Coming to America

Pros: Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall team up for the first time; Arsenio was actually funny!
Cons: None if you remember this is a comedy, released in the late '80s

Imagine: You are the only son and heir to the most powerful man in the country. It is the morning of your twenty-first birthday, and while having breakfast with your mother and father you inform them--for the first time--you are not exactly pleased with...

Pros: Murphy, Hall, comedy.
Cons: Slow at times.

Before he educated us on hamburgers, foot massages and that “you are not in control here”, Samuel L. Jackson came to America as a foul-mouthed, gun-toting armed robber who finds himself at the wrong end of a mop. But before we dwell into that...

Pros: The barbershop scene
Cons: Believability

A few weeks ago, we had a company wide pop culture trivia contest and when one member of my team answered a question right, he pumped his fist and screamed, "In dee face!" He was just being funny and not taunting anyone and I was trying to remember where ...

Pros: Brilliant EVERYTHING
Cons: Sound couldn't be fully updated to 5.1 and there is no soundtrack available on CD.

The film tells the story of Prince Akeem (Murphy), heir to the throne of the fictional African kingdom of Zamunda.  Despite the fact that Akeem is surrounded by beautiful, frequently nude women  to do his bidding, Akeem  is ...

Pros: highly funny script, inspired comic performances
Cons: Some of the weak elements of the formula stand out

John Landis's Coming to America was released in 1988 at the height of Eddie Murphy's career. It found itself sandwiched in between the inevitable success of Beverly Hills Cop II and the disaster of Eddie's directorial debut, Harlem ...

Pros: The modern fairytale plot
Cons: Thought Allison McDowell character was irritating and unnecessary

"Coming to America" is clear proof that, when provided with a good script, Eddie Murphy can outshine the best of 'em. In this film, he plays Akeem, the royal prince of a small African nation, who, after having rejected the arranged marriage his dad ...

Pros: Gets funnier the more you watch, I have seen it over 30 times!
Cons: Laughing this hard could be dangerous!

This is one of those films that just gets better the more you see it!

The first time I saw this I laughed so hard it hurt. What surprises me is that every time since then that I have watched it I find it even more funny and like the movie...

Pros: Funny and Clever, Beautiful costumes
Cons: Cursing but it's not that bad

I can’t tell you where I was the first time I saw Coming To America. Really. I have no memory of me sitting in a crowded theatre with a tub of gooey popcorn on my lap. All I know is that coming to America has been a part of my life for as long as I...

Pros: Eddie Murphy's gentle turn
Cons: Badly edited

So Art Buchwald sits down in a darkened movie theatre, awaiting the start of the latest Eddie Murphy picture. What he sees is Coming to America, which more than coincidentally resembles his treatment for a picture called "King For A Day." A...

Pros: Very funny, good cast, good characters
Cons: predictable script, but that is almost half the fun

I saw this movie in the theater when I was just a little kid, my whole family went to see it, and my mother was not pleased when we all left the theater making jokes about "the royal penis". Jokes like these do play a large part in this movie,...

Pros: If you are rich, this comedy will open your eyes!
Cons: NONE

There are many movies that make rich people look corrupt and evil, but this movie doesn't. You see I certainly DID NOT come from a poor family, but we were AT LEAST upper class! I have had friends use me because of my financial background, and if you...

Pros: Eddie Murphy's and Arsenio Hall's impeccable and hilarious character portrayals.
Cons: How you can criticize a movie that gives lots of belly-laughs?

This is one I own and repeat. To me, it is Eddie Murphy's funniest film. To mention anything at all about the fact that the cast was almost all black may raise eyebrows of the political correctness police, but I have to bring it up. Often, though I ...

Pros: A great movie full of laughs
Cons: Not long enough

There are so many reasons why I love "Coming To America". First, I love it because it shows Eddie Murphy's acting range as since he plays several people in the movie. Secondly, I love it because Arsenio Hall is hilarious as Murphy's friend...

Pros: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Erique LaSalle
Cons: Boring, bad acting, weak script

I am a huge fan of Eddie Murphy. His first acting job was "Trading Places" and he was superb. Murphy is one of the natural comic deities of our time.

Trading Places really sucked. I was disappointed. The script was not original but worse off,...

Pros: very funny
Cons: no options on dvd

When I saw the previews for this movie I knew that I had to see it . Eddie plays Akeem the prince of Zamunda who goes to America to meet the woman of his dreams. He has been given a time limit by his father or he will be forced to marry one who he does...