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Topic subjectComing to America has a 47/100 on Metacritic? The fuck?
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13424963, Coming to America has a 47/100 on Metacritic? The fuck?
Posted by dagu, Tue Feb-23-21 02:45 PM
And only 67% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The "reception" section on wikipedia in insane.

Coming To America received positive reviews upon release. Review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 67%, based on reviews from 46 critics with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Eddie Murphy was in full control at this point, starkly evident in Coming to America's John Landis' coasting direction." On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 16 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

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." 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. 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.