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Coastal Elites
Directed by
Jay Roach
2020
87m
R
Comedy
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Drama
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6.2
57%
42%
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"Amidst quarantine, five distinct voices unravel their truths, revealing the chaos of the 2020 pandemic and the jagged edges of a divided America. Their raw confessions expose the struggle for connection in a fractured society."
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Cast of Coastal Elites
Bette Midler
Miriam Nessler
Kaitlyn Dever
Sharynn Tarrows
Dan Levy
Mark Hesterman
Sarah Paulson
Clarissa Montgomery
Issa Rae
Callie Josephson
Coastal Elites Reviews
AV Club
Dennis Perkins
Callie's wine-flavored tale of the attempts of performatively attentive school acquaintance Ivanka to charm the activist into joining her father's side is, in Rae's hands, riveting, ultimately chilling stuff.
New York Times
Amy Nicholson
Paul Rudnick has embraced the soliloquy as the defining art form of the era of social distance, where we poor players strut and fret our hours on the webcam.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Yes, "Coastal Elites" is worth seeing. Yes, it's a good movie. The acting is strong. The writing is funny and affecting. It is difficult to take your eyes away from it.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
It is very difficult... to make such politically toxic recent history work as comic truth with a serious dimension. "Coastal Elites" manages it just enough.
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
Despite the star power that's been amassed and the obvious craft these actors display, this collection is good for a few familiar chuckles and not much more.
Splice Today
Stephen Silver
A smug, self-defeating dud that has nothing new to say about the Trump era
AwardsWatch
Zofia Wijaszka
Roach and Rudnick take the most popular type of people and, by epigrammatic, provocative script, make Coastal Elites an excellent pandemic watch. Once you think you can relax and laugh, they hit you with a twist that stimulates reflection.
Mashable
Angie Han
Coastal Elites is so busy being mad about Trump that it forgets to be about anything else at all.
Salon.com
Melanie McFarland
It's about as direct in its play to the anti-Trump crowd as it can possibly be. Nevertheless, I can't help but wonder who actually has the stomach for Rudnick's Trump-enraged quarantine view into the left-leaning electorate psyche.
The Atlantic
Hannah Giorgis
Coastal Elites' flaws begin with its uninspired screenplay and blandly written ensemble.
NBC News THINK
Aramide Tinubu
Since it's not saying anything new or offering much in the way of entertainment, it simply feels like an endless, exhausting echo of the exact parts of our lives that drive us to seek escape in the movies.
Boston Globe
Matthew Gilbert
Each of the actors holds attention expertly, ranging through emotions seamlessly, with Roach making only a few cuts within each monologue.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
While the five monologues presented don't seek to convert anyone, they do encapsulate the rage and confusion Trump's election unleashed within the zip codes that conservatives dismiss, while elevating shot-during-quarantine TV to new heights.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Helen Shaw
So why can't I forgive Coastal Elites for being not so good? I think it's because the show reminds me of the things about the form I hope don't come back, even though I spend every day missing live performance.
Variety
Caroline Framke
Some viewers may find catharsis in its unabashed anger at the world today; others may realize they can find the same material on the Twitter timelines of their snarky local #resist enthusiasts and cable pundits for free.
KDHX (St. Louis)
Martha K. Baker
The television play is compassionate and true and (this is Paul Rudnick) very funny.
Decider
John Serba
Offers enough talent, laughs, pathos and outright venting to warrant watching it.
The Movie Minute
Joanna Langfield
I owe Paul Rudnick an apology. While I was complaining he wasn't posting his gloriously acerbic tweets enough, he was shaping this series of monologues about life as it is now, reminding us with a poignant hilarity, we are not alone.
TV Insider
Matt Roush
With a stellar cast of four current Emmy nominees and a past winner, in performances shot in quarantine, these hysterical if uneven showcases have the impact of soul-baring catharsis.
But Why Tho? A Geek Community
Jason Flatt
Like all of 2020, Coastal Elites does too many things at once to ultimately do most of them well.
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Coastal Elites
Coastal Elites
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Coastal Elites: Jay Roach And Paul Rudnick On Bringing The Satire To Life
Coastal Elites: Jay Roach And Paul Rudnick On Bringing The Satire To Life
Behind the Scenes
Coastal Elites: Dan Levy Is Mark
Coastal Elites: Dan Levy Is Mark
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Coastal Elites: Issa Rae Is Callie
Coastal Elites: Issa Rae Is Callie
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Coastal Elites: Bette Midler Is Miriam
Coastal Elites: Bette Midler Is Miriam
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Coastal Elites: Kaitlyn Dever Is Sharynn
Coastal Elites: Kaitlyn Dever Is Sharynn
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Coastal Elites: Sarah Paulson Is Clarissa
Coastal Elites: Sarah Paulson Is Clarissa
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