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Coming to America
This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
This summer, Prince Akeem discovers America.
Comedy, Romance - 1988
7.1
72%
47
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.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
29 Jun 1988
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$30,000,000
Revenue:
$288,752,301
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 5 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The director is ... rather distracted; John Landis seems to be browsing through the scenes rather than gobbling them down.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
6 Jun 2009
rotten:
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,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
A screenplay that seems to have escaped its doctors before it was entirely well.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
The main pleasure in America comes in the romancing of prince and pauper. But the comedy is a mere handmaiden.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
In Landis' hands, the film doesn't live up to even the meagerest of expectations.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
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