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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 81/100. Scores higher than 92% of the 4,644 2020s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic81/100
1,429 audience votes
Key crew
- Laura KarpmanOriginal Music Composer
- Cord JeffersonWriter
- Cord JeffersonDirector
Cast
- Jeffrey WrightThelonious 'Monk' Ellison
- John OrtizArthur
- Erika AlexanderCoraline
- Leslie UggamsAgnes Ellison
- Sterling K. BrownClifford Ellison
- Skyler WrightBrittany
- John AlesLeo
- Patrick FischlerMandel
- Carmen CusackGilda
- Joseph MarrellaMatthew Wilson
- Stephen BurrellJordan Phillips
- Issa RaeSintara Golden
Stills
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Themes
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