Very much looking forward to American Fiction and was expecting something special, something satirical and brightly funny. Don't believe the hype. Extremely poor, convoluted script. Trying too hard to be relevant and edgy, a script trying to show how clever the writer/director is and just comes across as arrogant. The best bits are in the trailer, so just watch that. Bland, bad and insults the audience's intelligence. Worst musical score, think any Charlie Brown cartoon. Too many silly family drama moments. Too many unnecessary and irrelevant characters with no purpose, no hand in driving the story forward. Achingly bad dialogue. Jeffrey Wight is still playing the same character from Westworld, again. Best moments, any scene with Sterling K. Brown or Tracee Ellis Ross. That's it. Too many characters popping up, like ground hogs, providing no focus or structure for the main character's journey. So many plot points that vanish, no resolution, no connection to the story. Ham handed and bafflingly poor ending(s). Save yourself the bother and finish the laundry, walk the dog or have coffee with a friend. A better way to spend your time and money.