Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Elizabeth Banks, Judah Friedlander ...( see more  see more... ) , Scott Caan

A massive fireball from space hits New York's Central Park and an ordinary man emerges unscathed. The man turns out to be a spaceship operated by 100 human-looking aliens who are one-quarter inch tall...( read more  read more... ) and seeking a way to save their planet; complications ensue when their captain falls in love with an Earth woman who's always picked losers for previous romances.

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Brian Robbins

Release Date: July 9, 2008

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DVD Release Date: November 25, 2008

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  • July 18, 2009
    You think this might be a crappy unfunny typical Murphy family film at first, but it isn't, well not much anyway. Its actually not bad, the humor is very basic, childish and predictable but it has a certain charm, a certain something that makes it enjoyable instead of embarassing...( read more). Murphy is the same as most of his 'family films' to be honest, same facial expressions and same silly impressions which we saw awhile back, but he does do quite a nice job as a robot or spacecraft in human form.

    The concept is ok nothing too original and its all very simple looking with some really terrible effects later on in the film. The internal scenes inside Murphy are quite good, they look good and are alittle amusing in places as the crew helm the Murphy spacecraft hehe

    Very silly, very basic usual family stuff from Murphy, but it does have alittle spark of charm, genius or loveability that somehow manages to grab you, dunno how or why though haha
  • May 23, 2009
    Good kids movie but otherwise nothing special.
  • March 29, 2009
    Eddie Murphy continues his rich tradition of great films with Meet Dave. Yes, that means it sucks. It really sucks. I can't believe I watched this garbage, but I figured someone had to take one for the team.

    The film revolves around an alien spaceship that looks like Alex Foley....( read more) Inside are people about an inch and a half high with their captain also looking like Axel Foley. It starts as your typical rube in New York City story with Murphy's ship getting hit by a single mom (why Elizabeth Banks, why!?!?) and her son who also happens to be the kid that found the water sucking orb that will save their planet. The film is basically the rube story as Murphy's Captain character realizes that he can't destroy this world to save his own.

    Meet Dave is ridiculous as hell. I'm not talking about the little people alien aspects of the film, I'm talking about the piss poor writing from Rob Greenberg and Bill Corbett. I'm checking to see if they're in the 2nd grade- no, but Corbett worked on Mystery Science Theater 3000. What the hell did they run out of movies and needed another piece of garbage to trash? Two examples that stick out for me are the stereotypes. A black crewmember on the S.S. Murphy hears hip hop and suddenly transforms into a jive talking gangster. The second crew member sees thirty seconds of A Chorus Line and suddenly becomes a homosexual. Hopefully none of them saw this film because they would be suddenly transformed into bad film makers and actors.

    Eddie Murphy plays the schtick that he's played in countless crappy family films over the last fifteen years. I heard that he was going to retire from acting and go back to stand up. I would be hilarious to see this kids growing up with Father Knows Best Eddie Murphy watching a sequel to Eddie Murphy Raw- including the jump suit! The rest of the cast are typical over actors because it's supposed to be funny. It's not funny. It's overacting you goofs.

    Director Brian Robbins' career is filled with tons of mindless crap that Hollywood loves to shove down our throats. He must work cheap, especially after last years masterpiece Norbit (I'm not willing to take that one for the team).

    If given a choice between Meet Dave and a colonoscopy, I would have to think about it. At least you get drugged during the colonoscopy. Or I would just watch a superior film with the same sort of story called Innerspace.
  • February 16, 2009
    I have no idea why this flop. This was a great family movie
  • January 10, 2009
    Eddie Murphy teams up again with Brian Robbins. Their previous work was "Norbit". His performance in that film pretty much made him lose the Academy Award...

    In "Norbit", Eddie Murphy has no fat suit. He plays the captain of a spaceship that looks like him. Ok, normally I would ...( read more)not watch a film with this kind of synopsis but I gave it a shot. Actually, "Meet Dave" had its moments.

    The film is filled with gags. The story is thin, almost harmless with the obvious storyline of an alien race learning about the human culture etc. The gags mostly base on this. Mix in a bit of love and there you have it... "Meet Dave".

    The film had me laugh out loud a couple of times. In overall, the film is a harmless, brainless, somewhat funny film, but it woun't last multiple viewings.
  • February 6, 2010
    Lots of laughs for me as Murphy acts like a weirdo.
  • January 26, 2010
    it was an allright movie but the funny was too far and few between.
  • January 19, 2010
    couldn't stop laughing ;'D
  • January 6, 2010
    Day : Thursday
    Date: 2 Jan 2009
    Time: 12.45 am
    With: Noone
    On : PC

    Funny
  • January 5, 2010
    Eddie Murphy is great, but the movie is mediocre.

Critic Reviews


July 11, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

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. full review

July 11, 2008
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

Murphy, both as Dave and the shipâe(TM)s captain is in good form mugging for laughs and getting a few. full review

July 11, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

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. full review

July 11, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

The lackluster title hints at the dull, witless and hackneyed story. full review

July 11, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Eddie Murphy -- was that Oscar nominated performance in Dreamgirls just something I imagined? -- continues to trash his very real talent with bottomfeeding material. full review

July 11, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Even as timewasters go, this is a waste of time. full review

July 11, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com

Meet Dave is passable family fare, occasionally even inspired, but in the end it remains earthbound. full review

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