Alex Ross Perry's movie is about two male literary narcissists, a young novelist named Philip (Jason Schwartzman) and an acclaimed, formerly prolific novelist named Ike Zimmerman (Jonathan Pryce), a transparent fictionalization of Philip Roth. (filmcomment.com)
Her works intermingle truths and fictionalizations in order to question our ideas of greatness, singularity, and who and what make «history.» (coopgallery.org)
You can credit Chris Chibnall for not embellishing his teleplay with fictionalizations, but when the material is as dull as this, he's practically neglectful for not spicing it up somehow. (dvdizzy.com)