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Title: Coming to America (1988)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Paul Bates | ... | Oha | |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Prince Akeem / Clarence / Saul / Randy Watson | |
| Garcelle Beauvais | ... | Rose Bearer | |
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Feather | ... | Rose Bearer |
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Stephanie Simon | ... | Rose Bearer |
| Victoria Dillard | ... | Bather / Dancer | |
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Felicia Taylor | ... | Bather |
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Midori | ... | Bather (as Michele Watley) |
| James Earl Jones | ... | King Jaffe Joffer | |
| Madge Sinclair | ... | Queen Aoleon | |
| Sheila Johnson | ... | Lady-in-Waiting | |
| Arsenio Hall | ... | Semmi / Morris / Extremely Ugly Girl / Reverend Brown | |
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Raymond D. Turner | ... | T-Shirt Hawker |
| Calvin Lockhart | ... | Colonel Izzi | |
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Billi Gordon | ... | Large Woman |
As Coming 2 America brings Prince Akeem back to Brooklyn, Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Arsenio Hall, and Jermaine Fowler pitch the reboots they want to see featuring Eddie Murphy's other beloved or lesser-known characters.
Immersed in luxury and riches, the courteous blue blood and refined heir apparent to Africa's prosperous kingdom of Zamunda, Prince Akeem, summons up the courage to reject an arranged marriage proposal on his twenty-first birthday. Bent on finding true love, the young aristocrat along with his trusted valet, Semmi, find themselves in the strange and unknown urban jungle of New York City's Queens, trying to mingle with their neighbours by posing as humble exchange students. More than anything in the world, the noble prince yearns to be loved for what he is, and not for his title; however, can he find his soulmate in the bustling Big Apple? Written by Nick Riganas
I once used to be a fan of Eddie Murphy and his movies, but in recent years the only one of "his" movies that I loved was 'Shrek'. He's excellent as the voice of Donkey, but the rest of his movies aren't exactly the best examples of fine humor (think of movies like 'The Nutty Professor'). It's a good thing that from time to time you can still see one of his older ones on the television, so you won't forget that the man really has some talent.
In this movie Eddie Murphy plays, most of the time, the role of Prince Akeem of Zamunda. On his 21st birthday he'll have to marry a woman he has never seen before. Because he isn't too happy with that and because he wants a wife that can do more than doing exactly what he tells her to do (like for instance barking like a dog), he decides to go to America to find the love of his life. The only problem is that the girl shouldn't love him for his title and his money, but for his personality. At first all he gets is a big culture shock, but eventually he'll find a girl he really likes...
This movie is really one of the funniest Eddie Murphy has ever made. It has a good story and offers plenty of laughs, but this isn't a comedy full of toilet humor and may therefor seem dated to the youngest viewers (let's say those who were born in the nineties). Personally I really appreciated the fact that not all humor was about farting, vomiting and other bodily functions, but perhaps that's just me, perhaps I'm just getting too old to understand today's humor (almost 27 right now).
There are some excellent parts in the movie (I really love those old men at the barber shop for instance) and overall the quality is high enough to enjoy the entire movie. That's why I give it a 7.5/10.