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Meet Dave (2008)

Director: Brian Robbins

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From Time Out New York

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. And, as Norbit proved, vast alterations of onscreen body mass isn’t a reliable recipe for laughs.

Author: Drew Toal 2008-07-15 19:35:14

Time Out New York Issue 668: July 17 - 23, 2008

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Meet Dave

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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