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:

Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave

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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

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

Gross USA:

$11,803,254

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$50,650,079

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

Co-writer Bill Corbett originally pitched this idea to SciFi.com as a possible web series.

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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.

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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 Bad Movie Beatdown: Shameful Sequel Beatdown: Nutty Professor II - The Klumps (2013)

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Soundtracks

Tuscan Stroll
Written and Performed by Gary Sredzienski
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

User Reviews

I met Dave and I was glad I did.

You know, these critics need to go easy on these kinds of family movies, because the bad reviews really made me underestimate the film. But when I saw it, I really enjoyed it. For a family movie, Meet Dave is great. Although it was a bit superficial, it kept me laughing almost throughout. I don't even know why it's getting such bad reviews. I do know though that bad marketing is the main cause of the film being so unsuccessful .

Meet Dave focuses on a bunch of miniature aliens who land their human-sized spaceship on earth on the lookout for their lost "orb". Eddie Murphy plays both an alien and a spaceship perfectly. Especially the first part of the film as he is getting accustomed to earth people is just hilarious. The things he does and how he does them are really funny.

Usually I somewhat believe what the critics say about a movie. But this is one film that certainly made me not believe in what they say.

6.8/10