American Fiction (2023) Movie Summary

1. American Fiction | Rotten Tomatoes

  • 289 Reviews · View All American Fiction photos · Jeffrey Wright · Cord Jefferson

  • AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture's obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish "Black" book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

2. American Fiction movie review (2023) - Roger Ebert

  • 15 dec 2023 · Amidst Monk's struggle to cope with the acclaim of his faux novel, the story of his family becomes a drama of its own. Death, sibling rifts, and ...

  • American Fiction is a thoughtful, although heavy-handed, film.

3. “American Fiction” Film Review: Absurdist Adaptation - Scriptophile

  • 5 jan 2024 · It stars Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious Monk, a struggling novelist who finds unexpected success by leaning into black stereotypes and writing a ...

  • American Fiction (2023) is a satirical comedy-drama film from debut writer-director Cord Jefferson. It stars Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious Monk, a struggling novelist who finds unexpected success by…

4. 'American Fiction' Review: Cord Jefferson Satire Navigates The ...

  • 9 sep 2023 · In Cord Jefferson cinematic adaptation of Percival Everett's Erasure, American Fiction emerges as a hard-hitting commentary on identity, ...

  • "American Fiction" directed by Cord Jefferson is cinematic adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure

5. Film Review – American Fiction (2023)

  • 6 sep 2024 · Plot – Struggling teacher and writer Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison (Wright) gets caught up in the very industry he despises when he writes a mock ...

  • Title – American Fiction (2023)  Director – Cord Jefferson (feature debut)  Cast – Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Adam Brody  Plot – Struggl…

6. American Fiction (2023) by Cord Jefferson - Cinematary

  • 12 jan 2024 · Review by Andrew Swafford Although the life of a film critic may seem lavish and swanky to readers raised on Ratatouille, I'm actually ...

  • Review by Andrew Swafford Although the life of a film critic may seem lavish and swanky to readers raised on Ratatouille , I’m actually living the increasingly untenable life of a schoolteacher – more specifically, teaching the subject of this film’s title. When the opening scene presented protago

7. American Fiction (2023) - MUBI

  • 28 mrt 2024 · ... American Fiction gleefully exposes the industry's ravenous appetite for stereotypical storytelling. Deze film wordt momenteel niet vertoond ...

  • Monk is a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment that profits from Black entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, he uses a pen name to write an outlandish book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

8. Review: American Fiction (2023) - 3 Brothers Film

  • 7 feb 2024 · It savagely satirizes the contemporary American media environment, but it also works well as a textured family drama, one that doesn't give easy ...

  • Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction strikes a delicate balance between hilarious satire and understated family drama.

9. 'American Fiction' - Everything We Know About the Surprise Awards ...

  • 18 dec 2023 · The film follows the story of Kaling, who plays struggling comedy writer Molly Patel, as she becomes a diversity hire by late-night legend ...

  • Here's what we know about American Fiction, the directorial debut of Cord Jefferson starring Jeffrey Wright and Issa Rae.

10. American Fiction | Movie - MGM Studios

  • AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture's obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes.

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and TV content across all platforms.

11. 'American Fiction' review: A cutting satire about what sells

  • 15 dec 2023 · It's a thoughtful and complex film that unfolds under repeat viewings and signals the arrival of an exciting new filmmaker. Even writing this ...

  • Starring Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated academic and novelist who decides to secretly play the game and write a "Black book," it's a welcome dose of smarts.

12. American Fiction (Film, 2023) - MovieMeter.nl

  • Plot American Fiction. Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison is een gefrustreerde schrijver die genoeg heeft van de vermoeide en beledigende stijlfiguren die worden ...

  • Komedie / Drama film.

13. American Fiction (2023) - ErikLundegaard.com - Movie Review

  • 29 jan 2024 · Here's some of what I think is going on there. In order for the student to prove her racial innocence, she takes ownership of a word—meant to ...

  • WARNING: SPOILERS It’s been a while since I’ve identified with a movie character as much as I did with Jeffrey Wright’s Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, and it doesn’t have anything to do with the...

14. Review – American Fiction - Geeks Under Grace

  • 5 jan 2024 · Overview · Synopsis, A struggling Black college professor stumbles into literary success by writing a satirically "Black" book that proves ...

  • American Fiction offers a satire of the current state of Black-centric narratives in the media, raising many questions, but resolving little.

15. American Fiction review – incisive literary satire takes no prisoners

  • 11 sep 2023 · With American Fiction, Cord Jefferson crafts a hilarious and withering satire about an African American novelist chafing against an industry ...

  • Jeffrey Wright leads a note-perfect cast as an author pandering to a white appetite for Black trauma in an impressive debut from Cord Jefferson

16. Film Review: American Fiction (2023) | by Alex Kelaru - Medium

  • 16 feb 2024 · Cord Jefferson's directorial debut, American Fiction, based on the provocative 2021 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, ...

  • Kelaru & Fulton rating: ★★★★ Available in cinemas | Runtime: 1hrs 57mins

17. American Fiction - Mediaversity Reviews

  • 16 dec 2023 · Title: American Fiction (2023) Director: Cord Jefferson Writers: Cord Jefferson based on a novel by Percival Everett ...

  • “ American Fiction ’s small inclusion-related missteps undermine its own thesis.”

18. Movie Review – American Fiction (2023) - Flickering Myth

  • 31 jan 2024 · Movie Review – American Fiction (2023) ... Written and Directed by Cord Jefferson. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, ...

  • American Fiction, 2023 Written and Directed by Cord Jefferson. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, John Ortiz, Issa Rae, Adam Brody, Skyler Wright, John Ales, Patrick Fischler, Carmen Cusack, Joseph Marrella, Stephen Burrell, Ryan Richard Doyle. Dustin Tucker, Michael Jibrin, David De Beck, Okieriete Onaodowan, […]

19. American Fiction (2023) Film Review - Loud And Clear Reviews

  • 14 aug 2024 · American Fiction (2023) Film Review ... Half of American Fiction is an engaging family drama, but the other half is a sometimes funny but often ...

  • Review: Half of American Fiction is an engaging family drama, but the other half is an overdone satire of representation in entertainment.

20. American Fiction - Movie Review - The Austin Chronicle

  • 15 dec 2023 · 2023, R, 117 min. Directed by Cord Jefferson. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, ...

  • Cord Jefferson's literary comedy lets the Black middle class shine

21. 'American Fiction' Review: Jeffrey Wright's Sharp Industry Satire

  • 9 sep 2023 · At its core, “American Fiction” is about the unfairness of asking individual artists to represent the entire Black experience. As such, it's ...

  • Cord Jefferson uses Percival Everett's book 'Erasure' as a lens through which to poke fun at how Hollywood commercializes African American experience.

22. Film Review: American Fiction (2023) - The Movie Isle

  • 14 dec 2023 · Writer/Director Cord Jefferson takes the novel Erasure by Percival Everett and brings it to satirical life as a showcase for the supreme ...

  • Writer/Director Cord Jefferson takes the novel Erasure by Percival Everett and brings it to satirical life as a showcase for the supreme talent of Jeffery Wright in American Fiction.…

23. American Fiction - TIFF

  • Starring Jeffrey Wright in one of his most beautifully nuanced performances, American Fiction is both a wickedly smart satire about the commodification of ...

  • Jeffrey Wright stars in Cord Jefferson’s adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure — a wicked satire about the commodification of marginalized voices and a portrait of an artist forced to re-examine his integrity.

24. American Fiction - Plugged In

  • 15 dec 2023 · American Fiction 2023. Credits. In Theaters ... Movie Review. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is a ... Not only is this film based on a book itself ( ...

  • American Fiction gives us plenty to ponder, but while it’s well-made, wickedly biting and surprisingly poignant, it comes with plenty of issues, too.

25. American Fiction Movie Review | Common Sense Media

  • 22 aug 2024 · Potent take on America's obsession with Black stereotypes. Read Common Sense Media's American Fiction review, age rating, and parents guide.

  • Potent take on America's obsession with Black stereotypes. Read Common Sense Media's American Fiction review, age rating, and parents guide.

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