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Algren
now we know
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 American Fiction  Quote: American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson (in his feature directorial debut). Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, the film follows a frustrated Black novelist and professor who jokingly writes an outlandishly stereotypical "Black" book out of spite, only for the book to be published and receive widespread fame and acclaim. It stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, and Sterling K. Brown.
American Fiction premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023, where it won the People's Choice Award. It was given a limited theatrical release by Orion Pictures on December 15, 2023, with an expansion on December 22, 2023. _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am
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Location: San Diego
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Re: American Fiction Thought this was good. Award worthy? ... not really. Don't really get Sterliing K Brown's nom, felt like he was barely in the movie.
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
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Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Re: American Fiction This was absolutely hilarious, funniest movie of 2023. The story was decent as well, though it didn’t build to some huge thing at the end like I thought it might.
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| Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:48 pm |
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Extraordinary
Joined: Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:53 pm
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Re: American Fiction It was great. If it wasn't executed well could have been a disaster but feels like this is for Wright what Oppenheimer was for Murphy. Secondary character to lead and can anchor the movie.
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am
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Re: American Fiction The scenes about his book are enjoyable but I found the family drama half of the movie about his alzheimer's mom, his love interest, housekeeper's romance, etc. to be pretty average. I think the point was to show that black people stories can be about these normal life events that don't have anything to do with being black, but the execution of that half of the movie just wasn't that interesting to me and overall slowed down the momentum.
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am
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Location: Bright Falls
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Re: American Fiction I wanted to check this out because the premise sounded interesting and it's best pic nom put it to the forefront as well. The awards attention is definitely deserved, while it would not just crack my own top 10 of the year, the screenplay is indeed ace so it won the right Oscar in that regard. The strength is the humor, the dialogue and the scenes are very well set-up and it's got the right actors and performances in that regard. Nice to see something I didn't expect to be this funny to come along and be just that. The last half hour is a bit more of the dramatic side and the ending could perhaps have been a bit better, but I love how it covers its story overall.
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