American Fiction
"Once you go full black, you ain't never going back!"
ComedyDrama
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.
🎬 DirectorCord Jefferson
📅 Release2023-11-10
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioMRC, T-Street, 3 Arts Entertainment
🗳 Votes1,301
🔥 Popularity4
💰 Budget$16,000,000
💵 Revenue$22,483,370
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🎭 Cast
Jeffrey Wright
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
John Ortiz
Arthur
Erika Alexander
Coraline
Leslie Uggams
Agnes Ellison
Sterling K. Brown
Clifford Ellison
Skyler Wright
Brittany
John Ales
Leo
Patrick Fischler
Mandel
Carmen Cusack
Gilda
Joseph Marrella
Matthew Wilson
Stephen Burrell
Jordan Phillips
Issa Rae
Sintara Golden
Nicole Kempskie
Sintara's Moderator
Becki Dennis
Clinic Receptionist
Tracee Ellis Ross
Lisa Ellison
🎥 Crew
Novel
Percival Everett
Executive Producer
Ram Bergman
Executive Producer
Michael Bowes
Executive Producer
Percival Everett
Executive Producer
Rian Johnson
Associate Producer
Hannah Offer
Co-Producer
Lenny Payan
Original Music Composer
Laura Karpman
Director of Photography
Cristina Dunlap
Editor
Hilda Rasula
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
sibling relationshipboston, massachusettswritingrace politicsdark comedysatirealzheimer's diseasedysfunctional familypseudonymfamily dramalgbtracial stereotype
💬 Reviews
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 debut feature. The problem here is that the film tries to tell two stories in one picture, one that it does brilliantly and one that could use some serious trimming, because the inclusion of its segments interrupts the flow every time it comes …
Jeffrey Wright is great in this satirical look at all things hypocritical and exploitative surrounding "blackness" in the USA. "Monk" is the short-tempered writer-cum-lecturer whose behaviour gets him put on indefinite leave by his university and sent to Boston! That's where his family live and where we get our first introduction to his sister "Lisa" (Tracee Ellis Ross). Now she's got the measure …
This movie was decent.…
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