Coming to America (1988)

United States of America

Comedy, Romance

Eddie Murphy Productions, Paramount

Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Shari Headley, Frankie Faison

John Landis

Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein

Taglines: The four funniest men in America are Eddie Murphy.

new york city, fast food restaurant, prince, fake identity, heir to the throne, fish out of water, duringcreditsstinger, rich man, searching for love, rich family, pretending to be poor

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.

Reviews:

Author: Kamurai
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. A very good approach to a "Pauper and Prince" trope mix with a culture shock trope. The excellent cast involved really takes it a long way with good writing to help it along. It's admittedly not a very original story structure, so while it is not all that refreshingly unpredictable, but it's good to see a foreign royalty in an American setting, and an African one at that. I do think this is consistently funny and has maintained over 30 years, so definitely check this out if you haven't.