The plot for this movie seems like a sitcom episode. I very clearly remember seeing the same story in an episode of "Family Guy". For one reason or another someone, or group of someones, goes back to an earlier point in their lives. They get to either make corrections or try to avoid changing things and causing the universe to collapse.
In this variation of the "classic" plot, four guys (three guys and a nerd) find their lives in a bad place so they go off to a ski lodge they used to frequent. One guy has just been left by his latest girlfriend and has a career he hates. Another gave up his band and dream for a woman who he just found out is cheating on him. The third may or may not have been attempting suicide, but his life kinda sucks. And the nerd is living in a basement with his computer.
When they get to town the lodge is decaying around them and the town is mostly closed. Still, they stay in their old room and try to enjoy themselves. After awhile the hot tub comes on. There's much drinking and yelling and having a good time. They wake up in the hot tub, get changed, and go skiing. It soon becomes apparent that it's 1986 again.
Then Chevy Chase shows up. The time machine is broken and he's there to fix it. The question about him is whether he's their mysterious time guide, dropping hints about the proper way to get home, or if he's just the repairman and is just talking.
Besides the individual stories, there's a central theme underlying the whole movie. These three guys used to be the best of friends, but they've drifted apart. This movie is also about the three of them (and the nerd) reconnecting. Much of the humor comes from their conflicts between fixing something that went wrong this weekend and not doing anything to change the future, including preventing the nerd from being born.
This isn't gonna end up as a movie classic, but it was a good movie and well worth seeing. I probably won't buy it, but I might put it in my NetFlix queue for Yummy to see.
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