Film 59 (Goal: 300) of 2024

When I started this film, I almost immediately critiqued myself. A few years ago, I went all out on film watching, watching 500 films (...yep) in 1 year. That included a lot of random streaming releases. This year I've decided to make film watching a priority, to eat into the 350+ films on my watchlist, and the 200+ films across my streaming services. And I was only going to add the big films across streaming.

So long story short, when I came across Suncoast, without any fanfare, I immediately contradicted that and jumped on it for 2 reasons - it was a 2024 release (which I don't have many so far) and it starred Woody Harrelson, who I'm obviously a big fan of. And within the first 10 minutes, I thought I had made a bad decision. But as Suncoast goes on, I was drawn into the performances and the characters. I saw a comment stating this is standard fare, and it is, but also not. The characters around Doris don't act likes stereotypical films would, and this film is better for it. The film lifts immediately with Woody Harrelson's introduction but Nico Parker also anchors the film with a surprisingly strong performance. Her group of friends also do a good job supporting her and you'll go on a journey with Laura Linney's performance.

Overall, Suncoast is a surprisingly lovely little film. I doubt it'll be in anyone's top 10 films of the year but you'll watch a lot worse films than this.