Coming 2 America
Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): March 5, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 47 Critic Reviews
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16
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28
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
UproxxVince ManciniMar 4, 2021
Overall, there’s very little to complain about in Coming 2 America, a worthy sequel that does justice to the original without trying to recreate everything about it. It’s a winning, maximalist musical extravaganza. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 4, 2021
After all these years, the land of Zamunda is still the world capital of comedy. Read full review
83
Paste MagazineAdesola ThomasMar 4, 2021
Coming 2 America achieves exactly what an effective sequel should: It reinforces themes from the original film while offering new, intriguing points of tension, nodding to old gags in a way that rewards fluent fans without alienating newbies. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansMar 7, 2021
The comedy doesn’t work quite as well this way around, though Fowler is extremely likable as a sweet-natured slacker, channelling the endearing guilelessness of Murphy’s original Prince Akeem. Still, there are enough in-jokes and returning characters to keep fans happy. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrMar 4, 2021
It’s silly of mind and open of heart, full of visual and sonic eye candy while telling a predictable story with pleasurable generosity. The laughs are pitched right over the plate with the skill and enjoyment of a team of vaudeville pros. As reunions go, it’s a success. Read full review
75
ConsequenceBlake GobleMar 4, 2021
For a 33 years-late follow up to a fan favorite? This isn’t terrible, not even close. Will it split the royal underlings that vaunt Landis’s ’88 effort? Maybe. For now, Coming 2 America deserves to be enjoyed as one of Murphy’s better follow-ups. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 4, 2021
It’s not great cinema. It’s good at what it sets out to do. Which makes it great fun. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 4, 2021
By the end, “Coming 2 America” has us. It’s strange, these movies that create a warm feeling. It’s hard to say why or how. But when Murphy sits on the throne watching a bad lounge singer (also played by Murphy) perform “We Are Family,” it feels like the summation of the three decades of virtuosic silliness that Murphy has brought to the screen, and of all that has meant to us. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyKristen BaldwinMar 4, 2021
Coming 2 America is cute and fun, a lovingly made exercise in nostalgia that delivers several genuine laughs, even if it never achieves the comedic excellence of its predecessor. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnMar 4, 2021
Those who adore the original, however, will feel like they’ve been revisited by an old friend, or perhaps the dirty uncle, whose jokes are a bit frayed but still pointed enough. Produced at a time when big, brash studio comedies rarely crack the zeitgeist, Coming 2 America works far better than the market standard, in part because it does right by its roots. Read full review
70
VoxAlissa WilkinsonMar 11, 2021
Coming 2 America is really just a movie about how fun and great Coming to America was. It gives us another way to dance to the prior movie’s beat. Read full review
67
Original-CinLiam LaceyMar 5, 2021
You couldn’t call Coming 2 America a good movie or even a so-bad-its-good, but just puffed-up mediocre concoction with a few pockets of delight. Read full review
65
PolygonRobert DanielsMar 4, 2021
Murphy’s charm, his close chemistry with Hall, Snipes’ wily performance, and the resplendent costumes uplift this nostalgia trip. Read full review
65
CNNBrian LowryMar 4, 2021
This very nostalgic, mildly entertaining movie possesses a rather timely undercurrent, even if its delivery via Amazon -- like most issues facing Zamunda's royal family -- amounts to a high-class problem. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 5, 2021
Coming 2 America still provides enough smiles to make up for the lack of belly-laughs. And if you want to hear Murphy’s famous “heh-heh-heh” laugh, stay through the credits. Read full review
63
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenMar 4, 2021
Murphy is committed, bringing back the same low-key charm he showcased in the original, while also undercutting Akeem by showing how he has come to represent the repressive Zamundan traditions he once rebelled against. Read full review
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