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| Meet Dave | 
 enlarge | Actors: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Hart, Floyd Levine, Rob Moran
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 4122
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2253303D
UPC: 024543533030
EAN: 0024543533030
ASIN: B001F7Q4IY
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 25, 2008
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Meet Dave is a family space farce with enough Eddie Murphy slapstick to make the whole family chuckle. With elements of InnerSpace, Starman, Men in Black, and even a bit of Woody Allen's Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex, the film may not break new ground, but Murphy's giddy performance lifts the material to an engaging level. Murphy plays a space ship in human form, carrying wee aliens on an excursion to earth. As "Dave Ming Chang," he interacts with his surroundings and fellow humans by following the orders given by the ship's commanders inside his "head." It's an endearing fish-out-of-water yarn that riffs of pop culture as well as potty humor for its laughs. ("Lieutenant Bottoms, what is your status?" "Captain, we had a small gas leak. It was silent, but not deadly.") In the course of his mission, Dave is hit by a car, becomes a substitute teacher in a New York City public school, and starts to develop feelings for earth kids--and ladies. All the while his homage to the Bee Gees, from the white suit to his high-pitch-perfect rendition of "Stayin' Alive," provides an oddly perfect backdrop and symbol for Dave's being ever so slightly behind the times. Murphy is engaging as always, firing off deadpan one-liners and happily being the straight man to the film's jokes. A potential love interest, Gina (Elizabeth Banks), mentions that her late husband was a captain in the Navy. Dave says, "I am a captain." Gina: "Oh really? A captain of what?" Inside Dave's head, the crewmembers frantically search their earth database to give him the answer: "I am a captain of crunch." --A.T. Hurley
Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 11/25/2008 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg
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 Very Funny!!! December 31, 2008
I received this as a Christmas present. I thought it was pretty good and very funny! Eddie Murphy plays a small alien Captain in a spaceship version of himself. He comes to earth looking for a rock that will take away the earth's water supply. He befriends a boy named Josh and his mom, Gina. He observes humans and sees that they are mostly good. I love how he tried to be human. I highly recommend that you MEET DAVE!!!
 A fun bit of fluff December 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dave is a silly bit of fluff staring Eddie Murphy as both the ship (a ship shaped like a man in a white suit) and as the captain), a tiny 1-inch tall man. The ship and crew arrive on earth to drain the salt from Earth's oceans to save their homeworld. This is okay because earth is clearly a planet full of savages. However, as time passes and the crew of the ship becomes more attached to the 'giants' which surround them, they begin to reconsider their feelings on the matter.
I found this film kind of amusing. It isn't rocket science, and there are times when bathroom humor prevails (such as when the giant ship must dispose of food it has 'consumed' to look human). But this is probably something kids will enjoy.
Overall, I was amused enough to watch this film from beginning to end, although, I kind of wish we could've seen what happened to #2 Murphy's second in command, even if he did go a bit rambo at the end, he did have a bit of a point. Murphy's acting was amusing, and he really did a decent job of portraying the wooden, jerky and weird ship.
 The movie should have been more popular than it is...GREAT Comedy! December 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Eddie Murphy (Dave Ming Chang; the small alien) and Gina (Elizabeth Banks; the human being) do a great job in this movie playing their respective characters. The movie basically is about a group of tiny aliens from Planet Nil who come down to earth in a human body like spaceship, which is the giant human version of "Dave". Dave is just a random name that Eddie Murphy's character gives when he awkwardly meets Gina after she accidentally runs him over with her car. We don't know what his 'real' name is, but it is probably not an earthlike name. Anyway the aliens have to save their home planet from an energy crisis so they try to drain the earth's oceans on get the special "jewel" that a bully steals from Gina's son's character (I can't recall his name). The giant Dave later has to shake the bully due upside down to recover the special orb from him.
As the movie progresses Dave loses sight on the real mission and gets sidetracked with Gina and her son (I think he develops some romantic feelings for her). This start to get real complicated from here as the alien crew starts getting very frustrated and plan to overthrow him as captain and get back on the mission. It starts getting real funny and a bit scary as a different captain takes over and causes chaos on earth by zapping and destroying things, and soon all of the police are after the giant Dave.
In the movie I love the growing bond between the aliens and the humans on earth. It shows that there can be an understanding between two completely different cultures or even species. I recommend you watch the movie in Blu-Ray for the special effects to be clearer. This is a classic entertaining movie that children of all ages will enjoy and there is a love and friendship theme to the movie. I first wanted to see it because I love Eddie Murphy movies (especially his Doctor DooLittle movies), but then I started liking the movie itself.
Hilarious!!!! December 22, 2008
I watched this movie over the weekend with my nephew after being very reluctant to rent it. I'm now fixing to purchase it for my DVD collection. It was hilarious. Kids of all ages would love watching this movie.
A Good Laugh! December 21, 2008
I like Eddie Murphy and always enjoy a movie he is in that is funny and clean and this one is just that. We have an alien named, Dave, who finds his way to earth, but Dave is really a space ship that is filled with 'little people' from another planet controlling the robot Dave.
They are on a mission looking for their lost Orb that if used would help their planet but destroy ours.
As Dave tries to mingle with 'earth' people all of those in the Dave space ship begin to learn and live emotions they didn't know they had such as love, joy, fun, and well just emotions that they never used. What started out to be a trip of earth's destruction turns into one of friendship.
My family and I really enjoyed this movie. It has some good giggles, a good story with a happy ending, and was just plain fun to watch. It might not have the depth that some need in a movie, but it definitely has the giggles. Give it a try if you want to just relax with your family and walk away with a smile. Eddie Murphy was excellent as always.
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