The read
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
4,867 audience votes
Key crew
- Nile RodgersOriginal Music Composer
- David SheffieldScreenplay
- John LandisDirector
- Barry W. BlausteinScreenplay
Cast
- Eddie MurphyPrince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
- Arsenio HallSemmi / Extremely Ugly Girl / Morris / Reverend Brown
- Shari HeadleyLisa McDowell
- John AmosCleo McDowell
- James Earl JonesKing Jaffe Joffer
- Madge SinclairQueen Aoleon
- Eriq La SalleDarryl Jenks
- Allison DeanPatrice McDowell
- Frankie FaisonLandlord
- Louie AndersonMaurice
- Paul BatesOha
- Samuel L. JacksonHold-Up Man
Stills
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Themes
new york cityfast food restaurantprincefake identityheir to the throneroyal familyfish out of waterrich mansearching for loverich familysatiricalpretending to be poor
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