Overview
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.
Before writing my review of this movie, I did something that I usually never do: I read the user reviews at tratktv.com. Not surprisingly, the comments on this movie are all over the place: it was a social commentary, b-movie plot, heavy handed, satirical, funny, exploitive…. well, you get the picture. Were we all watching the same movie? Yes, of course. And I think that is part of the brilliance of the movie. In a weird kind of way it very much reminded me of Barbie. The movie can work at a very superficial level, but if the viewer dares to look underneath, there seems to be a limitless amount of layers that can be investigated. It isn’t surprising that we all saw it differently. I love a movie that allows a viewer to get inside and crawl around in it. It is easily in my top 5 of the year.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews American Fiction
Movie title: American Fiction
Movie description: 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.
Date published: 2024-02-10
Director(s): Cord Jefferson
Actor(s): Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Okieriete Onaodowan, Miriam Shor, Michael Cyril Creighton, Patrick Fischler, Neal Lerner, J.C. MacKenzie, Jenn Harris, Bates Wilder, Michael Jibrin, Skyler Wright, John Ales, Michele Proude, Carmen Cusack, David De Beck, Joseph Marrella, Stephen Burrell, Nicole Kempskie, Becki Dennis, Ryan Richard Doyle, Greta Quispe, Kate Avallone, Elle Sciore, Dustin Tucker, Justin Andrew Phillips, Jason Armani Martinez, Celeste Oliva, Christopher Barrow, Alexander Pobutsky, Tokunbo Joshua Olumide, Chhoyang Cheshatsang, Michael Malvesti, Samantha Gordon, Megan Robinson
Genre: Comedy, Drama
My Review
Before writing my review of this movie, I did something that I usually never do: I read the user reviews at tratktv.com. Not surprisingly, the comments on this movie are all over the place: it was a social commentary, b-movie plot, heavy handed, satirical, funny, exploitive…. well, you get the picture. Were we all watching the same movie? Yes, of course. And I think that is part of the brilliance of the movie. In a weird kind of way it very much reminded me of Barbie. The movie can work at a very superficial level, but if the viewer dares to look underneath, there seems to be a limitless amount of layers that can be investigated. It isn’t surprising that we all saw it differently. I love a movie that allows a viewer to get inside and crawl around in it. It is easily in my top 5 of the year.
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My Review - 9/10
9/10