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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.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jul 10, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $11,644,832
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
I doubt many kids will follow the bit about using an orb to desalinate the earth's water, but that's just the MacGuffin of a film whose nature is to whiff across the top of a kid's head and then evaporate, which it does, leaving almost no residue.
Meet Dave alone may not radically change the course of Eddie Murphy's drooping career. But it is, at least, a little olive branch held out to his audience. And that's better than Nil.
It's a pity someone can't guide the course of Starship Murphy to a smarter, funnier universe than the one he's chosen to explore.
Meet Dave is a fish-out-of-water comedy with a rather annoying fish.
It feels like someone slipped a Lunesta in my Cherry Coke.
Remember a time when Eddie Murphy actually used to be funny?
Murphy, both as Dave and the ship’s captain is in good form mugging for laughs and getting a few.
Dumbfoundingly erratic, for the most part, but smart and funny from time to time, especially when Mr. Murphy, in the pseudo-person of the spaceship, tries to imitate earthling behavior.
Top CriticThe lackluster title hints at the dull, witless and hackneyed story.
Top CriticAside from some unnecessarily crude stereotypes, Eddie Murphy's least-painful comedy in years has a certain peculiar charm.
The summer popcorn flick manages to deliver more than the standard sci-fi send-up, thanks to a solid supporting cast -- most of whom come from TV -- that help bolster Murphy's average work.
[An] unremarkable sci-fi gagfest.
As in too many of his recent films, he comes off as a pampered superstar going through the paces of an unending ego trip.
Director Brian Robbins keeps going for easy laughs.
Eddie Murphy -- was that Oscar nominated performance in Dreamgirls just something I imagined? -- continues to trash his very real talent with bottomfeeding material.
It's not all that funny.
There are some laughs here and there, but this is badly edited hack work.
Murphy may want to disappear whenever he can, but if he let loose some more, he might not need a facade to hide behind ever again.
Even as timewasters go, this is a waste of time.
How bombs like Meet Dave get the green light in Hollywood is a mystery.
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