Film Review – American Fiction

Journalist and television writer Cord Jefferson makes the jump to feature-length storytelling with “American Fiction,” which is an adaptation of “Erasure,” a 2001 novel by Percival Everett. Jefferson works with the more potent ideas of Everett’s book, which details the experience of a black writer who feeds himself into the publishing world grinder for a quick buck, using broad stereotypes to help line his own pockets. And it’s also a comedy, against all odds. “American Fiction” isn’t an abrasive viewing experience, with Jefferson taking a softer route when it comes to satire and commentary. In many ways, it’s a grim look at the business of selling image, but the picture also tends to the ways of family and personal psychological issues. Jefferson handles the light and the dark in the endeavor, which finds a part for Jeffrey Wright to offer one of the most substantial performances of his career, boosting the strange ways of Everett’s storytelling. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com