American Fiction makes itself feel more like a novel rather than a movie, with its presumptuous, arrogant, but no less assertive plot. Its soundtrack full of very pleasant moody jazz also helps make the frames feel like pages. Or maybe everything is simpler and this is only because the protagonist is a writer and the story flies around his work and his criticism of certain social movements.

The film is a sharp response to what is considered politically correct these days, just for the sake of it. It's the counterproposal to the empty collective thought that is given in search of acceptance. It's a clear message of disdain for those who advocate for another's cause with an absurd self-righteousness full of pseudo altruism and false empathy. It's without a doubt an intelligent, self-aware, sly, acidic and condescending film. What is perhaps worrying at some point is that the film becomes part of the very thing it points to. Its very criticism makes it what it's criticizing. Although perhaps that is already material for a good debate, apart from any film criticism.

The technical aspects are left out at a decent level, as this film relies on its script more than anything else. Slow pace, but consistent, with a disruptive and interesting third act. One of the good movies of 2023.