Coming to America vs Misfit
Misfit has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.9/10 for Coming to America). Misfit is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 57m. Coming to America is the older of the two (1988 against 2021). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Coming to America
Misfit| Coming to America | Misfit | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance | Comedy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Landis | Orlando Herrera |
| Main cast | Samuel L. Jackson, Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Eriq La Salle | Javier Luna, Alicia Jaziz Zapién, Julián Cerati, Gimena Gómez, Raysa Ortiz |
Synopsis
Coming to America
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Misfit
Julia, a teenager from Latin America, has lived in the U.S. most of her life. She is popular, a successful Youtuber and wants to become prom queen. Everything changes abruptly when her family has to return to Ecuador. What will she have to face? Getting used to a new culture and a catholic high school will not be easy. The "gringa" becomes the target of "La Reinas", three popular bullies who rule the school. Julia is now a misfit who will have…
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