Coming to America Movie Review 1988

An African prince (Murphy) decides to come to America in search of a suitable bride. He lands in Queens, and quickly finds American women to be more confusing than he imagined. Sometimes overly cute entertainment relieved by clever costume cameos by Murphy and Hall. Later lawsuit resulted in columnist Art Buchwald being given credit for story.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 116 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Role Reversal, Africa, Top Grossing Films of 1988, Royalty, Marriage, Otherwise Engaged, Immigration, New York, New York, African America, Cuttin' Heads, Urban Comedy

Screenplay

David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein

Cast

Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Shari Headley, Don Ameche, Louie Anderson, Paul Bates, Allison Dean, Eriq La Salle, Calvin Lockhart, Samuel L. Jackson, Cuba Gooding, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Frankie Faison, Vondie Curtis-Hall

Cinematography

Woody Omens

Director

John Landis

Music

Nile Rodgers

Producer

Paramount Pictures