Suncoast (2024)

‘Suncoast’ turns a personal experience into a less-than-fulfilling movie. Writer/director Laura Chinn is behind the new ethical and emotional drama, which sees a troubled teenager sparking a friendship with an eccentric activist.On limited release in theaters on Friday February 2nd before landing on Hulu February 9th, ‘Suncoast’ is the feature directorial debut of Laura Chinn, who has largely worked as an actor and writer/showrunner before.

Her film is partly based on a painful real-life experience, wherein her brother Max, was moved into the same hospice as controversial patient Terri Schiavo in 2005. Chinn uses the religious and ethical storm around Schiavo’s treatment, which forms one branch of the story here, though the focus is on the turbulent emotions of the main characters.