The Oscars are a great reward for many films, but sometimes some of them go unnoticed. It’s hard for someone not to have seen films like Barbie, Oppenheimer, Poor Creatures, Anatomy of a Fall, The Moon Killers either The area of interest. But very few viewers have surely seen the movie American FictionAlthough it won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for four other awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Original Score. The film American Fiction It was written and directed by Cord Jefferson and was released in 2023, but not in Spanish cinemas, so it was difficult to see this film. American Fiction was released directly on the Amazon Prime Video streaming platform and viewers now have the opportunity to watch it. A good option for those who want to see an original and quality film.
the movie American Fiction follows the life of a frustrated novelist and professor who, out of spite, jokingly writes a “black” book loaded with stereotypes. Monk uses a pseudonym to publish his book in which he applies everything he usually criticizes in best-selling novels. The book is published and quickly becomes a success with readers and critics. A film based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett. An original film starring actors Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown, among others.
What is the movie about? American Fiction?
the movie American Fiction tells the story of Thellonius “Monk” Ellison, a teacher and writer tired of the racial sensitivity that seems to pervade every cultural sphere. On a mandatory sabbatical in Boston with his family, he begins writing a novel that takes up all the stereotypes he hates. The writer hates clichés in books, especially when they refer to African-American history. That is why he decides to write different, creative and intelligent books, but they do not sell.
Finally, he decides to write a “trash” book of those sold in airports full stereotypes and clichés of this type of work. Monk writes a satirical novel with the intention of denouncing the hypocrisy of the publishing industry. Problems for the writer arise when the novel becomes a success with readers and critics and sells out in record time.
The writer had not foreseen What I Would Do If Everyone Liked the Novel and if it became a bestseller. American Fiction is an original and precise satire of the superficiality of the publishing profession and of the readers who massively consume this type of literature.
The film is written by Cord Jefferson, who has already won the Emmy Award and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for his work on the HBO series Guardians (2019), is a very original fiction which surprises users of the Prime Video streaming platform. In addition to being nominated for five Academy Awards and winning one for Best Screenplay, it also earned a solid score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes: 93%. The critics’ consensus reads: “Jeffrey Wright and American fiction will always be inseparable thanks to the actor’s committed approach to deliberately humorous and insightful material.”
The cast of this movie
Movie stars actor Jeffrey Wright who plays the role of Thelonious “Monk” Ellison. An actor that we have seen in fictions like The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Ides of March (2011) and The French dispatch (2021). Additionally, actors Tracee Ellis Ross who plays the role of Lisa Ellison, Issa Rae as Sintara Golden, Sterling K. Brown as Clifford “Cliff” Ellison, and John Ortiz as Arthur have a lot of weight in the film.
In addition, in the distribution of American Fiction there are the actors Erika Alexander as CoralineAdam Brody as Wiley, Leslie Uggams as Agnes Ellison, Myra Lucretia Taylor as Lorraine, Okieriete Onaodowan as Van Go Jenkins, Keith David as Willy the Wonker, Raymond Anthony Thomas as Maynard, Miriam Shor as Paula Bateman, JC MacKenzie as Carl Brunt, Patrick Fischler as Mandel, and Michael Cyril Creighton as John Bosco, among others.
In addition to this film on streaming platforms You can see some of those who were awarded at the 2024 Oscars. For example, this year’s winner Oppenheimer can be seen on SkyShowtime, Barbie in Max, poor creatures on Disney+, The Moon Killers on Apple TV+, Anatomy of a fall on Movistar+ and Filmin and The area of interest on Prime Video.
