Coming to America (1988)

This is the only time I’ve ever found Eddie Murphy funny

McDowell's. It's similar to McDonald's, but with several key differences. They have the Golden Arches. I have the Golden Arcs. They have the Big Mac. I have the Big Mick. They're both two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions. But they use a sesame seed bun. My buns have no seeds.

For some reason I found Arsenio Hall to be VERY cute in this. Was it just me?

one of the best

erique la salle gave me the heebeejeebees. (“git your souuuuuul glo”)

I always thought Murphy should have gotten an Oscar nom for his work in the first Nutty Professor film.

R3, it was just you. Of course I don’t like Arsenio Hall.

This is my favorite movie. It holds up great.

Great film. Too bad he stole it from Art Buchwald.

It's hilarious and still holds up.

I watched it last year and I was impressed that Eddie let the rest of the cast all shine. Considering this was the peak of his popularity, he actually had more of the straight role (except when he played some of the other characters).

John Amos was hilarious, Soul Glo still cracks me up, and McDowell's is still funny.

"SEXUAL Chocolate!" still holds up years later. We used to shout this at each other on the sales floor I worked at years ago, for no reason whatsoever except to crack each other up.

Loved the cameo by the Duke Brothers. "Mortimer: We're back!"

My brother and I would repeat this line over and over. Idk why it was so funny to us, but even now we’ll say it to each other randomly.

I love the "Taste the Soup" anecdote he tells over the end credits.

This is one of those movies I can watch over and over, anytime, and still laugh. I still quote it on occasion. Unfortunately the sequel sucked, but it hasn't diminished my love for the original.

R14 Did Leslie Jones ruin it with her unnecessary yelling? It's like she forgot how to modulate for an indoor voice.

She's funny, but I swear, the bitch must've played too much basketball in the bright sun. Her brain seems char-broiled sometimes.

I like Leslie Jones. The movie overall was just bad--terrible story, not very funny, phone-in acting from a lot of the cast.

I love this movie. James Earl Jones pompously draped with a dead lion is hilarious.

The whole cast was perfection. JEJ and the lovely Madge Sinclair (who sadly died so young) were so perfect as African royalty they paired up again to voice Mufasa and Sarabi in The Lion King. There were also tons of great cameos: as mentioned Don Ameche & Ralph Bellamy, Louie Anderson, and Elaine Kagan was perfect in the telegraph scene.

^ I just noticed how many times I said perfect. Yes, I love this movie.

There is really a sweetness to Eddie's performance that has made the film age well (for me, at least).

And "She's Your Queen" makes me HOWL!!!