The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)

Nate moves to L.A. to track down Cristabel, the woman he's been in love with since childhood, only to discover that his plan to woo her only has one hurdle to overcome: what to do with June, Cristabel's ever-present, not-so-hot best friend? What's even more complicating is Nate's growing feelings for June, whose true beauty starts to emerge.

Director:

Tom Putnam

Writer:

Heidi Ferrer

Stars:

Paris Hilton, Joel David Moore, Christine Lakin

Bottom 100 #3 | 3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paris Hilton	...	Cristabel Abbott
Joel David Moore	...	Nate Cooper
Christine Lakin	...	June Phigg
Johann Urb	...	Johann Wulrich
Adam Kulbersh	...	Cole Slawsen
The Greg Wilson	...	Arno Blount
Marianne Muellerleile	...	Mrs. Blount
Kathryn Fiore	...	Jane
Scott Prendergast	...	Randy - Creepy Albino Guy
Morgan Rusler	...	Stan - 'Marry Me' Guy
Ryan Alvarez	...	Extremely Unattractive Guy
Erin Cardillo	...	Yoga Teacher
Samantha Bailey	...	Little Girl
Jeremy Scott Johnson	...	Little Girl's Dad
Gino Anthony Pesi	...	Cheesy Guy

Storyline

Nate moves to L.A. to track down Cristabel, the woman he's been in love with since childhood, only to discover that his plan to woo her only has one hurdle to overcome: what to do with June, Cristabel's ever-present, not-so-hot best friend? What's even more complicating is Nate's growing feelings for June, whose true beauty starts to emerge.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | box office flop | ampersand in title | tooth decay | blister | 

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Taglines:

She's hot. She's not. He's nuts.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Regent Releasing

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2008 (Russia)

Also Known As:

A Bela & a Amiga

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$27,696 (USA) (8 February 2008)

Gross:

$27,696 (USA) (8 February 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paris Hilton Entertainment, Purple Pictures, Summit Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When this film was released in the United Kingdom, it was advertised as being "The Number One Film", with smaller print revealing what it was the number one film of: the Internet Movie Database's Bottom 100 (which it was, at the time).

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Goofs

In the flashback to first grade, June's eyes are brown. In the present day, they are blue.

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Quotes

Cristabelle Abbott: A life without orgasms is like a world without flowers.

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Connections

Version of La fierecilla domada (1956)

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Soundtracks

"Mirror"
Written by Alex Callaghan, Ben Kennedy, James Fyfe, Tom Kennedy
Performed by Liner
Courtesy of Second Spring Music Publishing, LLC

User Reviews

So ridiculously bad

OK, I'm not going to bash this film based on Paris Hilton, I admit, I don't like the girl, but I'm not going to base my comment on that alone, I think it's unfair. A lot of people are giving this movie a one just because of Paris without even seeing the movie, it gets a bit annoying. But I don't know why, I think I was just in a mood for one of those awful films that just leave a bad taste in your mouth, I think every once in a while, we need to see something like that. Now the problem with The Hottie and the Nottie, besides it's stupid title? The story, beyond predictable and hypocritical, along with the acting... it's like they just took people off the street who had no credibility to be in a film. I love how Paris Hilton isn't even the main character and yet she is first billed, you know that she paid good money for that or wouldn't be in it, big woop, her as an innocent charity loving girl, that's believable.

Nate Cooper is a man that just can't seem to move on in life, after 20 years he returns to his home town looking for his first grade crush, Cristabel. She's still around making men drool, but she won't go for him unless he can hook her ugly friend, June, up with a guy as well. June has bad teeth, bad skin, bad nails, bad hair, just all in all, it's bad, so Nate does everything he can to get June a guy, but it's more difficult than he could ever expect, until he finds out that love isn't everything he thought it might be.

The script is predictable, stupid, could've been written by a teenager and was very hypocritical, which you will see what I mean if you watch this movie. Now I know that they were just trying to get a big name, but come on... Paris Hilton? I actually had an open mind and just thought to give the movie a shot, but she just is such a horrible actress, like beyond horrible, I'm not just saying that because of who she is, just I know you'll believe me. This is a movie that really shouldn't have been made or if Hollywood wanted it so much, get different people, please, before they do something like cast Paris... never mind. Stay away from this movie at any costs.

1/10