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Meet Dave (2008) 4.8
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4.8/10 from 22,853 users
Metascore: 43/100
Reviews: 101 user | 128 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Brian Robbins |
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Cast
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| Elizabeth Banks | ... | ||
| Gabrielle Union | ... |
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| Ed Helms | ... |
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| Mike O'Malley | ... | ||
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| Marc Blucas | ... | ||
| Jim Turner | ... | ||
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Josh Morrison
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A spaceship shaped like a human lands face first on Liberty Island. Its crew (of tiny, intelligent, and unemotional beings) is looking for an orb sent from its planet to extract the oceans' salt, which will ruin Earth. The orb is in the possession of Josh, the fifth-grade son of a single mom whose car strikes the ambulatory alien spaceship and cripples its power supply. The crew has 48 hours to recover the orb, throw it in the Atlantic, and leave Earth. Over the course of two days, the ship's crew experiences chaos and emotion in New York. Do Earth's giants - Josh and his mom - have anything to teach these brainy aliens? Meanwhile, mutiny is afoot and the cops are closing in. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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He's A Spaceship... And Out of This World! See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for bawdy and suggestive humor, action and some language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
11 July 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Starship Dave See more »Box Office
Budget:
$60,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£681,584 (UK) (18 July 2008)Gross:
$11,802,056 (USA) (3 October 2008)Company Credits
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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Regency Enterprises, Friendly Films (II) See more »
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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?"
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Written by Hector Manuel Rivera and Braulio Barreras
Performed by Chino Espinoza y Los Dueños Del Son
Produced by Hector Manuel Rivera
Courtesy of Dimelo! Records through special arrangement with Latin Music Entertainment, Inc.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Paul Scheer was originally cast as Lieutenant Buttocks but was replaced during filming after filming some of his scenes and recast as Lieutenant Kneecap. However, the majority of his role was deleted from the final cut. See more »Goofs
When Gina gives him the tomato ketchup, he drinks it and there is some sauce still on his lip. However, in the next scene, where the cat approaches him, the sauce is gone. See more »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?"
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"Estoy Caliente"Written by Hector Manuel Rivera and Braulio Barreras
Performed by Chino Espinoza y Los Dueños Del Son
Produced by Hector Manuel Rivera
Courtesy of Dimelo! Records through special arrangement with Latin Music Entertainment, Inc.
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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 :)