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The Hottest State
Directed by
Ethan Hawke
R
2007
1h 57m
Drama
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Romance
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and more
6.0
32%
52%
5.4
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A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
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Cast of The Hottest State
Mark Webber
William Harding
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Sarah
Sonia Braga
Mrs. Garcia
Ethan Hawke
Vince / Director / Writer
Josh Zuckerman
Decker
Laura Linney
Jesse
Michelle Williams
Samantha
Daniel Ross Owens
Young Vince (as Daniel Ross)
Glen Powell
John Jagerman
Anne Clarke
Young Jesse
Cherami Leigh
Danielle
Jesse Harris
Dave Afton / Music
Bill Dobrow
Drummer
Jon Fowler
Bassist
Guyora Kats
Pianist/Accordian Player
Nick McDonnel
Artsy Guy
Alexandra Daddario
Kim
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Party Philosopher
Richard Linklater
John Wayne Enthusiast
Ryan Hawke
Williamsburg Hip Girl (as Ryan Shawhughes)
The Hottest State Ratings & Reviews
The New Republic
Christopher Orr
If nothing else, Hawke has managed to recreate, with neurological immediacy, the sensation of being harassed by a selfish, clueless ex-lover.
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
The movie is crisply shot and obviously heartfelt, but search elsewhere if you want the same honesty Hawke displayed as an actor in 1995's Before Sunrise and its 2004 sequel Before Sunset.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The Hottest State lacks heat.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
[The two main characters] are in all honesty the least sympathetic and most egregiously boring romantic pair that I've seen onscreen in ages.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
It's a small film, it's a mild recommendation, but I still think it's worth checking out.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
The main point I can extract from Ethan Hawke's The Hottest State is that even a peevish and self-centered young man is capable of feeling great anguish when his girlfriend dumps him.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Will the world be different, or their lives irrevocably changed, if they break up? I don't think so. Their tree falls in the forest, and nobody cares except the termites.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
As a director Ethan Hawke has learned a great deal from his mentor, Richard Linklater.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Buy the CD and skip the movie.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
[Director] Hawke's sincerity - especially in his terrific new film, The Hottest State -- is also his saving grace.
Chicago Tribune
Scott Schueller
Ethan Hawke's film, based on the novel he wrote a decade ago, should come with a warning that it may cause bruising from heavy-handed dialogue.
Entertainment Weekly
Scott Brown
If the words ''based on a semiautobiographical first novel'' don't send chills up your spine, how about ''adapted for the screen and directed by the author''?
AV Club
Scott Tobias
[An] insufferable relationship drama.
Slate
Dana Stevens
As soon as the credits start rolling, you can't wait to get out.
New York Post
Linda Stasi
As a bonus it's got the best soundtrack of any movie this year. Hawke, who is the first cousin once removed of Tennesee Williams, proves himself to have a good eye for the small world of big love.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Hawke, though, who is very good as the young man's estranged father, had best stick to what he does best.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Ethan Hawke's earnest, talky film The Hottest State, which he adapted from his own semi-autobiographical 1997 novel, doggedly peels away the gloss to dive into the emotional swamp where two young people get lost in each other.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
At times this indie is as repetitive and self-indulgent as its protagonist, but it captures a bit of the madness of being unrequitedly in love.
Newsday
John Anderson
Hawke does some nice things with the camera -- the film has style -- but what it doesn't have is the essential thing you need in a drama. Namely, drama.
New York Press
Eric Kohn
Having written the source material, Hawke had veto power of his characters' individual quirks before he put them in front of a camera. Perhaps it's this degree of control that keeps the temperature in State just right.
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