American Fiction (2023)

Movie Details

Original Title American Fiction

Original Language EN

Budget $16,000,000

Revenue $22,483,370

Status Released

Popularity 2.4

Cast

Jeffrey Wright

Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison

Popularity: 1.7

John Ortiz

Arthur

Popularity: 0.7

Erika Alexander

Coraline

Popularity: 1.2

Leslie Uggams

Agnes Ellison

Popularity: 1.5

Sterling K. Brown

Clifford Ellison

Popularity: 4.3

Skyler Wright

Brittany

Popularity: 0.8

John Ales

Leo

Popularity: 0.8

Patrick Fischler

Mandel

Popularity: 1.7

Carmen Cusack

Gilda

Popularity: 0.2

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Joseph Marrella

Matthew Wilson

Popularity: 0.0

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Stephen Burrell

Jordan Phillips

Popularity: 0.2

Issa Rae

Sintara Golden

Popularity: 1.6

Key Crew

Executive Producer Percival Everett, Rian Johnson, Michael Bowes

Editor Hilda Rasula

Writer Cord Jefferson

Producer Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, Ben LeClair

Director Cord Jefferson

Production

MRC

T-Street

3 Arts Entertainment

Almost Infinite

Videos & Trailers

Inside AMERICAN FICTION: A Bold Conversation on Race and Representation

Featurette

Meet Mr. Leigh... The Wanted Fugitive

Clip

Oscar Winner Cord Jefferson discusses his film AMERICAN FICTION

Featurette

Best Adapted Screenplay | 'American Fiction' | Cord Jefferson | Oscars 2024 Press Room Speech

Featurette

JEFFREY WRIGHT wins BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Featurette

AMERICAN FICTION wins BEST SCREENPLAY at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Brent Marchant 6/10

Dec 25, 2023

It’s frustrating to watch a much-anticipated movie that doesn’t quite live up to expectations. Such is the case with writer-director Cord Jefferson’s debut feature. The problem here is that the film tries to tell two stories in one picture, one that it does brilliantly and one that could use s ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Feb 8, 2024

Jeffrey Wright is great in this satirical look at all things hypocritical and exploitative surrounding "blackness" in the USA. "Monk" is the short-tempered writer-cum-lecturer whose behaviour gets him put on indefinite leave by his university and sent to Boston! That's where his family live and wher ... Read more

hamfaceman 7/10

Mar 14, 2024

This movie was decent.