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Hottie and the Nottie, The
Regent Releasing

1.7 based on 18 reviews Read critic reviews How did we calculate this? based on 77 votes Read user comments Rate this movie

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual content

Starring Paris Hilton, Joel Moore, Christine Lakin, and Adam Kulbersh

Nate Cooper has been smitten with Cristabel Abbot since he first laid eyes on her at the impressionable age of six. But before he could try and snuggle up to her at nap time, or maybe send her a valentine, his family moved away. In the intervening years there have been other women in Nate's life, but none who could measure up to Cristabel. Convinced she's the only girl for him, Nate decides to move back to L.A. and track her down. The good news: she's still single and stunning. The bad news: there's a reason she's still single. Cristabel's still best friends with the same ugly little girl Nate remembers from first grade, June Phigg. The two are inseparable. They live together. They go to yoga together. They would even go on double dates together...if only June could get a date. And Cristabel simply refuses to leave dear June home alone. Determined to spend as much time as possible with Cristabel, Nate sets out to find a boyfriend for June. But even when he pays them, guys all flee at the sight of her. And then it hits him: June needs a makeover. But as Nate and June become friends and she emerges from her cocoon, Nate slowly realizes that the girl of his dreams isn't the hottie at all. It's the nottie -- who turns out to be something of a hottie herself. (Regent Releasing)

GENRE(S):	Comedy  |  Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Heidi Ferrer
DIRECTED BY:	Tom Putnam
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: May 6, 2008  Theatrical: February 8, 2008
RUNNING TIME:	90 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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33

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

The Farrelly brothers could burp out a movie funnier than The Hottie & the Nottie, a farce of corrupt stereotypes that's never more grotesque than when it pretends to be more than skin-deep.

30

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Like Nate, we are mere Notties. And we are supposed to feel oh-so privileged for getting to watch Paris through the glass.

30

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Ultimately best suited for the confines of late-night cable.

25

New York Post Kyle Smith

Great actors make the craft look easy. In the Paris Hilton comedy The Hottie and the Nottie, acting looks very, very difficult.

25

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

You've got to admire Hilton's complete conviction in herself as the center of all that is beautiful and good. And maybe such unwavering self-regard is actually kind of hot. Or not.

25

Boston Globe Ty Burr

You've seen dozens of movies like this on cable in the wee hours.

25

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Though Hilton may be a model, if her work in Hottie is any indication, she is no actress.

20

Empire Tony Horkins

Ugly in more ways than one.

12

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

That generous half star rating I tacked onto this comedy abomination is all for Paris Hilton. Come on, it takes guts (or gross dim-wittedness) to appear on screen again after "House of Wax."

12

Chicago Tribune Jessica Reaves

Verdict: not so hot

12

ReelViews James Berardinelli

A cinematic excursion so horrific that it's an insult to bad movies to call it a bad movie.

0

Variety Dennis Harvey

Paris Hilton has already ushered a remarkable three features into the Internet Movie Database's "Bottom 100." The Hottie and the Nottie will make it an even four.

0

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

How is Paris Hilton in her first starring role to receive a national release? Pretty bad, actually. She's limited to a single, all-too-familiar expression of smug self-satisfaction, and she delivers her lines in a tone somewhere between "seductive" and "dish-soap commercial."

0

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Preposterous, disingenuous, remarkably unfunny and genuinely distasteful.

0

Village Voice Nathan Lee

Crass, shrill, disingenuous, tawdry, mean-spirited, vulgar, idiotic, boring, slapdash, half-assed, and very, very unfunny.

0

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

The most astounding thing about this abysmal comedy -- aside from the fact the studio actually allowed critics within a mile of it -- is that it's so ghastly it is beneath even the meager dignity of Paris Hilton.

0

Los Angeles Times Sam Adams

It's not like Paris Hilton to rise above her material, but The Hottie and the Nottie sinks so low that all she has to do is stand upright.

0

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Custom designed for its smirking star (who is also an executive producer), this tasteless train wreck asks only that she preen and prance on cue.

The average user rating for this movie is 1.7 (out of 10) based on 77 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

gokil gave it a0:
Paris should learn from her grandfather how to achieve success without making herself looks cheap.

John F gave it a10:
A cinematic masterpiece. This easily trumps mediocre works such as Schindlers List and The Godfather. This deserves every oscar, grammy and Tony award on how stellar it is. Paris Hilton emerges as the greatest actress since Madonna. I dont get all the bad reviews.

Rich S. gave it a0:
Quick question to Nikko C.: for all of your ranting against how dumbed down American culture has become (something many of us would unequivically agree with), your criticism of even the movie critics and even your chastising of the rest of us for putting such a dimb-witted twit as Paris Hilton on a pedastal, what on God's green Earth propelled you to watch something that you yourself would apparently deem so unworthy to your superior sensibilities? Just wondering.

Jay H. gave it a6:
The reviews on this are some of the worst I have ever seen. It isn't great, but it just isn't that bad. I thought the story was good, it had a good moral to it and I enjoyed the acting, even Paris Hilton was decent. I liked it. I am certain I will geta good share of nasty messages for saying that though.

Piers S. gave it a0:
What amazes me the most here is that a studio was willing to part with money to finance this truly distasteful movie. Does anyone really believe that PAris Hilton can act now after both House of Wax and this?

Nikko C. gave it a0:
Yes, it is terrible. It is undoubtedly almost, if not literally, vomit-inducing. But then, it is also true that she is a star because the American culture is obsessed with celebrity and celebrity-worshipping, and the tendancy is also, unfortunately, to equate celebrity with talent.... (look at the popularity of reality tv covering metaphorical train-wrecks with unabashed glee) ...thus her being in this film and its existence is, in fact, YOUR fault. You all said, "we like stupid. We'll pay for stupid. It represents us, our hopes, our aspirations, our level of self-respect." You quite clearly have a 'high-fibre' entertainment diet that sees you rarely test yourself or aspire to create 'art' in any authentic sense consistently. Bums on seats is the only ethos. Especially to blame is the gullibility of young girls, their parents and equally of course the media that happily dupe them all for cash. Cos at the end of the day that's all this is about.... that's why I imagine she is probably a producer on the film itself or something similar. That's all it is ever about - and the quality reflects this. The people who actually saw it and complain about it - YOU are to blame. You are financing the sequel: The Whore and the Snore with your own money. A large gathering of retarded primates is furiously at work on the type-writers as we speak, assembling this masterpiece in earnest. But the funniest aspect is the criticism itself.... so born out of the dumbed-down culture that Paris and her ilk have inspired..... that, well, none of you can use the english language properly either. Every remark is quick to shoot from the hip but equally to use words that are completely out of context. It's too late to lauch an attack on Paris - she already won. With every word against her I can't help but think that you're all right.... she is a complete dick. And you're the dicks who have the same problems with your own language (the tool by which we articulate our very being to others and therefore the most powerful tool we have at our disposal), the same poor taste, but less money. I guess that makes the hating amount to jealousy. Cos she's the same....... but better. Tragic really.

Gregg gave it a0:
To all of you you actually SAW the movie, I give you all Zeroes. Come on, what did you expect? Of course it will be awful, lame and generally gag-induced bad acting. And I don't have to watch the movie to know this.

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