Coming To America (1988) ***1/2

As I've written before in my reviews of Trading Places (1983) (here) and Spies Like Us (1985) (here), there were a number of John Landis films that passed me by and that I only saw in the past couple of years (I still haven't seen ¡Three Amigos! (1986) in its entirety). Coming To America (1988) was one of those and I suppose the timing is good for my finally having viewed it, if I want to watch the sequel soon.

What can I say? Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall are mostly comedy gold in their multiple roles. Some stuff hasn't aged well and the story is fairly predictable but it's a funny movie with its heart in the right place. I greatly enjoyed CTA—here's hoping the sequel isn't terrible.

You can find my John Landis Feature Films Ranked list here.