What is Hot Tub Time Machine rated, and is it OK for kids?

No. It is rated R, with moderate sex and nudity, and frequent strong language.

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

Film · 1h 41m · Rated R

Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Four adult friends find raunchy, absurdist adventure and nostalgic laughs after a drunken trip to 1986.

Darkly comic, with big broad humor. A party watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Kanopy (free) and Hoopla (free).

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Hot Tub Time Machine parents guide

Moderate sex and nudity, and some violence, about what an R should carry.

Scare: Not scary
Jump scares: None noted
Gore: Light gore; Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence: Some violence; Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity: Moderate; Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
Language: Strong; Frequent strong profanity or slurs.

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Three questions

How gory is Hot Tub Time Machine?: Light gore and some violence.
What is Hot Tub Time Machine rated, and is it OK for kids?: No. It is rated R, with moderate sex and nudity, and frequent strong language.

What is Hot Tub Time Machine about?

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick 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.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.