• Director(s)

    Cord Jefferson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    119m

  • Cast

    Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz

Film

American Fiction

strong language, violence, drug misuse

A Black writer's attempt to condemn literature that plays on racial stereotypes backfires on him in this witty US comedy drama, which features strong language, scenes of drug misuse and brief, but bloody, violence.…

A Black writer's attempt to condemn literature that plays on racial stereotypes backfires on him in this witty US comedy drama, which features strong language, scenes of drug misuse and brief, but bloody, violence.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

  • Director(s)

    Cord Jefferson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    119m

  • Cast

    Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz

strong language, violence, drug misuse
Classified Date:
09/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
A man is hit with a hail of bullets that produce extensive blood spurts. There is also an undetailed and bloodless shooting.
threat and horror
There is mild gun threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'ass', 'asshole', 'shit', 'piss', 'douche', 'damn', 'hell', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
sex
Moderate sex references include comments about oral sex, masturbation and adulterous relationships.
discrimination
Book titles feature racist language ('n****r') and racial language ('negro'). There are also peer-to-peer uses of 'n***a'. A Black woman is told "I'm glad you're not white" and a gay man is told by his mother, "I knew you weren't queer". Television shows feature stereotypical depictions of Black people. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
drugs
Drug misuse features cocaine snorting and the smoking of a crack pipe. There are also verbal drug references.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a passing reference to sexual violence.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a man taking his own life with a firearm.
theme
There are upsetting scenes centred on a woman's progressive Alzheimer's condition, and a person's death after a sudden illness
strong language, violence, drug misuse
Classified Date:
14/03/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
violence
A man is hit with a hail of bullets that produce extensive blood spurts. There is also an undetailed and bloodless shooting.
threat and horror
There is mild gun threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'ass', 'asshole', 'shit', 'piss', 'douche', 'damn', 'hell', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
sex
Moderate sex references include comments about oral sex, masturbation and adulterous relationships.
discrimination
Book titles feature racist language ('n****r') and racial language ('negro'). There are also peer-to-peer uses of 'n***a'. A Black woman is told "I'm glad you're not white" and a gay man is told by his mother, "I knew you weren't queer". Television shows feature stereotypical depictions of Black people. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
drugs
Drug misuse features cocaine snorting and the smoking of a crack pipe. There are also verbal drug references.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a passing reference to sexual violence.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a man taking his own life with a firearm.
theme
There are upsetting scenes centred on a woman's progressive Alzheimer's condition, and a person's death after a sudden illness.
Classified Date:
18/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified Date:
18/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified Date:
16/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

  • Classified date

    14/03/2024

  • Language

    English