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Anders Korsgaard Pedersen
rated 9

So so funny! Clever satire about woke culture. I laughed my ass off. Meta all the way. Many layers of clever narrative and political criticism. A new comedy classic.

3 weeks ago
Critic James Mottram
rated 8

...a fiendishly sharp poke at questionable notions of Black representation in the modern world.

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Ivan Mellace
rated 8

A very intelligent comedy with some macabre traits. I wish I were black to be able to grasp all the irony of the sequences. The director manages very well to create a fair controversy: is the author of a text an artist like a painter? so, why is e...

1 month ago
Critic Radheyan Simonpillai
rated 8

...incisive literary satire takes no prisoners.

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Anisha Fitriani
rated 10

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1 month ago
Critic Kevin Fox Jr.
rated 8

Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction is a wry comedy that reflects the world we live in and the literature and film it produces. 

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Critic Annika Andersson
rated 8

...har många relevanta poänger om rasism, klichéer, och samhällets normer, som humoristiskt fömedlas i satirformat med Jeffrey Wright i toppform.

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Critic Emma Gray Munthe
rated 8

Skratta högt-roligt om svart kultur och komplicerade relationer.

Read full review at Aftonbladet

Cast & Crew

Cord Jefferson
Director
Keith David
As Willy the Wonker
Jeffrey Wright
As Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
Adam Brody
As Wiley Valdespino
Sterling K. Brown
As Clifford Ellison
J.C. MacKenzie
As Carl Brunt

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In this thought-provoking comedy-drama, Thelonious "Monk" Ellison - a writer and English professor - uses an assumed identity as a white man to expose the hypocrisies in the publishing world when they reject his work for not being "Black enough". As he becomes more entrenched in his new persona, he must confront the disconnect between his artistic integrity and his personal beliefs. Will he continue to play the game, or will he reveal his true identity and risk losing everything he's worked for? American Fiction is a hilarious yet poignant look at the absurdities of race, identity, and the art world.

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American Fiction was released in theaters on January 12, 2024.

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American Fiction was released for streaming on March 8, 2024.