This movie was nominated in the area of hair and make-up, and it is lush in both that and the costumes by Ruth E. Carter (who did the Wakanda wardrobe in Black Panther) bring the fictional country of Zamunda alive with vibrant colors and cloth that befits royalty. The original movie dates back to 1988 but the story is appropriately fast forwarded as well. The movie has gravitas by Eddie Murphy standards--there is still a slap stick joking quality to everything, and while his character has older children, he doesn't seem to have commenurately matured, and there are some truely cringe-worthy jokes that just do not hold up with a 2020 lens, but the story holds closely to the formula of the original. Murphy finds that he has an out-of-wedlock son from a sexual encounter when he was intoxicated and he brings him back to his country to become the king, upending his eldest daughters plans to assume that role herself. Some predictable zaniness ensues, but truly, the costumes far exceed what you might expect.
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