The Hot Flashes
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: July 12, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
USA TodayScott BowlesJul 11, 2013
This comedy deserves credit for taking a decided viewpoint — and delivering a heartfelt if occasionally misguided message. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenJul 12, 2013
In critical ways, the movie is a mess. The basketball scenes are so sloppy and haphazard that the would-be slapstick registers as confusion. But away from the court, the actors bring their caricatures to folksy comic life. Read full review
50
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJul 11, 2013
Lifetime movies have their pleasures, and so does this film. Chief among them is the cast, a group of over-45 actresses who really are better than ever; in the cases of Brooke Shields and Daryl Hannah, remarkably better. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 11, 2013
The problem is the script, which, in scene after scene, contains no surprises. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineTina HassanniaJul 10, 2013
Seidelman's attempts to provide positive, alternative representations of marginalized people and problems is overly ambitious. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloJul 10, 2013
Early in The Hot Flashes, Brooke Shields is seen reading Menopause For Dummies, and it doesn’t take long to realize that’s precisely what you’re watching. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJul 11, 2013
What could have been an empowering and amusing riff on the typically male underdog genre is mostly charmless. Read full review
40
Village VoiceInkoo KangJul 9, 2013
The raunchy, feminist-revenge jokes are the best part of this feel-good, you-go-ladies sports comedy. Read full review
38
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJul 9, 2013
Hot Flashes don’t generate much heat — comical or otherwise. A pity, since that rare menopause comedy is a terrible thing to waste. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 11, 2013
Now that the filmmaker has reached a certain age, she no longer seems to have her finger on her generation’s pulse. Case in point: The Hot Flashes, a ribald comedy whose menopause-referencing title is all too indicative of its pandering humor. Read full review
25
Washington PostAnn HornadayJul 11, 2013
Even though it earns an R rating for profanity and some risque material, it’s too meek and mild-mannered to qualify as brave, or even slyly subversive. Read full review
20
The DissolveJen ChaneyJul 11, 2013
Under the direction of Susan Seidelman—who first focused on a lost woman with identity issues in 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan—the leads in The Hot Flashes come across as one-dimensional, pseudo-feminist clichés whose conversations seem contrived and whose jokes land with the thud of airballs clunking on hardwood. Read full review
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