American Fiction
American Fiction
A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
Desmond Dale reviewedJanuary 24, 2025
On rewatch I have to say that my love for this film has grown exponentially. It's simply incredible how Cord Jefferson has managed to offer direct commentary and satire of the reductive Tyler Perry style black familial melodramas while simultaneously leading by example and creating his own drama centered around a dysfunctional yet loving black family that's atypical and progressive. The end is also brilliant as Cord decides to get even more meta by having his lead protagonist talk directly to the director of the film that we're essentially watching and throwing out different endings until they settle on what's arguably the most contrived because Hollywood is only pleased when black people are getting shot or arrested or both.