Eddie, it's time to start thinking big again.
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07/10/08
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.
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
Reviews for Meet Dave
it's got nothing to recommend it except maybe that actor in a frogman suit clinging madly to a giant uvula
07/10/08
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
only first-trimester zygotes will find this funny
07/10/08
This sci-fi romp seriously skimps on the sort of wacky comedy that should have flown liberally from such an inspired premise.
07/10/08
Cynics may expect the worst of another Eddie Murphy vehicle involving extraterrestrials -- insert joke about The Adventures of Pluto Nash here -- but that only makes Meet Dave all the more pleasant a surprise.
07/10/08
Top CriticThough the story starts off as a mess and only gets worse, there's some solid physical comedy.
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
Dumb jokes, cheap special effects and Murphy's mugging add up to an eternity in 92 minutes.
07/10/08
It's comedy that doesn't ask anyone, onscreen or in the audience, to try too hard.
07/10/08
This gimmicky, one-note comedy takes a well-deserved place in the pantheon of Murphy mega-bombs.
07/10/08
In Meet Dave, family-friendly as a Fourth of July picnic, Murphy and Norbit director Brian Robbins redeem themselves with a performance and scenario that might have been developed for Steve Martin.
07/10/08
Better material and more adept direction might've made this a perfectly solid commercial enterprise.
07/10/08
Meet Dave. Or don't. Eddie Murphy doesn't particularly seem to care one way or the other.
07/10/08
No matter how many laughs Murphy and the gang manage to squeeze out of this concept, there's still the story which, couldn't possibly be more poorly executed.
07/10/08
Contrary to appearances Meet Dave isn't terrible, with several laugh-out-loud moments funnier than anything in, say, a month.
07/10/08
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
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