The Hot Flashes

Play trailer

The Hot Flashes

R

2013

1h 39m

Comedy

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

39%

Tomatometer

23 Reviews

34%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

A team of middle-aged Texas women, all former high-school basketball champions, challenges the current team of state champions to a series of games to raise money to prevent breast cancer.

Watch on Peacock

Stream Now

Stephen Holden

New York Times

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.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 12, 2013

Full Review

Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

Lifetime movies have their pleasures, and so does this film.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 11, 2013

Full Review

Justin Chang

Variety

[A] strained and soapy empowerment comedy ...

Jul 11, 2013

Full Review

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

unlikely to put Susan Seidelman back in the front ranks of Hollywood, even though it is an enjoyable, albeit highly derivative, comedy that dares to put "women of a certain age" front and center.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 17, 2013

Full Review

Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

It's heart is in the right place, but -- with poor writing, lame humor and dreadful on-court sequences -- that's one of the only things right about it.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 15, 2013

Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

By and large this is a film meant to do exactly what the film's charity event does: to provide light entertainment while raising money for a good cause.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 8, 2013

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Member

It's a simple movie that's funny and a good waist of time. There's no big plot and it's ok to watch with the family. Based on production it's actually really well shot. The dialogue is a little off but again it's not a major motion picture. Enjoy it for what it is. A cheap comedy that'll have you laughing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

Full Review

Audience Member

FAr fetched story of former basketball p;ayers playing a charity game against the current high school state champions...and winning. A few cute moments but oh soooo cliched. And it is really hard to watch Darryl HAnnah...whatever has that woman done to herself.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Sadly they're neither hot nor is there any flashing. Menopausal women's basketball movies just aren't what they used to be. Eric Roberts drinks Tito's in this movie though so there's that.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Not hilarious or so , but enough entertaintment for a few laughs . Good to see Brooke again !

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

Full Review

Audience Member

This is very mainstream and very ordinary in story, themes and direction. There's nothing here to add spice to a very unidirectional plot.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

Full Review

Audience Member

funny.however no bridesmaids like the review I read. good watch ladies

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Susan Seidelman

Director

Brooke Shields

Beth Humphrey

Daryl Hannah

Ginger Peabody

Virginia Madsen

Clementine Winks

Camryn Manheim

Roxie Rosales

Wanda Sykes

Florine Clarkston

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

78%

55%

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

Watchlist

The To Do List

55%

46%

The To Do List

Watchlist

For a Good Time, Call ...

57%

53%

For a Good Time, Call ...

Watchlist

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

62%

60%

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Watchlist

Project X

28%

61%

Project X

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Critics Consensus: Pacific Rim is a Visual Treat

View more photos

Synopsis

A team of middle-aged Texas women, all former high-school basketball champions, challenges the current team of state champions to a series of games to raise money to prevent breast cancer.

Director: Susan Seidelman
Producer: Brad Hennig, Nina Henderson Moore, Jose Martinez Jr., Jamin O'Brien
Screenwriter: Brad Hennig
Production Co: Vertical Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2013
Runtime: 1h 39m

Most Popular at Home Now