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Coming to America
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2365
- IMDb #1904
- Google retired #1458
- Rotten Tomatoes #1795
- Metacritic #2943
- Letterboxd #1888
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2703
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1076
- Metacritic Critics #3733
- Metacritic Audience #1396
- Criticker #1898
- Douban #1518
- Kinopoisk #820
- AlloCiné #3611
- Trakt #1486
Every rating
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Lowest is Metacritic critics on 47, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 59, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The pampered prince of a wealthy African nation grows tired of his arranged marriage. He and his best friend travel to Queens, New York, to find an independent woman who will love him for himself, not his title. Posing as a poor student, he takes a menial job and experiences life as a commoner.
Details
- Director
- John Landis
- Writers
- Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield, Eddie Murphy
- Released
- 29 June 1988
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $288.8M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Costume Design | Deborah Nadoolman Landis | Nominee |
| 61st Academy Awards 1989 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Rick Baker | Nominee |
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2 awards — Coming to America
×| Best Costume Design | Deborah Nadoolman Landis | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Rick Baker | Nominee |