Coming to America

“rarely so bogged down in drama that it lasts even five minutes without a good belly laugh”

drqshadowabout 0–100% inread it ↗

“The starting intro the prince entry the pen** is cleaned scene "I lost there"”

Diptanshuabout 0–15% inread it ↗

“then the royal meet and the duo's quest for searching queen at queens, the taxi driver "F** u" and the reply later the whole neighbourhood's reaction to both rich dudes and there stealing stuff and the house stuff was just amazing set-up”

Diptanshuabout 15–33% inread it ↗

“then the barbers intro that dudes were just chillingly awesome and funny”

Diptanshuabout 33–50% inread it ↗

“it's a laugh-riot from beginning to end”

Wuchakabout 0–100% inread it ↗

“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._”

Gimlyread it ↗

“I didn't enjoy it as much as expected, but <em>'Coming to America'</em> is nevertheless still good. Eddie Murphy is unsurprisingly the star of the film. Any notable scenes include him, which isn't a shock given the obvious and the fact he plays a number of characters; on that note, only Akeem amused me - the barber shop guys... not so much, to be honest. James Earl Jones (Jaffe), John Amos (Cleo) and Frankie Faison (landlord) are the most noteworthy in terms of those away from the lead, wh”

r96skread it ↗

“Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. A very good approach to a "Pauper and Prince" trope mix with a culture shock trope. The excellent cast involved really takes it a long way with good writing to help it along. It's admittedly not a very original story structure, so while it is not all that refreshingly unpredictable, but it's good to see a foreign royalty in an American setting, and an African one at that. I do think this is consistently funny and has maintained o”