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Suncoast

Suncoast

Drama · Comedy · 2024

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

Movie details

Suncoast

2024 Drama · Comedy 1h 49m

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6.7 / 10

Community rating

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Laura Chinn

Written by

Laura Chinn

Nico Parker

Nico Parker

Doris

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Kristine

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Paul

Daniella Taylor

Daniella Taylor

Laci

Ella Anderson

Ella Anderson

Brittany

Amarr M. Wooten

Amarr M. Wooten

Nate

Ariel Martin

Ariel Martin

Megan Kaminski

Court is in session

Put Suncoast on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.