Hot Air
We all have a voice. Just be careful how you use it.
2018 | 99m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Frank Coraci |
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| Writer: | Will Reichel |
| Staring: |
| A right-wing talk show host's life takes a sudden turn when his 16-year-old niece comes crashing into his life. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 10, 2018 |
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| Director: | Frank Coraci |
| Writer: | Will Reichel |
| Genres: | Drama |
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| Production Companies | Spanknyce Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Mar 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Steve Coogan | Lionel Macomb |
| Neve Campbell | Valerie Gannon |
| Taylor Russell | Tess |
| Skylar Astin | Gareth Whitley |
| Judith Light | Judith Montefiore-Salters |
| Lawrence Gilliard Jr. | Earl Higgins |
| Pico Alexander | Grayson |
| Griffin Newman | Tyler |
| John Rothman | Kent |
| Geoffrey Cantor | Stanley |
| Tina Benko | Laurie |
| Jin Ha | Wendel |
| Teddy Coluca | Rocco |
| Oona Roche | Randa |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tom Lewis | Editor |
| Shelly Rodriguez | Art Direction |
| Rebecca Luke | Costume Design |
| Kim Davis-Wagner | Casting Director |
| Justine Arteta | Casting Director |
| Will Reichel | Writer |
| Frank Prinzi | Director of Photography |
| Liz Toonkel | Production Design |
| Kim Fischer | Set Decoration |
| Kathleen Chopin | Casting Director |
| Kerry Johnson | Production Supervisor |
| Frank Coraci | Director |
| Rupert Gregson-Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Aimee Keen | Producer |
| Will Reichel | Executive Producer |
| Susan Leber | Producer |
| Robert Halmi Jr. | Executive Producer |
| Frank Coraci | Producer |
| Steve Coogan | Executive Producer |
| Jim Reeve | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 3 | 386 | 653 |
With cookie-cutter characters that stumble and trip their way through a cliched plot (tell me if you've heard this one: Smart and spunky teenager shows up on the doorstep of a stuffy conservative family member and makes them look inward for a better way to be), "Hot Air" is not insightful nor is it ... even that timely. The characters are not relatable to the point of being reprehensible and feel like they lurch their way along like emotional Frankenstein's monsters in difficult or impossible to believe directions with little tangible and no believable character development. The only character that seems to derive any relatability is the teenage niece, Tess, but even she doesn't demonstrate much depth and can be very irritating. Steve Coogan's long-winded speech near the end seems to come out of nowhere with less provocation than he would have clearly had in the past. Overall, you'll probably feel the same way if you just walk repeatedly into a closed door for a little while futily hoping to get to the other side, and you won't waste 100 minutes doing it.