Prince Akeem of Zamunda -- a kind of African Shangri-La -- selects Queens, N.Y., to seek out a bride who will love him for himself, and "who will arouse my intellect as well as my loins." He finds one of those, right enough, but a dearth of laughs. Eddie Murphy, grinding gears in his shifts between keyboard teeth and bedroom eyes, has difficulty staying in character (and in dialect), and puts on tons of makeup (by Rick Baker) in order to moonlight in a few bit-parts as well. With Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones, and John Amos; directed by John Landis. (1988) — Duncan Shepherd
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