Flamin' Hot is a 2023 American biographical comedy film, directed by Eva Longoria in her feature-length directorial debut. Written by Linda Yvette Chávez and Lewis Collick, it is based on the memoir A Boy, a Burrito and a Cookie: From Janitor to Executive by Richard Montinatez who claims to have invented Flamn' Hot Cheetos. The film stars Jeese Gracia, Annie Gonzalez, Dennis Haysbert, and Tony Shahoulb.
Biograhphy[]
In 1966 southern california, Richard Montañez grows up as a hard working child with a strict father and supportive grandfather. He meets his future wife Judy in school where he begins selling burritos to other children. He is arrested at a young age when nobody believes that he earned his money honestly. As adults, Richard and Judy marry but live as hoodlums in a gang, hustling to survive. They make an effort to turn their lives around once Judy gets pregnant with their first child. A second child later, Richard and his family still struggle to make ends meet as Richard searches for honest work. He eventually turns to his friend, former hoodlum Tony Romero, who helps him get a job at Frito-Lay. Despite lying on his resumé, floor head Lonny Mason hires him.