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Meet Dave (2008)
Director: Brian Robbins
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
It’s the brotherhood from another planet in Meet Dave, a silly family comedy in which the intrepid Captain (Murphy) leads a pint-size team from the planet Nill in a quest to steal salt from Earth’s oceans. Their intergalactic spaceship takes the form of a humanoid craft called Dave. Attempting a more succinct explanation of the harebrained, dime-store sci-fi plot is futile—at no point does the story make any sense. Watching Murphy robotically walk around the city does stir nostalgia for the brilliant SNL skit where he masqueraded as an uptight white guy, but that formidable comic actor is long gone.Author: Drew Toal
Time Out Chicago Issue 177: July 17–23, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan, Ed Helms, Judah Friedlander full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: PG
Duration: 90 mins
US Release: Jul 11 2008
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