American Fiction (2023)

11/10/2023 (US) • 1h 57m

Comedy, Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jeffrey Wright

Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

Leslie Uggams

Agnes Ellison

Sterling K. Brown

Clifford Ellison


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70%

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63%

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75%

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64%

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77%

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77%

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77%

Ferrari

64%

Dune: Part Two

81%

Plan B

62%

You Hurt My Feelings

64%

Puparia

79%

Four Daughters

75%

Girl You Know It's True

73%

The Divide

66%

A Life Too Short: The Isabella Nardoni Case

69%

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

66%

The 8-Year Engagement

74%

Sometimes I Think About Dying

67%

Johnny Keep Walking!

75%


Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$16,000,000.00

Revenue

$22,483,370.00

Keywords

sibling relationship

boston, massachusetts

writing

race politics

satire

alzheimer's disease

dysfunctional family

pseudonym

family drama

lgbt

racial stereotype

dramedy

thoughtful

philosophical

publishing

complex

mother son relationship

race relations

serious

inspirational

black stories

provocative

critical

witty

assertive

bold

complicated

defiant

dignified

empathetic

instructive

scathing

wry

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