American Fiction juggles comedy, family drama, and social-racial politics amazingly considering this is writer/director Cord Jefferson’s first feature. The film is hilarious throughout, with a healthy blend of absurdism and slice-of-life humour. While the family drama plot can seem familiar (not in the way I imagine was intended), the way it blends with the commentary on how black people are depicted in the media and in culture was nothing short of brilliant. I foresee the ending dividing people, but I thought it was incredible. American Fiction is, at worst, a familiar comedy; at best, an ingenious satire.