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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63USA TodayScott BowlesUSA TodayScott BowlesThis comedy deserves credit for taking a decided viewpoint — and delivering a heartfelt if occasionally misguided message.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineSeidelman's attempts to provide positive, alternative representations of marginalized people and problems is overly ambitious.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe problem is the script, which, in scene after scene, contains no surprises.
- 42The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloEarly 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.
- 40Village VoiceInkoo KangVillage VoiceInkoo KangThe raunchy, feminist-revenge jokes are the best part of this feel-good, you-go-ladies sports comedy.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleWhat could have been an empowering and amusing riff on the typically male underdog genre is mostly charmless.
- 38McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreHot Flashes don’t generate much heat — comical or otherwise. A pity, since that rare menopause comedy is a terrible thing to waste.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNow 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.
- 25Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayEven 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.
- 20The DissolveJen ChaneyThe DissolveJen ChaneyUnder 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.