With American Fiction being nominated 5 times at the oscars i was expecting it to be considerably better than it actually was.

Sure it is still a decent film, but despite having a lot to say it never really gets around to properly justifying it's existence. The satire is decent enough but ultimately never sticks the landing, and what's weird is that the film is entirely saved by the central family drama driven story, a component which the marketing seems to have entirely forgotten about and rather foolishly banked on the racial satire to get bums in seats.

Would i call it a bad movie?

No

Would i call i worthy of any of the oscars its nominated for?

Definitely not

I also think how it's ironic that the film calls out white people for praising dumb "black stories" as powerful and authentic and when this movie comes out people praise it for being "powerful and "authentic".

6.5/10 a relatively mediocre movie that thinks it's much more intelligent than it actually is.