American Fiction (film) explained

Director:Cord Jefferson
Screenplay:Cord Jefferson
Cinematography:Cristina Dunlap
Editing:Hilda Rasula
Music:Laura Karpman
Distributor:Orion Pictures (through Amazon MGM Studios)
Runtime:117 minutes[1]
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$10 million[2]
Gross:$23 million[3] [4]

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, it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise. The film stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody and Keith David.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023, where it won the People's Choice Award. It received a limited theatrical release by Amazon MGM Studios on December 15, 2023, with an expansion on December 22, 2023.

The film grossed $23 million and received numerous accolades. It was named one of the top 10 films of 2023 by the American Film Institute. It also received five nominations at the 96th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Wright, with Jefferson winning Best Adapted Screenplay.

Plot

Thelonious "Monk" Ellison is a well read African-American upper-class writer and professor in Los Angeles. While his novels receive academic praise, they sell poorly, and publishers reject his latest manuscript for not being "Black enough". His university places him on temporary leave due to his brashness with students over racial issues, and suggests he attend a literary seminar and spend time with family in his hometown of Boston. At the seminar, his panel is poorly attended, in contrast to a packed room for an interview with Sintara Golden, whose bestselling novel We's Lives in Da Ghetto panders to Black stereotypes.

In Boston, Monk has dinner with his mother Agnes, who has Alzheimer's disease, and sister Lisa, a physician. Later, while having drinks with Monk, Lisa suffers a fatal heart attack. Their estranged brother, Cliff, a plastic surgeon, attends Lisa's funeral. Cliff is divorced after his wife caught him having sex with a man; he now engages in frequent drug use and casual sex. Monk meets and starts dating Coraline, a lawyer living across the street from his mother's beach house.

Frustrated by Sintara's success and the costs of care for his mother, Monk writes My Pafology, a satirical novel mocking the literary stereotypes expected from Black writers: melodramatic plots, deadbeat dads, gang violence, and drugs. After submitting it to publishers out of contempt, he is shocked to be offered a $750,000 advance, and his agent Arthur convinces him to adopt the persona of convict on the run "Stagg R. Leigh". As "Stagg", Monk is offered a movie deal from a producer, Wiley. In response to insulting comments by publishing executives, Monk tries to sabotage the deal by demanding the title be changed to Fuck; the executives reluctantly agree. Monk is invited to help judge the New England Book Association's Literary Award as part of a "diversity push", and he reluctantly accepts. A fellow judge is Sintara, and Monk learns that she shares many of his views.

Agnes moves into an expensive assisted-living facility, but adapts poorly. Cliff briefly returns to Boston, but leaves after Agnes makes a homophobic remark. Fuck becomes a bestseller. Coraline, Cliff, and the public remain unaware that "Stagg" is Monk, and the FBI contacts the publisher, believing Stagg is a fugitive, as he claimed in interviews.

Monk's publisher submits Fuck for the Literary Award, forcing him to judge his own novel. Monk learns that Coraline enjoyed reading Fuck; they argue and break up. The panel's white judges rave over Fuck, though Sintara calls it "pandering". Monk agrees, but later argues that Sintara's book is "trauma porn" and inauthentic to her African-American middle-class background. Sintara argues that she researched her book by interviewing voiceless people, was "giving the market what it wants", and that it is not her fault if white readers formed stereotypes from her book.

On family housekeeper Lorraine's wedding day, Monk finds Cliff living in Agnes's beach house with two other men, but Lorraine is happy to have him attend the wedding. At the reception, Monk and Cliff discuss the impact of their father's suicide, and Cliff encourages Monk to let people "love all of him".

At the awards ceremony, Fuck is announced as the winner. Monk goes onstage and says he has a confession to make. The film cuts to black, and the events shown are revealed to have been Monk's screenplay based on his experiences, written for Wiley's production company as an alternative to the Fuck film adaptation. Monk has not revealed his identity to the public and is still separated from Coraline. Wiley likes the screenplay but asks Monk to change the ambiguous ending.

Monk proposes an ending with him running away from the ceremony to apologize to Coraline, but Wiley says it feels too much like a romantic comedy. Monk then suggests one where police, believing Monk to be a wanted criminal holding a gun, fatally shoot him at the ceremony. Much to Monk's dismay, Wiley, who is also filming a blaxploitation film called Plantation Annihilation, loves it, and the film moves into production. Monk drives away with Cliff after he and one of Wiley's actors, playing a slave, acknowledge each other.

Production

On November 10, 2022, it was reported that Jeffrey Wright had been cast in the untitled film, based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett. Cord Jefferson would adapt the novel, with the film being his directorial debut.[5] [6] T-Street Productions and MRC Film would produce the film. On December 2, 2022, it was announced that Tracee Ellis Ross would also star in the film, with Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, John Ortiz, Issa Rae, and Adam Brody also cast.[7] The film wrapped production in Boston in early December, with COVID-19 safety precautions used on set.[8] That month, MGM's Orion Pictures acquired the film's worldwide distribution rights.[9]

In July 2023, with the announcement of its world premiere, the film's title was reported to be American Fiction. It is the first film from Orion to be distributed through Amazon MGM Studios Distribution.[10]

Music

See main article: American Fiction (soundtrack).

Release

On September 8, 2023, American Fiction premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the People's Choice Award.[11] [12] This was followed by a run in the festival circuit, culminating in its United States premiere at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles on December 5, 2023.[13] It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 15, 2023, with an expansion the following week (December 22, 2023).[14] The film's release date had initially been set for November 3, 2023, before being changed to the later date.[15] The film was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Curzon Film on February 2, 2024.[16]

The film was released for digital platforms on February 6, 2024.[17]

Reception

Box office

, American Fiction has grossed $21.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $1.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $23 million.

The film made $229,000 from seven theaters in its opening weekend, a per-venue average of $32,400.[18] Following its five Oscar nominations, the film expanded from 852 theaters to 1,702 in its 7th week of release and made $2.9 million, an increase of 65% from the previous weekend, and a running total of $11.8 million.[19] The following weekend it made $2.4 million.[20]

Critical response

Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 90% positive score, with 83% saying they would definitely recommend it.[18]

In her review for The Hollywood Reporter, Lovia Gyarke wrote that "American Fiction is smart and, thanks to its fine cast, has genuine heart", commending Wright's "subtle physicality … that contributes depth to his character", as well as "Uggams' increasingly somber performance as Agnes and Brown's delightful comedic turn".[21] Peter Debruge for Variety, applauded Jefferson's writing prowess, likening him to Flannery O'Connor and Toni Morrison, whose works were both referenced in the film. To Deburge, Jefferson "trusts his audience to bring themselves to the material", which is "what makes reading "American Fiction" so rewarding."[22] Peyton Robinson writing for RogerEbert.com highlighted Jefferson's writing as the key takeaway from this film, stating that his "attentive lens" to the film's "concept and themes is what will be remembered". Robinson goes on to identify the distinguishable legacy within the script, emphasizing Jefferson's "sharply pointed finger at the many institutional factors that keep [Black art], and its creators, restrained."[23]

Sarah Lyall of The New York Times covered Jeffrey Wright in a feature about his career and his role in American Fiction, claiming that Wright's "exquisitely calibrated" performance demonstrates "[Wright's] ability to elevate any movie or TV show simply by appearing in it." Lyall goes on to celebrate that Wright "has a way of burrowing so deeply into his characters that he seems almost to be hiding in plain sight."[24] Stephanie Zacharek at Time magazine also highlighted the lead star's performance, admiring that "Wright brings it all to life". Zacharek notes that Wright does so "not with thunderous, statement-making gestures, but with small ones that remind us how vulnerable Monk is", even amidst the protagonist's "own raging intelligence".[25]

Filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood praised writer-director Cord Jefferson, stating that an artist's first work should tell the world who they are and Jefferson "has screamed into a bullhorn. Bold, chaotic, unflinching, personal. Cord has channeled his creative truths into a searing indictment of biased norms."[26]

Accolades

The American Film Institute placed American Fiction as one of its top 10 films of 2023, praising Jefferson's writing as "the arrival of a powerful voice in American film", Wright's "triumphant" performance, and the ensemble cast.[27]

AwardDate of CeremonyCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Toronto International Film FestivalSeptember 17, 2023People's Choice AwardAmerican Fiction[28]
Heartland International Film FestivalOctober 15, 2023Humor & Humanity AwardCord Jefferson
Mill Valley Film FestivalOctober 16, 2023U.S. Cinema[29]
Breakthrough Directing
San Diego International Film FestivalOctober 21, 2023Best Gala FilmAmerican Fiction[30]
Middleburg Film FestivalOctober 22, 2023Audience Award for Narrative Film[31]
Celebration of Cinema & TelevisionDecember 4, 2023Visionary AwardJeffrey Wright[32]
Windsor International Film FestivalOctober 29, 2023LIUNA People's Choice AwardAmerican Fiction[33]
Virginia Film FestivalOctober 29, 2023Programmers' Award – Narrative Feature[34]
Breakthrough Director AwardCord Jefferson
Savannah Film FestivalNovember 2, 2023Audience AwardAmerican Fiction[35]
Hollywood Music in Media AwardsNovember 15, 2023Original Score — Feature FilmLaura Karpman[36]
Gotham Independent Film AwardsNovember 27, 2023Outstanding Lead PerformanceJeffrey Wright[37]
American Film Institute AwardsDecember 7, 2023Top 10 Films of the YearAmerican Fiction[38]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 10, 2023Best Feature[39]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Best EnsembleAmerican Fiction
Los Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 10, 2023Best Leading PerformanceJeffrey Wright[40]
Boston Society of Film Critics AwardsDecember 10, 2023Best New FilmmakerCord Jefferson[41]
IndieWire Critics PollDecember 11, 2023Best PerformanceJeffrey Wright[42]
Best ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Best First FeatureAmerican Fiction
Chicago Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 12, 2023Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough FilmmakerCord Jefferson[43]
New York Film Critics Online AwardsDecember 15, 2023Top 10 FilmsAmerican Fiction[44]
Las Vegas Film Critics SocietyDecember 13, 2023Best Comedy[45]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Breakout Filmmaker
St. Louis Film Critics AssociationDecember 17, 2023Best FilmAmerican Fiction[46]
Best Comedy Film
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Indiana Film Journalists AssociationDecember 17, 2023Best FilmAmerican Fiction[47]
[48]
Best Lead PerformanceJeffrey Wright
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Breakout of the Year
Toronto Film Critics AssociationDecember 17, 2023Best First FeatureAmerican Fiction[49]
Southeastern Film Critics AssociationDecember 18, 2023Top 10 Films[50]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationDecember 18, 2023Top 10 Films of the Year[51]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Phoenix Film Critics SocietyDecember 18, 2023Top Ten Films of 2023American Fiction[52]
North Texas Film Critics AssociationDecember 18, 2023Best Picture[53]
Best DirectorCord Jefferson
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best ScreenplayCord Jefferson
San Diego Film Critics SocietyDecember 19, 2023Best PictureAmerican Fiction[54]
Best DirectorCord Jefferson
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson and Percival Everett
Best First FeatureCord Jefferson
Black Film Critics CircleDecember 20, 2023Top Ten FilmsAmerican Fiction[55]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Best EnsembleAmerican Fiction
Florida Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 21, 2023Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson [56]
Best First Film
Oklahoma Film Critics CircleJanuary 3, 2024Top 10 FilmsAmerican Fiction[57]
Alliance of Women Film JournalistsJanuary 4, 2024Best Film[58]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleSterling K. Brown
Best Screenplay, AdaptedCord Jefferson
Best Ensemble Cast – Casting DirectorJennifer Euston
Georgia Film Critics Association AwardsJanuary 5, 2024Best PictureAmerican Fiction[59]
[60]
Best DirectorCord Jefferson
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Best EnsembleAmerican Fiction
Astra Film and Creative Arts AwardsJanuary 6, 2024Best Picture[61]
Best DirectorCord Jefferson
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Best First Feature
February 26, 2024Best CastingJennifer Euston
National Society of Film Critics AwardsJanuary 6, 2024Best ActorJeffrey Wright[62]
Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 7, 2024Best Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyAmerican Fiction[63]
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyJeffrey Wright
Seattle Film Critics Society AwardsJanuary 8, 2024Best Picture of the YearAmerican Fiction[64]
Best Actor in a Leading RoleJeffrey Wright
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleSterling K. Brown
Best ScreenplayCord Jefferson
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle AwardsJanuary 9, 2024Best ActorJeffrey Wright[65]
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Austin Film Critics Association AwardsJanuary 10, 2024Best FilmAmerican Fiction[66]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Best First FilmAmerican Fiction
Denver Film Critics SocietyJanuary 12, 2024Best Lead Performance by an Actor, MaleJeffrey Wright[67]
Best ComedyAmerican Fiction
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Critics' Choice Movie AwardsJanuary 14, 2024Best PictureAmerican Fiction[68]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Best ComedyAmerican Fiction
African-American Film Critics AssociationJanuary 15, 2024Top 10 Films of the Year[69]
Best Comedy
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Emerging Filmmaker
Black Reel AwardsJanuary 16, 2024Outstanding FilmBen LeClair,, Cord Jefferson, and Jermaine Johnson[70]
Outstanding DirectorCord Jefferson
Outstanding Lead PerformanceJeffery Wright
Outstanding Supporting PerformanceErika Alexander
Sterling K. Brown
Outstanding EnsembleJennifer Euston
Outstanding Emerging DirectorCord Jefferson
Outstanding Screenplay
Outstanding First Screenplay
Houston Film Critics SocietyJanuary 22, 2024Best PictureAmerican Fiction[71]
[72]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best ScreenplayCord Jefferson
AACTA International AwardsFebruary 10, 2024Best FilmAmerican Fiction[73]
Best Lead Actor in FilmJeffrey Wright
Best Screenplay in FilmCord Jefferson
Directors Guild of America AwardsFebruary 10, 2024Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film[74]
Set Decorators Society of America AwardsFebruary 13, 2024Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Comedy or Musical Feature FilmKyra Friedman Curcio and Jonathan Guggenheim[75]
Society of Composers & LyricistsFebruary 13, 2024Outstanding Original Score for a Studio FilmLaura Karpman[76]
British Academy Film AwardsFebruary 18, 2024Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson[77]
Satellite AwardsFebruary 18, 2024Best Motion Picture, Comedy or MusicalAmerican Fiction[78]
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or MusicalJeffrey Wright
Best Screenplay, AdaptedCord Jefferson and Percival Everett
Best Original ScoreLaura Karpman
Costume Designers Guild AwardsFebruary 21, 2024Excellence in Contemporary FilmRudy Mance[79]
Screen Actors Guild AwardsFebruary 24, 2024Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureErika Alexander, Adam Brody, Sterling K. Brown, Keith David, John Ortiz, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, Leslie Uggams, and Jeffrey Wright[80]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleJeffrey Wright
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleSterling K. Brown
Producers Guild of America AwardsFebruary 25, 2024Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion PicturesAmerican Fiction[81]
Independent Spirit AwardsFebruary 25, 2024Best FilmCord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, and Ben LeClair[82]
Best Lead PerformanceJeffrey Wright
Best Supporting PerformanceErika Alexander
Sterling K. Brown
Best ScreenplayCord Jefferson
USC Scripter AwardsMarch 2, 2024Best Adapted Screenplay – Film[83]
American Cinema EditorsMarch 3, 2024Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy, Theatrical)Hilda Rasula[84]
Artios AwardsMarch 7, 2024Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Studio or Independent (Drama)Jennifer Euston, Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, and Melissa Morris[85]
Academy AwardsMarch 10, 2024Best PictureBen LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, and Jermaine Johnson[86]
Best ActorJeffrey Wright
Best Supporting ActorSterling K. Brown
Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson
Best Original ScoreLaura Karpman
GLAAD Media AwardsMarch 14, 2024Outstanding Film – Wide ReleaseAmerican Fiction[87]
NAACP Image AwardsMarch 16, 2024Outstanding Motion Picture[88]
Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureJeffrey Wright
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureSterling K. Brown
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion PictureErika Alexander
Outstanding Writing in a Motion PictureCord Jefferson
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion PictureAmerican Fiction
Writers Guild of America AwardsApril 14, 2024Best Adapted ScreenplayCord Jefferson[89]
Paul Selvin Award[90]

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