Coming to America (1988)

6	Listal rating
6.8	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Landis

Starring (View all)

Eddie Murphy

Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul

Arsenio Hall

Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown

King Jaffe Joffer

Cleo McDowell

Queen Aoleon

Lisa McDowell

Oha

Darryl Jenks

Written by (View all)

Eddie Murphy

(story)

David Sheffield

(screenplay)

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A disappointing movie

1 year, 8 months ago at Oct 4 7:27

johanlefourbe

1 vote

Nowadays, Eddie Murphy shows up only in very average, even very bad flicks. However, in the 80's, he was really a superstar and his movies were highly successful. For example, this movie was a huge success and it is one of his classics. So, with this in mind, I had rather high expectations before watching it. Eventually, I thought the whole thing was rather disappointing. The whole plot is very av... read more

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1 month, 3 weeks ago at Apr 25 19:04

Auset Aswad

1 vote

This is an African American CLASSIC. An exceptionally well made film. Everybody loves it but the critics. It could be that they have a hard time seeing anybody depict Africans as Royalty anywhere, the starving Ethiopian image is better suited to their taste, or better yet, the African American slave or criminal even. Get over it, this is a Great Romance/Dramedy

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6 years ago at Jun 15 17:00

The Flagship

1 vote

Back in the late eighteis this is the sort of film we expected from Eddie Murphy. A classy comedic romp through the streets of America. If he wasn't playing a sex crazed maniac or lovable police detective, he was playing a roguish prince hell bent on learning the customs of a strange new country whilst looking for a respectable wife.

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An African prince goes to Queens, New York City to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.

Release date : 29 June 1988
UPC: 097363215776

Comedy (33), Romance (14), Prince (8), New York (6), Flirting (5), Father Son Relationship (5), 1980s (5), Adventure (5), Fish Out Of Water (5), Nightclub (5), King (5), Blockbuster (5), Drama (4), Royalty (4), Urban Decay (4), Father Daughter Relationship (4), Ghetto (4), African American (4), Homelessness (4), Love (4)

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“This is an African American CLASSIC. An exceptionally well made film. Everybody loves it but the critics. It could be that they have a hard time seein”

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“This is an African American CLASSIC. An exceptionally well made film. Everybody loves it but the critics. It could be that they have a hard time seeing anybody depict Africans as Royalty anywhere, the starving Ethiopian image is better suited to their taste, or better yet, the African American slave or criminal even. Get over it, this is a Great Romance/Dramedy” read more

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"The director is ... rather distracted; John Landis seems to be browsing through the scenes rather than gobbling them down. - Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine Starts on a bathroom joke, quickly followed by a gag about private parts, then wanders in search of something equally original for Eddie Murphy to do for another couple of hours. - Variety Staff, Variety A screenplay that seems to have escaped its doctors before it was entirely well. - Vincent Canby, New York Times The main pleasure in"

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"First viewing - March 25th/26th OK so it would seem that I'm not a big fan of Murphy & Landis's collaborations, which is disappointing since I've been a fan of both separately. I enjoyed this one more than Trading Places, but I found it to be overlong & uneven. The first hour or so is especially uneven with too much time given to allowing Murphy & Arsenio Hall play multiple roles for no real reason. I'll grant that with make-up on there are times where both actors are unrecognizable, but it's o"

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"the opening of that bad film as some memorable scenes... the stunning body of Garcelle Beauvais (one of the girl in the royal bath) with another lovely lady is very hot, a spectacular show of some tribal dancers and a princess barking like a dog to please her prince (that's good stuffs). that's a classic Eddie Murphy's movie and even if the main story is really crazy it's fun to watch... that's a real guilty pleasure movie for me. "

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