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Non-spoiler reviews (not hownos clickbait), 32% from Rotten Tomatoes' critics


28 reviews:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_american_society_of_magical_negroes

Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly:
"American Society can’t decide whether to go full biting satire or charming rom-com, and as a result, it fails to do either genre justice."

Jourdain Searles, Hollywood Reporter:
"Though it’s clear that first-time director Libii was intending for the joke to be on white people, the Black characters are drawn with so much misery and self-loathing that the humor rarely lands."

Ronda Racha Penrice, TheWrap:
"Unlike “American Fiction,” “Magical Negroes” lacks broad appeal. That doesn’t make it a film without merit, but it makes it harder to sell to a more mainstream Black audience."

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