American Fiction … follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical “Black” books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise. …

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 285 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website’s consensus reads: “Jeffrey Wright and American Fiction will forever be inextricable thanks to the actor’s committed approach to the pointedly humorous and insightful material.”[21] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 54 critics, indicating “universal acclaim”.[22] Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 90% positive score, with 83% saying they would definitely recommend it.

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Solid, thoughtful film with a couple metafictional twists. Makes several comments about race, book publishing, and film-making. But there’s also a great story that’s just about a middle-aged guy and his family. Plus it’s pretty funny.