Set in a fantastical, prosperous, and self-sufficient African kingdom that anticipated Wakanda in Black Panther, the film featured an almost all-black cast, beyond just the starring roles featuring Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem and Arsenio Hall as his friend and aide Semmi. It was a particularly treasured film for many black audience members. People who saw Coming to America when young, particularly with extended families who found they could all laugh together at it, tell touching stories of their grandmothers and fathers and siblings quoting lines, quoting whole scenes of extended dialogue. (Though it can’t match the astonishing megahit status of the first film, which made almost $300 million worldwide.) I can’t afford it, but the price would still be worth it.Īnd to see that comedy post-pandemic, in a theater filled with people, all laughing at once in that way that makes the funny bits seem exponentially funnier? I’d go as high as $50.Ĭoming 2 America is definitely not that comedy, but it’s been very successful already. Hell, $40, and then watch it several nights in a row, and off and on through the rest of the year. Personally, I’d pay $30 to see a good new comedy, a really good one, a scintillating laugh-out-loud one.
DID EDDIE MURPHY DAUGHTER PLAY IN COMING TO AMERICA 2 MOVIE
Still, people raced to watch it, because we’re longing for a movie we can relax into that at least reminds us of the old enjoyment we used to feel at the movies. A sequel to the 1988 favorite Coming to America, it’s sloppy and underdeveloped and shamelessly nostalgic and patched together from gags from the old film and even film from the old film. Coming 2 America isn’t a good film, but then, it’s not pretending to be.
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