Those of us who claim membership in the “John Hughes generation” have a soft spot for the cheesy teen flicks of our youth: A genre icon, John Cusack’s presence in this extended memory-lane riff provides an affectionate edge to a plot that’s pure ’80s. After his middle-aged sad sack buddies spill an energy drink in a hot tub, they wake up in 1986. Hair will be poufy, fashions will be neon, and safety dances will be danced. HTTM is a cake-and-eat-it-too experience; you get both a vintage Brat Pack comedy, albeit one regrettably drenched in post-Hangover raunch, and an ongoing meta-commentary at the same time. Watching Cusack revive his cool-misfit persona will stir fortysomething hearts. We’d hoist a boom box in his honor if we weren’t so misty-eyed.—Time Out New York
Cast Starring John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, Collette Wolfe, and Chevy Chase