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MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Landis
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Comedy of Errors, Comedy of Manners, Comedy, Romance
Box Office: / $128,152,301
Release Date: June 29, 1988 (USA)
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Summary:
Coming to America casts comedian Eddie Murphy as pampered African prince Akeem, who rebels against an arranged marriage and heads to America to find a new bride. Murphy's regal father (James Earl Jones) agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi (Arsenio Hall) along to make sure nothing untowar... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Eddie Murphy - (Randy Watson)
Eddie Murphy - (Prince Akeem)
Eddie Murphy - (Saul)
Eddie Murphy - (Clarence)
Arsenio Hall - (Rev. Brow)
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Review:
Coming to America is a sweet, amiable comedy that reunites the director (John Landis) and star (Eddie Murphy) of Trading Places. Murphy abandons the foul-mouthed raunchiness of his most recent project (the concert film Raw) to play Prince Akeem, a wi ... Continue >>

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