Hottest State, The

Aroview: A young Texan actor on the make in NYC obsesses about his ex, post their heady trip to Mexico, in this drama of youthful narcissism and lurve.

Written and directed by star Ethan Hawke AND based on his own, semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, this talky, mooning, philosophising, yearning-and learning, rite-of-passage-soaked film is nothing if not Hawkean - a joy for his ardent fans.