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The Hottest State

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(No longer in theaters)

Rating: R — for sexual content and language
Director: Ethan Hawke Cast: Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Michelle Williams, Josh Zuckerman, Sonia Braga
Running Time: 117 minutes
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Genre

Drama

Producer

Yukie Kito, Alexis Alexanian, Sheila Jaffe

Distributor

ThinkFilm

Release Date

Aug 24, 2007

Release Notes

NY/LA

Review

Unbowed by cruel reviews of his novel, Ethan Hawke adapts it into a surprisingly moving film about a young singer (Catalina Sandino Moreno) who falls in and out of love with a whiny, obsessive actor (Mark Webber). The talky, earnest result clearly draws on Hawke’s experience with Richard Linklater—and, thankfully, it feels more sincere than calculated. Webber channels Hawke’s mannerisms and speech rhythms—but in a more successful manner than you might expect.