Movie

The Hot Flashes

2013 · 99 min

An amiable underdog comedy that mixes broad laughs with midlife reinvention, offering a warm, easy watch.

Tagline: Everyone thought their glory days were over. Everyone thought wrong.
Overview: An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as the women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, become a national media sensation, and gain a new lease on life.
How it feels: Warm, light, satirical and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Friendship, identity, family, healing
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
identity
family
healing
sport
Places: small town
school
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild