfound cleverness, it's just a manic, flop-sweat-drenched mess. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiFeb 20, 2015
If Hot Tub Time Machine 2 accomplishes anything — and it really doesn't — it is that it too never manages to find a way to justify its own existence. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerFeb 19, 2015
The boorish, juvenile Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is the proverbial turd in the Jacuzzi – you can’t pin down who’s responsible, but it’s a floater that ruins the party. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTom RussoFeb 19, 2015
Compared with last time, the returning team of director Steve Pink and writer Josh Heald practically doodle the gang’s motivations and worse, their surroundings. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 18, 2015
The sequel is dominated by Rob Corddry, a fearless funnyman best taken in tiny doses. The doses aren’t tiny enough and the laughs are few and far between this time in the tub. Read full review
35
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeFeb 19, 2015
If the undemanding silliness of the first “Hot Tub Time Machine” was your cup of comedy, then you may well enjoy another plunge in these waters. Apart from a few laughs, however, I found the experience tepid and soggy. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 19, 2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 is a movie that didn't need to be made, and certainly doesn't need to be seen — not when you can rent the original and still feel good about yourself afterward. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyFeb 19, 2015
It’s a comedy that’s so witless and unfunny and shoddily made it makes "The Hangover 2" look like "The Godfather 2." Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 19, 2015
It’s just bad. It’s boring, folks. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 19, 2015
Given the considerable comedic talents of Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Adam Scott et al., and the ragged, what-the-hell charms of the original “Hot Tub Time Machine,” it’s surprising how rotten this movie is from start to finish. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineChris CabinFeb 19, 2015
Josh Heald's script takes the easy way out, ending the film with a torrent of slapdash sentimentality. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithFeb 18, 2015
Within five minutes you’ll guess why John Cusack, not overly encumbered with big film roles these days, didn’t return for the sequel: The script is monotonous, meandering and witless. Read full review
20
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottFeb 20, 2015
What we end up with is a meandering mishmash of tasteless jokes and a tendency for extended non sequitur riffs. Read full review
20
The DissolveNathan RabinFeb 19, 2015
The humor is seldom character-based: It’s more a matter of actors saying whatever outrageous thing springs to mind at that moment. Read full review
20
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonFeb 19, 2015
Like a hot tub itself, it looks inviting, but all too soon you've had enough. Read full review
20
The GuardianJordan HoffmanFeb 19, 2015
If there was just one extended sequence that crackled with originality you could at least say it has its moments, but, truly, there’s nothing besides repeated use of swear words in lieu of wit. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenFeb 25, 2015
Oh, for a time machine that would give me back the hour and a half I spent watching this movie. Read full review
10
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 23, 2015
It tries to repeat everything the original did, and winds up leaving you stone-faced and depressed. I think there were more laughs in Schindler’s List. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 19, 2015
A flop-sweaty cash grab that gives a bad name to sequels in which key talent has jumped ship... Viewers who expected nothing from the first but were pleasantly surprised will get burned badly here. Read full review
0
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeb 19, 2015
This version of the time machine is more powerful — it’s made me go back and hate the original. Read full review
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