American Fiction
Seen it?2023 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Friday Night FlickWhy it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (94% on Rotten Tomatoes), it won an Oscar, audiences rate it highly (7.2 out of 10) and it's still drawing plenty of interest. Make plans for this one.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Happiness or Life of Brian, start here. Critics rate it higher than audiences do, so it rewards patience more than it chases thrills.
- The mood
- Provocative satire that goes after everyone.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 57 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 81 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.2 out of 10
- AwardsVery strong
Won 1 Oscar: Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay. Won 1 BAFTA: British Academy Film Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay. Won 1 Critics' Choice Award: Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay. Won 1 WGA Award: Writers Guild of America Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay. Won 2 Independent Spirit Awards: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Lead Performance, Independent Spirit Awards: Best Screenplay. Also nominated for 4 more Oscars, 2 Golden Globes and 3 SAG Awards. Plus 16 other awards.
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$23 million worldwide on a $16 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 399K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Cord Jefferson
- Jeffrey WrightThelonious 'Monk' Ellison
- John OrtizArthur
- Erika AlexanderCoraline
- Leslie UggamsAgnes Ellison
- Sterling K. BrownClifford Ellison
- Skyler WrightBrittany
- John AlesLeo
- Patrick FischlerMandel
- Carmen CusackGilda
- Joseph MarrellaMatthew Wilson