Coastal Elites Explained

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Director:Jay Roach
Country:United States
Language:English
Producer:Emily Cohen
Editor:Jon Poll
Cinematography:Jim Denault
Runtime:88 minutes
Network:HBO

Coastal Elites is a 2020 American comedy television film directed by Jay Roach and written by Paul Rudnick. The film stars Bette Midler, Sarah Paulson, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy and Issa Rae as five people, living in either New York City or Los Angeles, navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. It premiered on HBO on September 12, 2020.[1] The film received mixed reviews from critics.

Cast

Production

In June 2020, it was announced Bette Midler, Sarah Paulson, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy and Issa Rae had joined the cast of the film, with Jay Roach directing from a screenplay by Paul Rudnick.[2] The project was shot remotely.[3]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus reads, "The top-shelf cast gives Coastal Elites a passionate pulse, but redundant speechifying and the stilted format result in a repetitive preaching to the choir."[4] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: COASTAL ELITES Debuts September 12, Exclusively on HBO. Warner Media. HBO. August 4, 2020. August 6, 2020. August 21, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200821075429/https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/us/media-release/coastal-elites-debuts-september-12-exclusively-hbo?language_content_entity=en. live.
  2. Web site: Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy, Sarah Paulson & Issa Rae To Star In HBO Quarantine Special 'Coastal Elites' From Paul Rudnick & Jay Roach. Deadline Hollywood. Denise. Petski. June 17, 2020. June 26, 2020. January 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220125044527/https://deadline.com/2020/06/bette-midler-kaitlyn-dever-dan-levy-sarah-paulson-issa-rae-hbo-quarantine-special-coastal-elites-paul-rudnick-jay-roach-1202961542/. live.
  3. Web site: Bette Midler to Star in Remotely Shot HBO Special From Jay Roach. The Hollywood Reporter. Rick. Porter. June 17, 2020. June 26, 2020. September 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200913190031/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bette-midler-star-remotely-shot-hbo-special-jay-roach-1298967. live.
  4. Web site: Coastal Elites (2020). Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. . 2020-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20201009211621/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/coastal_elites. live.
  5. Web site: Coastal Elites Reviews . . September 26, 2020 . September 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920041929/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/coastal-elites . live .

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