Alien at the Movies

American Fiction

Monk (Jeffrey Wright) is a frustrated novelist/professor who is fed up the establishment that profits from & promotes Black entertainment that relies on tired & offensive images of African Americans. To prove his point, he deliberately writes an outlandishly stereotypical “black” book under a pen name as a satire to prove his point. However, much to his surprise, his work is published with high sales & receives much praise. All of this while he is dealing traumatic family issues & a new girlfriend. Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, & Keith David are among the talented supporting cast. This is a thought provoking film about perceptions of black people in America.

Alien gives it 3 “Stagg R. Leigh” stars out of 4.