"Yeah, the problem is that everyone else does."
An abrasive and failing novelist and lecturer despairs of the publishing world's (and audience's) apparent stereotypical expectations of Black authors, so he writes a pandering novel as a joke that unexpectedly becomes a huge hit and makes his complicated professional and personal life even more difficult. Propelled by a wickedly smart and funny script, engaging characters and an excellent cast, Jeffrey Wright is superb in the lead role, with excellent support from Leslie Uggams as his ailing mother, John Ortiz as his dry agent, Adam Brody as the deluded director and Sterling K. Brown as his newly out-and-proud brother. The film has a great mix of the emotional and the acerbic, making American Fiction an engaging, entertaining and provocative watch.
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