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Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) is the prince of a wealthy African country and wants for nothing, except a wife who will love him in spite of his title. To escape an arranged marriage, Akeem flees to America accompanied by his persnickety sidekick, Semmi (Arsenio Hall), to find his queen. Disguised as a foreign student working in fast food, he romances Lisa (Shari Headley), but struggles with revealing his true identity to her and his marital intentions to his king father (James Earl Jones).

2010 · 1h 56m
Director John Landis

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Prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) is the prince of a wealthy African country and wants for nothing, except a wife who will love him in spite of his title. To escape an arranged marriage, Akeem flees to America accompanied by his persnickety sidekick, Semmi (Arsenio Hall), to find his queen. Disguised as a foreign student working in fast food, he romances Lisa (Shari Headley), but struggles with revealing his true identity to her and his marital intentions to his king father (James Earl Jones).

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.2
Reviews 55
Fresh 40
Rotten 15

Information

Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2010
Run Time
1 hr 56 min
Rated
6+
Region of Origin
United States
© 1988 BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), Russian (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Arabic , Bulgarian , Cantonese, Traditional , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hebrew , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.