It’s hard to actively dislike Coming 2 America: sometimes, you just need to have a silly time with a silly movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2024

The sequel to the 1988 hit is not without its problems, but it's still mostly fun.

| Dec 17, 2021

It's lazy, barrel-scraping cinema at its worst.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 13, 2021

Long live the king of Zamunda -- and a beat you can groove to.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 12, 2021

As a relic of 1980s comedy, Coming to America holds up better than most... And so it's with a heavy heart that I report that the sequel, Coming 2 America, is deeply, embarrassingly bad.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 12, 2021

It's fine, not great but not bad. The fact that its a softer, more inclusive movie is exactly right for it...

| Mar 11, 2021

The sort of belated sequel that barely pretends to be more than an exercise in nostalgia.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 10, 2021

A kinder, gentler Borat.

| Mar 10, 2021

It all feels like a 30th reunion - maybe because it IS one - ... and by the end you're happy to have gone but feel no need to be at the next one.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 9, 2021

Murphy pretty much gave up on the slyly critical comedy he built his legacy on in the 80s. But it would be more comforting to see what Prince Akeem makes of America today, rather than just watching him rest on his laurels.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 9, 2021

Craig Brewer's sequel to the 1988 comedy classic lives in fear of besmirching its predecessor. So it does nothing new.... The only aspect of the film that really strikes the right balance between past and present is Ruth E Carter's costume design.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 8, 2021

As a diehard Eddie Murphy fan, it's reassuring to see thatDolemiteIs My Namewasn't a fluke; he still commands the screen. Long live the King!

| Mar 8, 2021

A sore reminder that some things are left better alone.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 8, 2021

There are enough in-jokes and returning characters to keep fans happy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 6, 2021

Coming 2 America has a clumsy gait; it doesn't hold together with as much verve and style as the earlier film.

| Mar 6, 2021

Coming 2 America confidently moves to the comedy rhythms of where we are now. And because of its willingness to transform it is a smarter, funnier and ultimately sweeter movie than the legend that begat it.

| Mar 6, 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.

| Mar 6, 2021

Coming 2 America is a good time -- even more, it's evidence that this actor-director pair are on the verge of something great.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 6, 2021

It's among the few movies redirected from theaters to streaming that have genuinely lost something because of it. That said, it's still a good deal of fun, reassembling old faces from the 1988 original while adding plenty of new ones.

| Mar 6, 2021

Tune in looking for the old days, Afrocentric culture and silly comedy and you'll be satiated. Expect something earth-shatteringly new, and you won't.

| Mar 5, 2021