I had absolutely no expectations for this film. However, I, from the moment Eddie Murphy stepped on screen I laughed out loud. The humor in this film was incredibly dry at points and I completely loved everything about it. One of my favorite parts of this film was the banter between Eddie Murphy’s Clarence and the rest of the men in the barbershop. They regularly made me laugh out loud and everything they spoke about, in general, was quite comical. With this, I have to comment on Eddie Murphy’s acting ability. I can’t say that I typically associate Eddie Murphy with phenomenal acting, however, the acting in this film was just that, phenomenal. It’s hard enough to play one role with such precision, but playing four immensely different roles in the same film is just incredible. I also found Arsenio Hall’s acting in this film to be quite fantastic as well. He, too, played multiple characters in this film and executed each of them with great vim. While these two actors did a great job on their own, I feel as if nothing was quite comparable to their interactions with one another. The two main characters, Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem and Arsenio Hall’s Semmi, fed off of one another so well; they were by far the best part of the entire film. If I’m being terribly picky, there is one thing that bothered me about the film. The scene with Prince Akeem and Shari Headley’s Lisa McDowell, as they sat on the swings and spoke to one another, bothered me because of the sound. The audio in this scene sounded as if it were filmed indoors as it had the slightest echo when Lisa spoke. While this film would have been released approximately five years prior to Disney’s the Lion King, it is incredibly ironic and funny that James Earl Jones’ King Jaffe Joffer, at one point, wears the fur (and head) of a lion that eerily resembles Mufasa. This film, as a whole, was a lot of fun and I’m actually sorry that I waited this long to see it. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094898/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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