Editing Coming to America (section)

===Reception===
''Coming To America'' received positive reviews upon release.{{Anchor|Critics|Critical response}}
{{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|Eddie Murphy was in full control at this point, starkly evident in ''Coming to America''{{'}}s John Landis' coasting direction.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/coming_to_america/|title=Coming to America (1988)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|date=June 29, 1988 |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date=March 5, 2022}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|47|16}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/coming-to-america|title=Coming to America Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=Paramount Streaming|access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-20|title=Cinemascore :: Movie Title Search|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|access-date=2020-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|archive-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>

Sheila Benson in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called it a "hollow and wearying Eddie Murphy fairy tale" and bemoans, "That an Eddie Murphy movie would come to this."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-29-ca-4869-story.html|title=Spare Fare in Eddie Murphy's 'America'|last=Benson|first=Sheila|date=June 26, 1988|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' was also critical of the writing, calling it a "possibly funny idea" but suggesting the screenplay had escaped before it was ready. Canby viewed the film as essentially a romantic comedy but said the romantic elements fell flat, and the film instead goes for broad [[slapstick]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/29/movies/review-film-african-prince-in-queens.html|title=Review/Film; African Prince in Queens|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=June 29, 1988|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 26, 2010|author-link=Vincent Canby}}</ref> Kathleen Carroll of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' called the film "an adorably amusing upscale fairy tale, an endearingly romantic comedy which has all the fabulous fake opulence of an old-fashioned Hollywood musical as well as the traditionally sappy happy ending."<ref>{{cite news |last=Carroll |first=Kathleen |date=June 29, 1988 |title=Embarrassment of Riches |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/134381741/ |work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] |location=New York, New York |access-date=October 31, 2023}}</ref> [[Siskel & Ebert]] had mixed opinions on the film. Siskel enjoyed the acting from Murphy and Hall but Ebert was disappointed that Murphy did not bring his usual more lively performance, and Ebert was also critical of the unoriginal script.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrJjh730LA |title=Youtube |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806182648/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrJjh730LA |archive-date=August 6, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Siskel, in print, reviewed the film more enthusiastically, giving it three and a half stars out of four, and describing it as "a sweet, oft-told story", adding that "Murphy and Hall add a number of very sharp supporting roles hidden by makeup to add spice to the general level of gentleness."<ref>{{cite news |last=Siskel |first=Gene |date=July 1, 1988 |title=Flick of Week: Murphy's acting wins in 'America' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/134381801/ |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |location= |access-date=October 31, 2023}}</ref>