American Fiction

2023 PG-13 1h 57m

7.3 /10

1.3K

Genre

Comedy Drama

Plot

A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Director

Cord Jefferson

Writers

Percival Everett Cord Jefferson

Stars

Jeffrey Wright John Ortiz Erika Alexander

Cast & Crew

Jeffrey Wright

Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

Raymond Anthony Thomas

Justin Andrew Phillips

Jason Armani Martinez

Nursing Home Orderly

Michael Cyril Creighton

Tokunbo Joshua Olumide

Jason Armani Martinez

Man At Book Fair (uncredited)

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Heidi Garza

Coffee Customer (uncredited)

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Josh Habib

Lunch Patron (uncredited)

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Nahna James

Book Convention Attendee (uncredited)

College Student (uncredited)

Boston Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Anne Reardon

Waitress (uncredited)

Cheryl Lee Thorup

Personal Assistant (uncredited)

User Reviews

r96sk

4 Jun 2024

Great movie! This only solidifies my desire to view more, if not all, of Jeffrey Wright's filmography, such a fantastic actor to watch. In this he ...

hamfaceman

14 Mar 2024

This movie was decent.

Geronimo1967

8 Feb 2024

Jeffrey Wright is great in this satirical look at all things hypocritical and exploitative surrounding "blackness" in the USA. "Monk" is the short-tem...

Brent_Marchant

25 Dec 2023

It’s frustrating to watch a much-anticipated movie that doesn’t quite live up to expectations. Such is the case with writer-director Cord Jefferson’s ...