# Movie titled "American Fiction" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 2, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336 "2026-11-02T12:03:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336/1 "2026-11-02T12:03:50Z")
Is the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. I’m humor-challenged but this made me smile a lot and laugh a few times. As a bonus there is also some legitimate criticism of modern US culture. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336/2 "2026-11-02T13:23:44Z")
Yeah, [I liked it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8751) (Link to earlier discussion in Movies you’ve seen recently thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336/3 "2026-11-02T13:26:12Z")
Not so many movies about writing. And American Fiction is a really good one. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336/4 "2026-11-02T18:25:15Z")
Hmmm. I did a search for the movie title in Cafe Society and that didn’t turn up. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336/5 "2026-11-02T20:42:51Z")
I really enjoyed it when I saw it, but it was a bit of a bait and switch because it was really about this character’s inner journey more than it was about the book he wrote. From what I remember the actual book was a fairly small part of it. As a writer, though, I did appreciate it. The acting was very good. We can all relate to the difficulty of commodifying what we actually want to write. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336/6 "2026-11-03T00:39:15Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > As a bonus there is also some legitimate criticism of modern US culture. To be fair, that’s some pretty low hanging fruit. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336/7 "2026-11-03T11:20:54Z")
I saw it again only last week, along with [Late Fame](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32298494/reference/) starring Willem Dafoe which explored very similar themes and had a similar laconic feel. I really enjoyed both of them. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titled-american-fiction/1034336/8 "2026-11-03T11:32:50Z")
Thanks for the reminder. My wife and I really enjoyed this a couple years ago.