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07/25/08
Meet Dave (2008)
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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:18
Rotten:77
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Easy gags and slack direction drag this occasionally clever alien-out-of-planet comedy down to unimaginative lows.
Theatrical Release:18-07-2008
Synopsis: Actor-turned-director Brian Robbins (VARSITY BLUES, THE PERFECT SCORE) is at the helm of comedian Eddie Murphy's alien adventure, MEET DAVE. Murphy stars as the minuscule captain of an alien... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan
Director: Brian Robbins
Reviews for Meet Dave
Top CriticThere's a delicious irony to the way in which this supposedly heartwarming comedy gives the impression of having itself been devised by a race of extra-terrestrials with only a tentative grasp of what constitutes heart or humour.
10/18/08
Top CriticThe puzzler that is Eddie Murphy's career continues apace with this low-fi kiddy-oriented affair featuring the comedian as both a human-shaped spaceship called Dave Ming-chang and the commander of said vessel.
10/18/08
With a lazy script that uses the cheapest gags and most obvious plot points, this is yet another big Hollywood movie that squanders a strong premise on a badly undercooked vanity project.
07/10/08
Doug Cooper - There's the odd chuckle to be had, it's fast-paced and colourful ... but overall it's over-stuffed and chaotic.
07/17/08
Even for a high-concept, lowbrow summer release Meet Dave is drab, shoddy work.
07/16/08
Top CriticLikeable sci-fi comedy with some nice ideas and two surprisingly charming performances from Eddie Murphy, though it's not as funny as it could have been.
07/18/08
The worst sci-fi comedy since, well, since Eddie Murphy made The Adventures of Pluto Nash.
07/12/08
If you think Eddie Murphy lost his mojo about 20 years ago and has been lacking clear comedic judgment ever since, then you've got to see this for confirmation. Or maybe not.
01/27/09
Meet Dave. Or don't. Eddie Murphy doesn't particularly seem to care one way or the other.
07/10/08
The new film is mildly amusing family entertainment, but when discussing the career of one of our most seasoned comic actors, "mildly amusing" can only be regarded as a letdown.
10/18/08
It's comedy that doesn't ask anyone, onscreen or in the audience, to try too hard.
07/10/08
The main problem is the movie hems in Murphy.
07/11/08
Meet Dave is one of those films that will get a bad reputation based on the trailers but it actually generated a few chuckles from my end and was not a complete waste of time.
07/10/08
Murphy's best moments here only remind us of "Coming to America," another fish-out-of-water story. These days, Murphy seems like a fish out of water as an actor on screen.
07/10/08
Murphy appears to be on the verge of cracking himself up. This is good news. At least someone found him funny.
07/11/08
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04/23/09
Murphy, both as Dave and the ship’s captain is in good form mugging for laughs and getting a few.
07/11/08
The key image is a close-up of Murphy's gleaming choppers, but aside from that the movie is toothless.
07/11/08
Better material and more adept direction might've made this a perfectly solid commercial enterprise.
07/10/08
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