Coming 2 America

PG-13

2021

1h 49m

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Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi(Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.

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Critics Consensus

Decades after its predecessor joked about the fine line between love and nausea, Coming 2 America reminds audiences that there's an equally fine line between sequel and retread.

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Audience Says

It isn't totally without laughs, but a lazy reliance on callbacks and a story that rehashes the first film make this sequel a letdown.

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Michael Blackmon

BuzzFeed News

The sequel to the 1988 hit is not without its problems, but it's still mostly fun.

Dec 17, 2021

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

It's lazy, barrel-scraping cinema at its worst.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 13, 2021

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

Long live the king of Zamunda -- and a beat you can groove to.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 12, 2021

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Joonatan Itkonen

Toisto.net

After the brilliant and heartwarming DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, I had higher expectations from director Craig Brewer and Murphy. They make a great team, but the material just isn’t there this time.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 13, 2024

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Shawn Edwards

Fox 4 Kansas City

Eddie Murphy is a genius, the original is arguably the funniest movie ever made...not a bad movie, but more nostalgic than funny, a cinematic greatest hits package...surprisingly heart-felt, and the fans won't mind the films flaws...

Rated: 3/5

May 23, 2024

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Coming 2 America spends too much time revisiting jokes and characters from the original without establishing new ones.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 11, 2022

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alan g

The original was fun. This one was dreadful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Giorgio G

Well, I guess we all enjoyed the original, decades ago, but though it's nice to see Eddie again, this new version/addition has a lot of pomp, but very little on the comic side. Eddie's and Arsenio's camouflage appearances in 4 different roles each might be interesting on the makeup techs, but maybe we've seen this stuff too many times by now. The whole movie simply relies on the same ridiculous exaggeration of the first one, only multiplied by 10, and nothing else! So even this flick might while away those 100+ minutes, it is surely nothing one needs to see. 4 of 10 points

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/18/24

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Michael V

Not sure why this movie did'nt get more love, I found it very entertaining and the costuming is beautiful.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Jenn S

As a lover of the original film this sequel was cringy from start to wherever I finished it. Such a disappointment.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/11/24

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Sensei H

Y'all crazy, this movie was fantastic! I was 17 years old in 1988 and this sequel really brought it! All the cameos and the storyline were well done and the throw back was totally nostalgic. Whoever rated this for Rotten Tomatoes and the audience were probably Millennials or Gen Z who weren't there and just don't get it. COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY UNDERRATED. BLASPHEMY! Eddie Murphy is a MOVIE GOD and I am totally offended by the ratings. Go back under your rocks or on your phones and stop rating movies that you are not qualified to rate. I spit in your general direction! PTUI, PTUI, PTUI!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/11/24

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Dinos K

A great comedy with perfect comic timing (not this sh*t, the first movie)

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Mary Junson

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Synopsis

Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi(Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.

Director: Craig Brewer
Producer: Kevin Misher, Eddie Murphy
Screenwriter: Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield
Production Co: Eddie Murphy Productions, Misher Films
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Drug Content|Crude and Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 5, 2021
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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