I'm a fan of Eddie Murphy. He's a comedic actor who I don't get tired off and manages to bring such a delightful presence to each film he acts in. Coming to America is one of his ventures that is very funny.
Coming to America revolves around Akeem, an African prince who travels to Queens, New York in search for his bride.
Coming 2 America has arrived and to prepare I watched this film for the very first time. The entire cast of this film is great. Eddie Murphy as usual is fantastic. He plays a likeable character and you root for him the whole way through. The film doesn't use his comedic talent to the fullest but I guess with the way the character was written he's meant to seem more sweet than funny. Regardless there are scenes where Murphy shows his comedic abilities and is able to shine. Alongside him, Arsenio Hall is also terrific here. Him and Murphy have great chemistry with each other and he's really funny here. It also surprised me by the amount of characters both play. It shows their range in comedic acting and how good the makeup team were in disguising them. John Amos, James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair were all great. Shari Headley was great even though I wish there was more to her character. There were also a few cameos showing big actors who were not that well known at the time like Cuba Gooding Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson.
The film had plenty of jokes to make you laugh throughout and the way some actors delivered those jokes made it even funnier. From a story standpoint, there is room for improvement. I thought the whole romance angle wasn't developed enough and the film ended too neatly in my opinion. A conflict is set up towards the end which could have developed characters further but the film decided to wrap it up as soon as possible. It felt as if a chunk of the film was missing.
Aside from those issues, Coming to America is a decent watch. The acting is solid by everyone especially from Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall who seemed to have a lot of fun making this film and there are a great amount of jokes that are genuinely funny.
Coming to America revolves around Akeem, an African prince who travels to Queens, New York in search for his bride.
Coming 2 America has arrived and to prepare I watched this film for the very first time. The entire cast of this film is great. Eddie Murphy as usual is fantastic. He plays a likeable character and you root for him the whole way through. The film doesn't use his comedic talent to the fullest but I guess with the way the character was written he's meant to seem more sweet than funny. Regardless there are scenes where Murphy shows his comedic abilities and is able to shine. Alongside him, Arsenio Hall is also terrific here. Him and Murphy have great chemistry with each other and he's really funny here. It also surprised me by the amount of characters both play. It shows their range in comedic acting and how good the makeup team were in disguising them. John Amos, James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair were all great. Shari Headley was great even though I wish there was more to her character. There were also a few cameos showing big actors who were not that well known at the time like Cuba Gooding Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson.
The film had plenty of jokes to make you laugh throughout and the way some actors delivered those jokes made it even funnier. From a story standpoint, there is room for improvement. I thought the whole romance angle wasn't developed enough and the film ended too neatly in my opinion. A conflict is set up towards the end which could have developed characters further but the film decided to wrap it up as soon as possible. It felt as if a chunk of the film was missing.
Aside from those issues, Coming to America is a decent watch. The acting is solid by everyone especially from Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall who seemed to have a lot of fun making this film and there are a great amount of jokes that are genuinely funny.