Meet Dave (2008)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Brian Robbins

Writers (WGA):

Rob Greenberg (written by) &
Bill Corbett (written by)

Release Date:

11 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave

Plot:

A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Spaceship | Orb | Planet | Mutiny

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 8	6:30 PM	MAX
Fri. Nov. 13	11:30 AM	MAX
Thur. Nov. 19	8:30 PM	MAX

Cast

Eddie Murphy	...	Dave Ming Cheng / The Captain
Elizabeth Banks	...	Gina Morrison
Gabrielle Union	...	No. 3 - Cultural Officer
Scott Caan	...	Officer Dooley
Ed Helms	...	No. 2 - 2nd In Command
Kevin Hart	...	No. 17
Mike O'Malley	...	Officer Knox
Pat Kilbane	...	No. 4 - Security Officer
Judah Friedlander	...	Engineer
Marc Blucas	...	Mark Rhodes
Jim Turner	...	Doctor
Austyn Myers	...	Josh Morrison (as Austin Lynd Myers)
Adam Tomei	...	No. 35
Brian Huskey	...	Lieutenant Right Arm
Shawn Christian	...	Lieutenant Left Arm

Also Known As:

Starship Dave (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for bawdy and suggestive humor, action and some language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Finland:K-7 | South Korea:12 | Ireland:PG | UK:PG | Australia:PG | Malaysia:U | USA:PG (certificate #44161) | Hong Kong:IIA | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:Atp | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:6 | Sweden:7 | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The Captain and the crew show themselves to be utterly clueless as to cultural mores of Earth, yet - as do many Earth men - Dave's left ear is pierced.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Department of Defense worker: Dude, dude...no, I was like..."Yes, we *do* have nuclear missiles", and he was all like "No, you don't", and I was all like "Yes, we do." "Whatever." And I was like "Well, what part of 'whatever' do you not get?"

Movie Connections:

References "The X Files" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Protect Ya Neck

Wonderful feel-good movie...no matter what anyone else says

It is rare for me to feel so strongly about something that I actually register on a website JUST to add my own comment to it. Well, this is what I just did here on IMDb because.... this movie rocks. I'm looking at the ratings breakdown and almost half of the votes are 1 out of 10 while the other half is evenly spread over ratings from 2 to 10. Is it just me or does someone want to bring this gem of a movie down? o_O

Eddie Murphy is awesome as both Dave (the ship) and its captain, and the supporting cast is brilliant...I smiled throughout the whole movie and had some real laughs, the plot is tight with no real holes I could make out, AND... whoever it was that said the whole premise is silly and laughable is forgetting one important thing about these kind of movies: They're fantasy entertainment.

And on that basis, "Meet Dave" works. Humor, warmth, a friendship/self-confidence message, faith in the good in humans, it's all there and wonderfully done. Of course the plot is more than unlikely, but that's the beauty of movies in general - they can take you to an imaginary world and let you be amazed at the "what-ifs."

It's just such a shame that most people aren't even going to bother seeing this once they glance at the IMDb rating. As for me, I can't wait for the DVD release. It rocks, from the first minute to the last.

Welcome back, Eddie Murphy :)