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2020 American television special
Coastal Elites
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Film poster
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Written by
| Paul Rudnick
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Directed by
| Jay Roach
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Starring
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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Executive producers
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- Paul Rudnick
- Jay Roach
- Jeffrey Seller
- Flody Suarez
- Michelle Graham
- Scott Chaloff
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Producer
| Emily Cohen
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Cinematography
| Jim Denault
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Editor
| Jon Poll
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Running time
| 88 minutes
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Production companies
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- Delirious Media
- Seller Suarez Productions
- HBO Films
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Network
| HBO
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Release
| September 12, 2020
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2020-09-12
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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]
[2]
The film received mixed reviews from critics.
Cast
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Production
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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
.
[3]
The project was shot remotely.
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Reception
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On
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
, the film holds an approval rating of 52% based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. 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."
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Metacritic
assigned the film a
weighted average score
of 58 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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References
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a
b
Porter, Rick (June 17, 2020).
"Bette Midler to Star in Remotely Shot HBO Special From Jay Roach"
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The Hollywood Reporter
.
Archived
from the original on September 13, 2020
. Retrieved
June 26,
2020
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"COASTAL ELITES Debuts September 12, Exclusively on HBO"
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Warner Media
. HBO. August 4, 2020.
Archived
from the original on August 21, 2020
. Retrieved
August 6,
2020
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Petski, Denise (June 17, 2020).
"Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Levy, Sarah Paulson & Issa Rae To Star In HBO Quarantine Special 'Coastal Elites' From Paul Rudnick & Jay Roach"
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Deadline Hollywood
.
Archived
from the original on January 25, 2022
. Retrieved
June 26,
2020
.
- ^
"Coastal Elites (2020)"
.
Rotten Tomatoes
.
Fandango
.
Archived
from the original on 2020-10-09
. Retrieved
October 30,
2021
.
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"Coastal Elites Reviews"
.
Metacritic
.
Archived
from the original on September 20, 2020
. Retrieved
September 26,
2020
.
External links
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Feature films
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Television films
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