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Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 01 Jun 2010

I'm sure a more refined filmmaker could've squeezed the premise tighter for sophisticated laughs, but as family-angled sci-fi comedies go,…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Sam Adams (514) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 07 May 2010

Pays lip service to the joys of exploring new worlds, but it never steps off the tour bus…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 24 Mar 2010

The kind of bland, generic, high-concept midsummer comedy that drives a critic to the thesaurus in search of new ways to say vapid…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 09 Mar 2010

This unfairly maligned sci-fi comedy testifies that Eddie Murphy still has the gift of surprise…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 17 Jan 2010

Meet Dave isn't great, but it's good enough. And it proves once again that Murphy can do anything - even a PG comedy in which he isn't a donkey…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By William Goss (413) for Cinematical (752) on 17 Dec 2009

A comedian known for his brash wit and go-for-broke charm, Murphy used to be willing to say anything to get a laugh…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 15 Dec 2009

The heartbreaking thing about Meet Dave...is its occasional funniness amid a sea of pablum. If it were completely rank, it'd be less frustrating…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 16 Oct 2009

It's a good-natured if flimsy comedy that, at the very least, suggests that Murphy hasn't completely lost whatever made him funny in the first place…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Stephen Cole (251) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 15 Jul 2009

Actually, as Eddie Murphy PG comedies go, Meet Dave isn't bad. In fact, it's kind of sweet, innocent almost – kid-friendly in the best sense…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 06 Feb 2009

one could certainly do much worse as far as Murphy's family-friendly output goes…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Brian Webster (658) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 27 Jan 2009

If you think Eddie Murphy lost his mojo about 20 years ago and has been lacking clear comedic judgment ever since, then you've got to see this…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 Oct 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…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Joseph Proimakis (212) for Movies for the Masses (212) on 15 Sep 2008

Den hanei stigmi ap' ta matia toy to one-joke thema toy, kai agkomahaei mehri to telos na soy anamasisei ayta ta mikra paraksena pragmata poy…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Austin Kennedy (419) for Sin Magazine (286) on 20 Jul 2008

A movie starring Eddie Murphy used to mean something good. Now it just means that you should avoid anything he does at all costs…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 17 Jul 2008

Likeable sci-fi comedy with some nice ideas and two surprisingly charming performances from Eddie Murphy, though it's not as funny as it could…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Rob Humanick (476) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Jul 2008

Contrary to what its altogether hideous advertising campaign would have you think, the latest collaboration between Eddie Murphy and Norbit…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out (7,510) on 15 Jul 2008

Even for a high-concept, lowbrow summer release Meet Dave is drab, shoddy work…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for jackiekcooper.com (943) on 14 Jul 2008

Eddie Murphy redeems himself somewhat with this family friendly film…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Larry Ratliff (323) for San Antonio Express-News (323) on 14 Jul 2008

(Murphy) never loses focus, although the one-dimensional nature of the script might provoke a few yawns among frequent moviegoers…

Review of Meet Dave (2008)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 13 Jul 2008

The subplot in Meet Dave is too complicated for a film of this type. It drags the entire story down with it…

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