'Suncoast' review: Laura Linney-led semi-autobiographical dramedy is best at its most specific

'Suncoast' review: Laura Linney-led semi-autobiographical dramedy is best at its most specific
Y! entertainment, by Katie Rife; 1/22/24
... Evoking “human life” is especially pertinent when talking about “Suncoast,” the semi-autobiographical dramedy from writer-director Laura Chinn. The movie is based on Chinn’s own adolescence — it’s dedicated to her brother Max, who died in 2005 while Chinn was still in high school. Premature death is widely understood to be a tragedy, but there’s a wrinkle to Chinn’s story that gives it a bizarre specificity: Shortly before his death, he was placed in the same hospice as Terri Schaivo.