Coming 2 America is a PG-13 movie, and some fans were upset about that fact, but director Craig Brewer isn’t trying to hear it. The original picture had some room to play as an R-rated comedy. But, the filmmaker is asking that fans just don’t blindly discount his film before weighing it on the tone of the original during an interview with CinemaBlend. Coming 2 America has no problem referencing and at times mirroring the 1988 movie. Some of that is to get what Brewer calls a “fairy-tale feel” that ran throughout Coming to America. Prince Akeem was a very whimsical character when you really think about it. His travels through New York City weren’t always the best, but he found ways to find joy in even the rough parts. That’s what the director was striving for with his sequel effort. Even more interestingly, Coming 2 America still manages to net some bawdy laughs with risqué material despite that rating. Check out what the director had to say down below:
