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This review was originally published on September 10, 2023.
TAt the 2024 Oscars,American Fictionwon the award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
When at rest, Jeffrey Wrights face tends toward the serious.
When Sintara an Oberlin-educated former publishing assistant who gets cheers from the crowd by wondering Where isourrepresentation?
abruptly switches to AAVE when reading from her book, Monks eyebrows levitate up his head.
Like its fellow fall releaseDream Scenario, it owes a debt to Spike JonzesAdaptation.
And eventually, it backs itself into a corner, ending with a what can you do shrug.
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