:Coup!

Isolated on an island mansion during the First World War and the 1918 influenza epidemic, a rich, famous, and overly entitled Progressive journalist from America's White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) hire a mysterious and Southern-accented grifter (Peter Sarsgaard) as the household's cook. The cook first challenges his orders to prepare only vegetarian meals for his employers and fellow servants. When the epidemic also descends on the island and their meatless food supplies become hard to replace, the wily cook rouses the servants to insurrection and takes over the mansion. The flabbergasted journalist suspects the cook of a more sinister agenda, and the mind games between master and servant escalate into class warfare.

• Peter Sarsgaard as Floyd Monk
• Billy Magnussen as Jay “J.C.” Horton
• Sarah Gadon as Julie Horton
• Skye P. Marshall as Mrs. Tidwell
• Faran Tahir as Kaan
• Kristine Nielsen as Ms. Catherine McMurray
• Fisher Stevens as Upton Sinclair
• Callum Vinson as Tom
• Willa Dunn as Molly

In November 2022, it was announced that Sarsgaard, Magnussen, Gadon, Marshall, Tahir, Nielsen and Stevens would appear in the film.{{cite web|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|title=‘Coup!’: Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Magnussen, Sarah Gadon & Skye P. Marshall Lead Comedic Thriller; Film Constellation Reps Sales|date=November 23, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/peter-sarsgaard-billy-magnussen-sarah-gadon-skye-p-marshall-coup-movie-1235180761/|accessdate=June 26, 2023}}

In February 2023, it was announced that principal photography wrapped in New Jersey.{{cite web|last=Ntim|first=Zac|title=‘COUP!’: Peter Sarsgaard Satire Wraps Production, Film Constellation Shares First Look — EFM|date=February 17, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/coup-peter-sarsgaard-satire-wraps-production-film-constellation-first-look-efm-1235262689/|accessdate=June 26, 2023}}

Coup! premiered in the 'Giornate degli Autori' section of the Venice Film Festival on September 8th 2023. It was subsequently screened at various film festivals, including the Glasgow Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Filmfest Hamburg, and São Paulo International Film Festival.

In February 2024, it was announced that Greenwich Entertainment would distribute Coup! in North America. The film is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on August 2, 2024.

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|80|6.7|44|access-date=4 September 2024|ref=yes}} The website's consensus reads: “A satire that keeps its knives sharpened, Coup! is a satisfying and swift meal served up with a sly Peter Sarsgaard performance as a garnish.” {{Metacritic film prose|61|10|ref=yes|access-date=August 15, 2024}}

In his review for Variety, Guy Lodge described the film as "fleet and frisky at just 97 minutes, tidily but not ostentatiously crafted, and in thrall to the pleasurably low-stakes sport of watching one scoundrel outwit another."{{cite web |title=‘Coup!’ Review: Jaunty Class-War Comedy Pits Peter Sarsgaard Against Billy Magnussen |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/coup-review-1235723734 |website=Variety |access-date=27 June 2024}}

Leslie Felperin, in her review for The Hollywood Reporter, praised Peter Sarsgaard's performance and the movie: "Although Coup! has a small cast and unfolds mostly in a secluded mansion during the 1918 influenza pandemic, it packs a lot of flavor, suspense and droll comedy into its slim 97-minute running time."{{cite web |title=‘Coup!’ Review: Peter Sarsgaard Is a Winning Impostor in a Droll and Breezy Take on Class Conflict |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/coup-review-peter-sarsgaard-billy-magnussen-sarah-gadon-1235590037 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=30 June 2024}}

Xan Brooks of The Guardian wrote about the film: "It is bright and assured and thoroughly enjoyable in the moment, even if its line of satire feels glib and its anger ever so slightly concocted."{{cite web |title=Coup! review – exuberant class-struggle comedy set in Spanish flu lockdown |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/sep/08/coup-review-peter-sarsgaard-comedy-spanish-flu-lockdown |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{rating|3|5}}

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Category:2023 films

Category:Films shot in New Jersey

Category:American comedy thriller films

Category:Films set in the 1910s