Coming to America (1988)
Added 2024-01-09 15:00:04 +0000 UTCHey Rangers, shout out to *JEREMIAH* for requesting this film hope you guys enjoy our reaction!
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Also Mufaseh
Tahirah Shabazz
2024-02-21 12:44:22 +0000 UTCDefinitely the innovator of this type of comedy. Love his stand up. Golden Child my favorite underrated movie of his. Also his music. And a star in Michael Jackson’s video with an all black cast.
Tahirah Shabazz
2024-02-21 12:43:40 +0000 UTCBeverly Hills cop too
Dylan Brooks
2024-01-25 09:39:30 +0000 UTCBoomerang another classic Eddie Murphy movie.
Tjbosslyfe
2024-01-16 19:42:20 +0000 UTCYou guys have to watch coming 2 America now(sequel). Some people didn’t like it (you know old people and their nostalgia), but I enjoyed it.
Carmello
2024-01-14 01:46:27 +0000 UTCDo you guys have CAPTIONS on? If so, why?
Mr. Reggie
2024-01-13 10:25:45 +0000 UTCComing to America: a romantic comedy with an almost exclusively Black cast which enjoyed great mainstream success. Crazy Rich Asians (2018): ditto, but with East-Asians. (Slightly more romance and drama instead of comedy.) If you haven't seen the second, you could give it a shot.
Happy Hanukkah
2024-01-11 04:07:56 +0000 UTCSpeaking of James Earl Jones, I am reminded of "Cry, the Beloved Country" (1995), a drama based on a classic novel set in apartheid South Africa. It is not a fun popcorn movie, but Jones and the great Richard Harris on their own make it worthwhile watching. (It is very easily available, hint hint. :-) )
Happy Hanukkah
2024-01-10 18:28:01 +0000 UTCThe great James Earl Jones. Even more amusing is that Madge Sinclair, the queen in this movie, plays Sarabi in The Lion King. The royal couple re-united. :-)
Happy Hanukkah
2024-01-10 18:14:48 +0000 UTCFun fact. The King James Earl Jones was actually the original Darth Vader voice actor in Star Wars.
SavageDiplomat
2024-01-10 15:29:05 +0000 UTCThe father is the actor who voices Mufasa in lion King his voice is so distinctive lol . I really love this movie great reaction .
Lashanae Jackson
2024-01-10 13:10:35 +0000 UTCIf you're interested in an earlier movie with an actor playing multiple roles, you can try the truly classic Dr. Strangelove from 1964. It's a black (not Black! :-) ) comedy with the talented Peter Sellers. (Several reaction channels have done it already.) [Written before I saw Mitchell's comment.]
Happy Hanukkah
2024-01-10 07:47:13 +0000 UTCEddie Murphy gets a lot of justified praise for this movie, but let's put in a word for James Earl Jones. I love his gleefully lecherous delivery of "I know I do" (21:08), and his take on tying shoelaces (9:50) is subtly hilarious. It is as if he had long been led to believe that tying one's shoelaces is an enjoyable experience, and is still deeply disappointed by the experience and offended at having been deceived. (And a shout-out to the telegraph woman (Elaine Kagan) who makes the most of her short scene. (1:18:55))
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2024-01-10 07:46:31 +0000 UTCPeter Sellers played multiple roles in Dr. Strangelove (1964), and I know Richard Pryor (a big influence on Eddie and just about every comedian that followed him) played multiple roles in his 1977 film, Which Way is Up? It was done cleverly in this movie, but it became a crutch that Eddie would fall back on too often (my opinion) once his film choices started to dip in quality in the early 90s. When Eddie broke out in the early 80s, he was a comedy wunderkind. From 82 to 92, as a comedian and an actor, he was among the biggest names in Hollywood. For whatever reason, his projects from that point forward became more low brow (again, just my opinion) and he lost a lot of the charm and edge that made him a star. That said, the two 48s Hrs. films are worth a watch, Trading Places, Harlem Nights (wasn't a huge success, but Richard Pryor, Eddie and Redd Foxx all starring in the same film is definitely worth a watch) and the first two Beverly Hill Cop films. Those two films showed that Eddie could be an action star while retaining his comedy chops. No idea why he didn't pursue more projects like that.
Mitchell Smilie
2024-01-10 07:23:27 +0000 UTCGreat movie. Eddie was a pioneer in comedy films and stand up. We gotta get you guys to watch beverly hills cop.
Mark
2024-01-10 05:45:46 +0000 UTCIt won’t hit the same as you didn’t grow up with the original but Eddie did a sequel to this called Coming 2 America. It’s decent and worth a watch. But as others have said if you liked Eddie Murphy then check out the Beverly Hills Cop movies.
Justin Meade
2024-01-10 02:17:55 +0000 UTCI have a fun fact!!! Almost 30 minutes in, right when Akeem and Semmi get to Queens...billed as "kid getting haircut" is a young Cuba Gooding Jr. I used to watch this one over and over again in High School because the censored version was constantly on somewhere. It wasn't until college that I ever saw the uncensored version. Loved it!
Jessi
2024-01-10 01:24:58 +0000 UTComg you guys should start watching Beverly Hills cop it has Eddie Murphy as the main character :)
Reece 🍉
2024-01-09 23:49:22 +0000 UTCyou beat me to it! NICE
Mark W
2024-01-09 18:21:54 +0000 UTCThe old white Jewish guy in the barber shop was Eddie Murphy in heavy makeup.
MotoDork
2024-01-09 17:10:47 +0000 UTC🔥🔥Eddie Murphy in the 80’s to 90’s was undefeated…& the fact that the royal family made the Waldorf put up their nations flag in front of the hotel while they stay there is hilarious to me
TC24
2024-01-09 17:03:49 +0000 UTCFYI those two homeless guys that said "we're back" are from another movie called trading places with eddie murphy. in that movie they were the bad guys
Brian Smith
2024-01-09 17:03:11 +0000 UTCI
keise
2024-01-09 16:39:33 +0000 UTCKatt is one of the G.O.A.Ts, he too funny 😂
Zac Cochrane
2024-01-09 15:54:31 +0000 UTCJeremiah! 🍺
Mark W
2024-01-09 15:48:47 +0000 UTCVince that’s crazy af I was just watching the Joe Rogan podcast where they were talking about the painting elephant the other day 😂
Simon
2024-01-09 15:15:11 +0000 UTCI watched that Kat and Shannon interview 😂 lil dude was going crazy
Simon
2024-01-09 15:02:34 +0000 UTCAwww hell yea Jeremiah clutch for this one! Can’t wait for tomorrow tho!
Simon
2024-01-09 15:01:39 +0000 UTC
