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   • 7.9/10 7.9/10 IMDb
   • 93% 93% Rotten Tomatoes

   Critics consensus Jeffrey Wright and American Fiction will forever be inextricable thanks to the actor's committed approach to the pointedly humorous and insightful material. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   Is American fiction a good movie?

   • Stagg R. Leigh is revered while Thelonious Ellison is stagnant, digging his nails into the sand to keep himself and his family from slipping out to sea. “American Fiction” is a thoughtful, although heavy-handed, film. The strength of its thesis successfully bonds the film together.

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   How long is 'American fiction'?

   • ‘American Fiction’ Review: Jeffrey Wright Takes on Narrow Ideas of Black Representation in Sharp Industry Satire Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Special Presentations), Sept. 8, 2023. MPA Rating: R. Running time: 116 MIN.

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   What is American fiction?

   • In the tradition of films like Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled” and Robert Townsend’s “Hollywood Shuffle,” “American Fiction” aims to be a darkly comic exploration of the way fiction and media commodifies the Black experience, reducing it to easily consumable caricature.

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   Is American fiction a satire?

   • American Fiction specifically looks at the kind of literature that panders to its white audience while providing an unrealistic depiction of the myriad obstacles Black Americans face. Cord Jefferson's debut film is a sharp and playful satire about the art world in the United States, particularly in today's political and social climate.

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   Dec 15, 2023 · Director Cord Jefferson, in his feature debut, “American Fiction” (based on Percival Everett’s novel, Erasure), unpacks the qualifying characteristics and limitations of mass market white interest in Black stories.

3. www.nytimes.com › american-fiction-review‘American Fiction’ Review: The Pen Is Mighty, the Pressures ...

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   Dec 14, 2023 · Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” is a cagey, cerebral dramedy about a joke that backfires on its author, a stone-faced literature professor named Thelonious Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) who ...

   • Director: Cord Jefferson
   • Author: Amy Nicholson

   • Video Duration: 117 min

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   93% Tomatometer 286 Reviews 96% Audience Score 1,000+ Verified Ratings AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture's obsession with reducing...

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   • Director: Cord Jefferson

   • Content Rating: R
   • Actors: Jeffrey Wright

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   Sep 9, 2023 · Critics Pick. ‘American Fiction’ Review: Jeffrey Wright Takes on Narrow Ideas of Black Representation in Sharp Industry Satire. Promising first-time director Cord Jefferson uses a 22-year-old...

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   Sep 9, 2023 · American Fiction is a clever and charming offering for the next generation of writers facing the same existential questions. Thelonious Ellison ( Jeffrey Wright) is a middle-aged Black man in the...

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   With a great cast that includes Oscar-nominated turns from Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown, it's a delightful, sharply-written blending of genres that results in one of the best films of...

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   Sep 11, 2023 · “American Fiction” addresses that comically, having Monk occasionally turn on the television and be met by a barrage of dramatic Black stories of pain, violence and despair.