The Hottest State

2006
R
1h 57m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

Play trailer2:14

7 Videos

33 Photos

Drama Music Romance

A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Videos7

The Hottest State Scene: Scene 3

Clip 1:36

The Hottest State Scene: Scene 2

Clip 1:12

The Hottest State Scene: Scene 1

Photos33

+ 27

More like this

6.4

6.6

3.4

6.7

5.0

7.5

Seymour: An Introduction

5.8

Life in Text

5.6

The Babysitters

4.8

Chelsea Walls

6.8

Yellowbook Touchscreen Ad with Alexandra Daddario

5.4

Faces Without Eyes

5.4

Baked in Brooklyn

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Colombian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno said in an interview with Reuters that she struggled with her decision to be naked for the first time for the sex scenes because she didn't have a "Hollywood body." "I'm not that skinny. I will never be that skinny. So it was kind of weird. I'm not perfect, I have this," she said, grabbing her thighs. "Then I realized every time you watch a movie where a girl gets naked, it's perfect, she's a model and it's not true. It's not real. It was kind of like a big thing for me to just go for it, to take my clothes off and be me. It was something that I really thought about, to do or not to do. Then I just said ... I'll do it. I'm normal, it's not a big deal."

Quotes
Jesse: [to William in the restaurant] A lot of bad shit is gonna happen to you. People are not gonna love you back, and if you're serious about becoming an artist, that's the first thing you should learn. And, listen, you're gonna die, okay? Relatively soon, okay? So, that being said, you have nothing to worry about.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Brave One/The Hottest State/Mr. Woodcock/In the Valley of Elah/Across the Universe (2007)

Soundtracks
Always Seem To Get Things Wrong
Written by Jesse Harris
Performed by Willie Nelson

User reviews17

Featured review

a boring, unconvincing talk-fest

I saw this film at the LA Film Festival and found it to be a boring talk-fest between two largely unsympathetic, unconvincing characters. If Hawke was trying to channel Linkletter's Before Sunrise/Sunset, he should have also created characters whose motivations and reactions are at least somewhat plausible, even if they happen to be 20 year olds. On the other hand, the character portrayed by Laura Linney (the mother of male lead) is refreshing in her contribution of realism to the story. Otherwise, if you like lots of self-involved rambling about nothing much, punctuated by music videos and a few moments of soft-core porn, this is your movie.