Review of Meet Dave (2008) by Tim D — 09 Dec 2011

Crazy fruitloop of a movie and pretty cliched, but very well done at that.

This review of Meet Dave (2008) was written by Tim D on 09 Dec 2011.

Meet Dave has generally received mixed reviews.

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