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Bookmark this pageMeet Dave (2008)
Director: Brian Robbins
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Eddie Murphy’s latest ‘comedy’ sees him horribly miscast in dual roles as the eponymous man-sized spacecraft and its diminutive, logic-driven Captain. The only pleasure to be derived from watching Murphy these days comes from those rare moments when he gets the opportunity to let rip, to give us a glimpse of the old, untamed Hollywood rebel. But here, such opportunities are absent: as the ship, he’s robotic; as the Captain, he’s clipped and saddled with what might be a British accent.Supporting players fare no better, particularly the hideous Pat Kilbane as an increasingly objectionable gay stereotype. The plot is near absent, the effects cheap – the filmmakers clearly fancy this as a successor to ‘Men in Black’, but it completely lacks that film’s charm or invention. Even for a high-concept, lowbrow summer release ‘Meet Dave’ is drab, shoddy work.
Author: Tom Huddleston
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- tremolo said...
- Posted on Jan 31 2009 19:10 A childish film that appealed to the child in me. Freud said that what we laugh at reflects the tensions we carry. I guess those who didn't laugh were either totally liberated from urban anxieties or are totally in their heads. Childish for sure. A nice if simple break from being adult, and an utterly inventive concept.
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- Eddie Murphy said...
- Posted on Dec 05 2008 13:46 Good flim kids really enjoyed it
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- emma jane said...
- Posted on Aug 30 2008 18:49 this film was fantastic ive watched it 5 times now i think eddies fab and i may watch it again
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- cutie said...
- Posted on Aug 12 2008 13:22 looks good i might watch it next wednesday
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- chris said...
- Posted on Aug 06 2008 12:51 worst film i've ever seen. CHEESE!!! eddie murphy is better than this, i couldnt work out if he was doing an english accent, or just being posh! i had my head in my hands near the end of the film, cus it was so bad.
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- granny said...
- Posted on Aug 01 2008 20:44 it is the best film i have heard in my 85 years even though i haven't seen it
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- shenay said...
- Posted on Jul 30 2008 15:05 was brill by remiah
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- ashton. said...
- Posted on Jul 27 2008 20:22 I went to see this on the day it came out with my friend and its brillant.
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- Stind said...
- Posted on Jul 27 2008 16:19 Why do people leave rating to films they have not seen? Unhelpful.
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- Hani said...
- Posted on Jul 23 2008 16:22 I can't wait 2 c it it looks really funny!! I luv all movies with eddie murphy in it he's so funny!!
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- joshstar said...
- Posted on Jul 23 2008 15:11 this looks reALLY good am going 2 see it tonight < *_* >
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- ted said...
- Posted on Jul 22 2008 21:06 i am seeeing this film tomorrow can't wait it looks incredibly funny
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- sultan stevenson (aged 7) said...
- Posted on Jul 19 2008 21:28 That movie was both funny as well as interesting. I liked the part when dave pinched the gun belonging to the robbers.
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- becky said...
- Posted on Jul 19 2008 11:48 it looks class and it is class lol the best
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- usman khawaja said...
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Posted on Jul 19 2008 09:33
entering the domain of entertainment on earth is rather elusive now,
There are as many cliches floating both with in movies and their critical aPpraisal as are there in our humble planet system .
This a sweet comic satire on the american paranoia of invasion from outside just as much as A tribute to the more noble instincts of human species .
While the aliens land to strip us of our natural recources ,again a pun on the human race which has plundered each other without any pangs of guilt in the name of any thing from silk to oil ,we get a liliputian alien race which acts like our starship troopers in a spoof and make for 2 hours of solid entertainment with every stereotype revisited in a fresh mamnner mainly accredited to the huge talent of eddie murphy .
While it is becoming a free for all to blame eddie for every cinematic imProprietary and and all offences of the so-called political correctness are also thrown onto his strong shoulders ,he has megavolts of power and tons of talent to pull off any coup.
Just like dave MUNCH KING ,the most common name on the planet that he plays here in the form of the alien ship and its belovedly correct captain as a paragon of virtue in a double role ,where he makes quaint fun of everything from our currency to food culture ,sleeping arrangements in manhattan ,shopping malls,and virtually every other institution including the department of homeland security.
a definite watch for it's tongue-in-cheek humor and endearing sentimental homage to our movies culture itself in the form of Meat loaf and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE .
The kid in the movie is just as cute as the alien ship itself and it's an entrtaining farce intended to take on E-T.
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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
UK Release: Jul 18 2008
US Release: Jul 11 2008
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