Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
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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.
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 ...
93% Tomatometer 285 Reviews. 96% Audience Score 1,000+ Verified Ratings. AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson's hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture's obsession with...
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Sep 9, 2023 · ‘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 book to poke fun...
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...
Dec 15, 2023 · Cord Jefferson's new satire lacks the bite of the novel it's based on, but Wright's performance makes it a complex pleasure.
Feb 1, 2024 · American Fiction review: A sharp satire on Black stereotypes and the white people who love them. Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K Brown are marvellous in Cord Jefferson’s touching, funny dramedy...
Mar 1, 2024 · American Fiction is a brilliant satirical drama that shines an inquisitive light on how art from marginalized people is viewed. It’s thought-provoking, heartening, silly, and at times,...
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.
Dec 15, 2023 · 'American Fiction' is an entertaining satire about what the white elite expects from black art. It's an interesting exploration of how the black experience is reduced to misery and exploitation. However, the most attractive part of the story is overshadowed by an ordinary and somewhat boring family drama.
