The Hot Flashes (2013)

A group of middle aged women play basketball and prove a point.

Director:

Susan Seidelman

Writer:

Brad Hennig

Stars:

Brooke Shields, Wanda Sykes, Daryl Hannah

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brooke Shields	...	Beth Humphrey
Daryl Hannah	...	Ginger Peabody
Wanda Sykes	...	Florine Clarkston
Andrea Frankle	...	Kayla Rash
Eric Roberts	...	Laurence Humphrey
Jessica Rothe	...	Millie Rash (as Jessica Rothenberg)
Charlotte Graham	...	Jocelyn Humphrey
Carl Palmer	...	Coach Slaughter
Michal Anna Marble	...	Team Manager
Morrey McElroy	...	Nurse Morrey
Maria Mason	...	Workshop Instructor
Camryn Manheim	...	Roxie Rosales
Virginia Madsen	...	Clementine Winks
Gillian Bolt	...	Shannon
Larry Tausch	...	Square Dance Caller

Storyline

An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current arrogant high school girls' state champs to a series of games to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as these marginalized women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, and become a national media sensation.

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Plot Keywords:

basketball | breast cancer | menopause | husband wife relationship | family relationships | 

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Taglines:

Honey, I always remember how to handle balls.

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual content and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 August 2013 (Spain)

Also Known As:

50 anni in rosa

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vertical Entertainment, 4K Productions, The Hot Flashes LLC

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie begins with a close up of Brooke Shield's face, as an homage to Pretty Baby, Brooke's first film.

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Goofs

The truck parks in the second spot in the church's parking lot. When they get out of the truck they are in the last spot.

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Crazy Credits

During the credits there are several outtakes and bloopers from the film.

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Connections

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.17 (2012)

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Soundtracks

Push It
Written by Hurby 'Luv Bug' Azor and Ray Davies
Performed by Salt-N-Pepa
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Predictable, simple plot but still enjoyable

''A group of middle aged women play basketball and prove a point.'' And that is, with not many other words, the entire movie. The entire 90 minutes you sit there, there are no other plots, no other events, no other nothing. Just that. 5 middle aged women playing basketball to raise some money for charity. The first half of the movie seems a bit interesting, as the actions happen in different places, the dialogs are varied, but then , in the second half of the movie, things become, let's say, static. It only focuses on the gym where the games are played and that's it. Quite boring for 45 minutes. And even worse, the ending is ridiculously predictable, it doesn't give any thrill. Important is that there are no useless scenes, everything that happens, matters. All in all, if you are just trying to waste the next hour and a half, I am quite sure that you can find something more thrilling than this.