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47 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAfter all these years, the land of Zamunda is still the world capital of comedy.
- 75IndieWireEric KohnIndieWireEric KohnThose who adore the original, however, will feel like they’ve been revisited by an old friend, or perhaps the dirty uncle, whose jokes are a bit frayed but still pointed enough. Produced at a time when big, brash studio comedies rarely crack the zeitgeist, Coming 2 America works far better than the market standard, in part because it does right by its roots.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyKristen BaldwinEntertainment WeeklyKristen BaldwinComing 2 America is cute and fun, a lovingly made exercise in nostalgia that delivers several genuine laughs, even if it never achieves the comedic excellence of its predecessor.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzUltimately Coming 2 America isn’t a sequel that ruins the original. But it doesn’t improve upon it, either.
- 60EmpireEmpireIf it’s missing the charm and Murphy’s magnetism from the first film, Coming 2 America delivers a broad, serviceable return to Zamunda.
- 50New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNew York PostJohnny OleksinskiBut a happy reunion can’t re-create the original’s spark, innocence and masterful comedy.
- 42The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo Perez[A] benign, only marginally-amusing-at-best nostalgia cash grab.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe movie is as tired and middle-aged as Akeem himself; Murphy is oddly waxy and stately, and has no authority figures he can really play off.
- 40Screen DailyTim GriersonScreen DailyTim GriersonThis new edition feels less inspired, missing not just the superstar’s quick wit but the 1988 film’s fecund fish-out-of-water premise.
- 12Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenEven by the woeful standards of decades-too-late comedy sequels, Coming 2 America is desperate, belabored, and thin.