The American Society of Magical Negroes
The American Society of Magical Negroes
A young man is recruited into a secret society of magical black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 1, 2025
This was actually way more entertaining than I was expecting. I usually avoid trailers, but this is one that I’d probably see at least a dozen times in the theater. (in my experience, that’s not usually a good thing) The Justice Smith An-Li Bogan romance was actually very cute and I kept getting frustrated when it would pull away from that story. Thought the humor worked well, too, for the most part. There wasn’t a lot of nuance in the satirical aspects, and actually gets rather heavy handed on a few occasions. All of these elements result in an amalgam of tones that just feels messy, for lack of a better word.