ENTERTAINMENT publication Variety has named Flamin’ Hot, the true rags-to-riches story about immigrant dreams, one of its best films of 2023 so far.
Samuel Rodriguez, President of the world’s largest Hispanic Christian organization, bestselling author, Presidential advisor, political activist, and movie producer who brought us the Dove Award-winning movie, ‘The Breakthrough,’ Executive Produced the movie alongside Producer Devon Franklin and Director Eva Longoria.
Flamin’ Hot, Fox Searchlight Pictures’ most-watched streaming movie of all time, is named after the Frito-Lay snack that became a food phenomenon. It recounts the incredible story of Richard Montañez, the son of Mexican immigrants who grew up as a farm worker in Southern California. A school dropout who struggled with reading and writing, Montañez was a janitor at a Frito-Lay factory in Rancho Cucamonga, California, when he thought about adding chili spice to the original Cheeto chip. His initiative turned into a multibillion-dollar idea and transformed him into an executive at a multinational corporation.
“Flamin’ Hot” boasts a number of industry firsts:
- It is the first movie about a Hispanic person with a Hispanic producer, writer, director, leading man, and leading woman.
- It is the first faith-family movie streaming on both Disney + and Hulu simultaneously.
“The runaway success of ‘Flamin’ Hot’ is not only because it tells the inspirational story of Richard Montañez,” said Rodriguez. But also because it tells the story of every American of every race who had the audacity, faith, and determination to take the American Dream to heart and say, ‘Why not me?’ It is the story of everyone who has been discounted, diminished or dismissed but overcame anyway.”
Rodriguez congratulated Disney+ and Hulu for carrying a movie about faith and family, saying, “I hope it will inspire many more to come.”
For more information on the movie along with trailers and images, visit the site.
