Great Film: Coming to America
Wonderful movie!
The first part of this movie, showing Eddie Murphy's life as an African
prince, is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. I loved it. The
wedding ceremony alone was so funny, I almost fell out of my chair from
laughing so hard. I thought this could be one of the funniest movies of all
time.
At about the halfway point, though, it stops being a laugh-a-minute riot,
and kind of settles down into more of a quiet romance movie. The scene at
the basketball game (with the man who worships Murphy) is the last really
hilarious thing that happens. After that, it never again reaches the energy
of the beginning.
This is not really a bad thing, though: it is still enjoyable from start to
finish, even during the quiet parts. It has good actors, and it is fun to
watch, and that makes it a great movie. I highly recommend it; it is one of
my favorite comedies. I give it 8 out of 10 stars. See it if you
haven't.
Cast
- Prince Akeem played by Eddie Murphy
- Semmi played by Arsenio Hall
- King Jaffe Joffer played by James Earl Jones
- Cleo McDowell played by John Amos
- Queen Aoleon played by Madge Sinclair
- Lisa McDowell played by Shari Headley
- Oha played by Paul Bates
