• Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 17, 2020
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Negative: 4 out of 8

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Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Negative: 6 out of 10
  1. Reviewed by: John Serba
    Apr 20, 2020
    50
    Those of you out there who relish the escapism of sleazy junk like this may appreciate it for its too-hot-for-network-TV moments, and possibly for its scintillating iguana content.
  2. Reviewed by: Richard Lawson
    Apr 17, 2020
    10
    Too Hot to Handle is terrible—shoddily made and deeply uninteresting. The contestants are all bores, all clearly out to boost their influencer clout, and are awful at the game of reality show pretending. ... This is sub-basement reality TV, hastily made with the worst kind of cynicism—the one that assumes us dumdums will gulp down whatever slop we’re fed.
  3. Reviewed by: Rachelle Hampton
    Apr 17, 2020
    30
    By the time you finally learn a contestant’s backstory in the second half of the show—that they come from a broken home, or they’ve been cheated on, or they’re a single mother—you’re already too steeped in toxicity and boredom to care. It’s unfortunate that despite the arsenal of weapons at the producers’ disposal (which include adding new contestants to test connections, tempting private suites, and watches that light up when contestants are allowed to kiss) the show never manages to be as scintillating or as meaningful as it claims to be.