Meet Dave (2008)

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

Writers:

Rob Greenberg, Bill Corbett

Stars:

Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | orb | spaceship | planet | mutiny | 

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Taglines:

There's a Whole Other World Going on Inside of Him.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Twentieth Century-Fox [France] Twentieth Century-Fox [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 July 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Starship Dave

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,251,918, 13 July 2008, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$11,802,056, 5 October 2008

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$50,650,079, 1 May 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Regency Enterprises, Friendly Films (II)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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.

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Goofs

When Dave notices the photograph of the Orb he picks it up to examine it, however, the internal view screen shows the photograph still sitting on the shelf.

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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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Connections

Referenced in Some Jerk with a Camera: The Haunted Mansion Movie Part 3 (2016)

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Soundtracks

Protect Ya Neck
Written by Ghostface Killah (as Dennis Coles), RZA (as Robert Diggs), The GZA (as Gary Grice), U-God (as Lamont Hawkins), Inspectah Deck (as Jason Hunter), Method Man (as Clifford Smith), Raekwon (as Corey Woods)
Performed by Wu-Tang Clan (as Wu-Tang Clan)
Courtesy of Loud Records and The RCA Records Label
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

User Reviews

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 :)