Coastal Elites (TV)

"As with everyone else tasked with the job, Dever performs her part admirably. But neither she, nor anyone else on 'Coastal Elites,' can quite shake the two-dimensional approach of the script with which they’re working" 

"Is this the worst film of the year? A range of stars, including Bette Midler and Issa Rae, act out clunky monologues in a tone-deaf attempt to speak to a divided America (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)" 

"Roach handles the pacing and rhythm of all five beautifully, as do the actors. It is very difficult, however, to make such politically toxic recent history work as comic truth with a serious dimension" 

"Roach has let his extraordinary cast do the heavy lifting, employing modest edits and spare backgrounds to showcase their performances, adding to their rawness and power" 

"[It] is too often infuriatingly loud, overplays too many dramatic beats and takes what should have been a series of intimate monologues and makes them cartoonish." 

"As purgative and entertaining as 'Coastal Elites' witty and often wrenching confessions may be to those on the same frazzled and anxious wavelength (...) [it] makes dull, boorish, and decidedly less clever reality that much starker upon reflection" 

"Every medium has its own sins, and 'Coastal Elite's failures are the ones that specifically plague too much of our theater"