Review of Coming 2 America (2021) by Movi3Do — 08 Mar 2021

Eddie Murphy as the Zamundan king returns to America one more time. When I watched this, I didn't even realize that this is a sequel to the movie with the same title in 1988. That means it didn't matter if one haven't watch the first one before seeing this one.

Viewing as a stand-alone comedy, I had a great time. The movie was over the top with exaggerated characters. For me, even though the jokes were simple, they worked well and I laughed many times throughout the runtime.

As a comedy, that's all it takes to win me over. It might not be funny to some. I loved all the actors, especially Eddie Murphy, who played multiple characters in the movie. Even more, the movie looked very colorful and lively as there were many fun dance performances.

The costumes were also great. As for the story, it was very predictable as I knew what was coming. Toward the end, it became cheesy, and dragged out too much. The theme of breaking the old conservative rules and embracing who you are were clear in the movie, but the cheesiness of the movie didn't make this theme feel all that important.

Overall, despite the mediocre script, I still had a fun time with the movie, probably due to me being pretty easy with jokes. 7.