Product Details

• Actors: Selma Blair, Laura Catalano, Clare Coulter, Judy Davis, Catherine Disher
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Showtime Ent.
• VHS Release Date: October 12, 2004
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002MFFHO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,829 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

With equal parts humor and vitriol, Academy Award®-winner Richard Dreyfuss and Emmy Award®-winner Judy Davis portray Barnaby and Maxine Pierce, a middle-aged couple exploring the ups and downs of a marriage that has spun out of control. They embark on a cross country road trip from Connecticut to Los Angeles to attend the wedding of their son and give him their vintage Thunderbird as a wedding gift. By reflecting on the life they’ve shared together, the couple begins to re-evaluate their marriage and discover the possibility of rekindling their relationship.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sophisticated Americans confronting their past, October 10, 2005

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A. Calabrese "othernj" (NJ--United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coast to Coast (DVD)

Coast to Coast directed by Paul Mazursky is the kind of movie you would really like to feel good about. The back drop of a TV comedy writer and his wife who put their house up for sale and take a trip across America in a 1960's era red T-Bird is the stuff dreams are made of, but in this case it is a rolling nightmare, you see Barnaby, played by Richard Dreyfus and Maxine, played by Judy Davis are on the brink of divorce. Apparently Barnaby thinks that if they take this trip they can patch up their long gone love for each other. And he is right, as it seems Maxine is talking a good game, but really doesn't want to go it alone. You really want to like this film, made for the Showtime cable network, but the characters that Dreyfus and Davis have to interact with are just not likeable. I see the point of the screenplay written by director Mazursky, but it is just too obvious that Barnaby and Maxine are better people than the ghosts that haunt them. Add to this the screen writers love affair with the notorious "F" bomb and Coast to Coast just comes off as another Hollywood film that their creators love, but really has no appeal to the American public. This is a shame because a good re-write of the script might have improved this otherwise unremarkable film. This is just average Hollywood fare, seen through the eyes of Hollywood people who really have lost touch with day to day reality. Take it or leave it.

5.0 out of 5 stars A 5 star film, April 9, 2011

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Filmfan (Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coast to Coast (DVD)

A well-written script, and with great acting. Nice to see very good actors at work,
in an intelligent film.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Dialog, May 8, 2010

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Valentine (Telluride, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coast to Coast (DVD)

COAST TO COAST has fantastic dialog between a long-term married couple who have been through a lot. An in depth look at issues without all the angst and peppered with subtle humor and touching insights. Richard Dreyfus and Judy Davis, how could the delivery of really good writing be any better.