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Coming to America

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6.9/10 • 4.5K

1988-06-29 • 1h 57m

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This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

Directors
John Landis
Editors
George Folsey Jr.

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  1. Eddie Murphy

    Eddie Murphy

    Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul

  2. Arsenio Hall

    Arsenio Hall

    Semmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown

  3. Shari Headley

    Shari Headley

    Lisa McDowell

  4. John Amos

    John Amos

    Cleo McDowell

  5. James Earl Jones

    James Earl Jones

    King Jaffe Joffer

  6. Madge Sinclair

    Madge Sinclair

    Queen Aoleon

  7. Eriq La Salle

    Eriq La Salle

    Darryl Jenks

  8. Allison Dean

    Allison Dean

    Patrice McDowell

  9. Frankie Faison

    Frankie Faison

    Landlord

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Gimly

Apr 12, 2019

5/10

Hasn't aged flawlessly, made some stylistic decisions that probably would have come across as weird even at the time, and not the sort of thing (American comedy) that typically appeals to me. But I can still absolutely see why Coming to America is remembered as fondly as it is. I liked it by and large more than the most similar offerings of today. Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$30,000,000.00
Revenue
$288,752,301.00
Keywords
new york cityfast food restaurantprincefake identityheir to the throneroyal familyfish out of waterrich mansearching for loverich familysatiricalpretending to be poorabsurdhilariousambiguousamusedexhilaratedfamiliarmelodramaticafrican american romanceafrican american leadafrican royalty