Meet Dave

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Meet Dave

PG

2008

1h 30m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Sci-Fi

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Dave Ming Chang (Eddie Murphy) is the ultimate fish out of water. Even though he's just arrived in New York, that doesn't explain his odd behavior or disjointed locomotion. The outside Dave is actually a spaceship, controlled by a crew of tiny aliens, and modeled after their captain. As the crew contends with a slew of physical challenges, such as eating, drinking and excreting, they begin to experience profound emotional changes as well.

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Critics Consensus

Easy gags and slack direction drag this occasionally clever alien-out-of-planet comedy down to unimaginative lows.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

10/18/2008

1/5

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.

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Fionnuala Halligan

Screen International

10/18/2008

The 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.

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Xan Brooks

Guardian

10/18/2008

1/5

There'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.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/16/2020

1.5/4.0

A disappointment from an actor who has recently shown the world he's capable of mighty fine acting.

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Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

10/21/2014

3/5

I might even go out on a limb and actually say that Meet Dave is, um, good.

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

06/02/2010

B-

I'm sure a more refined filmmaker could've squeezed the premise tighter for sophisticated laughs, but as family-angled sci-fi comedies go, Dave is actually quite agreeable. Who knew Murphy still had some fun left in him?

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tonyIG T

@tonyIG Jan 17

BEST MOVIE OH MY GOD IM CRYING KEVIN HART IS SO FUNNY HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

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Macy G

@AutisticRanterMace Jan 13

I will defend this movie with my life. I don’t care what anyone says.

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Jessica L

@RT23216202 Jul 26

It's a predictable movie. Same story line as many other movies, especially of Eddie Murphy's. I enjoyed it, but didn't really pay full attention because I know the story and how it ends.

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Samuel O

@RT95450877 Jul 21

It was meh. One of Eddie Murphy's weaker performances.

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Cats123 T

@RT86161500 Jun 20

this is the greatest movie.

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Tomaz B

@TheBizii 01/15/2025

This is a funny movie from the beginning, after the first half, it didn't manage to keep me in as easily. I really like the concept, the movie is not even as bad as the movie rating would lead you to believe. There were so many moments when I felt second-hand embarrassment, which is something that most movies fail to get out of me. It's basically Star Trek, but more comedic. I liked it. :)

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Synopsis

Dave Ming Chang (Eddie Murphy) is the ultimate fish out of water. Even though he's just arrived in New York, that doesn't explain his odd behavior or disjointed locomotion. The outside Dave is actually a spaceship, controlled by a crew of tiny aliens, and modeled after their captain. As the crew contends with a slew of physical challenges, such as eating, drinking and excreting, they begin to experience profound emotional changes as well.

Director: Brian Robbins
Producer: David T. Friendly, Jon Berg, Todd Komarnicki
Screenwriter: Rob Greenberg, Bill Corbett
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Friendly Productions, Guy Walks into a Bar Productions
Rating: PG (Bawdy and Suggestive Humor|Action|Some Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 11, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.8M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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