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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 23 Aug 2007

Hawke, who is very good as the young man's estranged father, had best stick to what he does best…

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By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 23 Aug 2007

Hawke the director indulges Hawke the writer a bit, but there's no denying the beauty of the language and imagery contained in The Hottest State…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 22 Aug 2007

Listen, if you're not predisposed to untrained method actors exploiting their worst instincts, State is going to feel like a thunderstorm of…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Aug 2007

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…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for New York Press (561) on 21 Aug 2007

Having written the source material, Hawke had veto power of his characters' individual quirks before he put them in front of a camera…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 20 Aug 2007

Hawke has made this movie his way and the result is a story that is by turns romantic and disquieting. It's well worth the price of admission…

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By Aaron Hillis (362) for Village Voice (8,525) on 20 Aug 2007

Hawke quite capably taps into the bittersweet complexities of young, love-struck idiocy…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for Variety (12,700) on 31 Jul 2007

Patchy lead perfs and mannered helming subtract value from pic's tangible plus points (solid supporting turns, pleasant score)…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 Sep 2006

The writing is weak in Hawke's second feature, an adaptation of his authobiographical novel, a moody, quiet memory film about love and heartbreak…

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By Ray Bennett (125) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 12 Sep 2006

Lacking depth or anything that's actually funny or sad, and with lead performers who are given more responsibility for the success of the film…

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