Coming to America (1988)

Directed by

John Landis

Genre

romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 4,788 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prince from a fictional African country travels to New York City to find a wife who will love him for who he is, not his royal status. He works at a fast food restaurant and navigates the culture clash while pursuing a woman he meets there.

lightheartedfunnyromanticwhimsicalcharmingupbeatwarmcomic

What happens

Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein, and starring Murphy (in various roles), Arsenio Hall (also in various roles), James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair and Shari Headley. It tells the story of Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda who travels to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry and will love him for who he is, not for his status or for having been trained to please him. The film was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on June 29, 1988, and received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also a box-office success, grossing an estimated $288.8–$350 million on a $36 million budget. In 1989, a pilot for a planned spin-off television series was made, although this was never picked up for a series. A sequel to the film—Coming 2 America—was released on March 4, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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