Meet Dave… or Don't You may find yourself faintly chuckling at the beginning of this cheesy comedy, and then quickly dozing off into a soft sleep toward the middle and through the end of the movie. Watching Meet Dave, staring Eddy Murphy, will allow you to experience Murphy's dreadful sense of humor, but the plot line gets boring immediately and the overused corny humor can annoy some to sleep. This movie is considered a combination of a comedy, fantasy, romance, and science fiction, but I would call Meet Dave a cheap comedy, too much fantasy, cliché romance, and a try hard science fiction.The 20th Century Fox movie studio released Meet Dave, directed by Brian Robbins, on July 9, 2008 in the theaters. Staring Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Hart, Scott Caan, and Ed Helms, I would rate this PG movie 4/10 stars. Little people, the size of dollhouse figures, create a robot that is human-like to come to Earth to retrieve their orb to save their own world. Meet Dave tries to incorporate too many genres into one movie, which creates an overwhelming plot line. Being filmed in the nice city of New York and California, this movie deserved a better plot line and more eventful purpose. By cramming 4 genres into one movie, Meet Dave does not have a chance to elaborate on one specific field. If the movie just focused on the science fiction topic, it may have had potential. But instead, however, romance was forced into the plot, which just made the love story predictable. The science fictional beginning of the movie made a grand entrance that caught my attention. After and orb comes flying through a young boys room and lands in his fish bowl, the next couple of month will be quite interesting for him. The scene then quickly changes from the bedroom to a man in a suit landing head first into a pile of dirt right by the Statue of Liberty. This man is robot-like and tries to copy other humans in their natural environment. I let out a few chuckles while watching this robot try to smile, shake hands, talk, roam around the city, and get launched across the road after being hit by a van. It was then revealed that this robot man, later named Dave, has little people inside of him that control his every move. They are here on Earth to retrieve their orb or their own civilization will come to an end and they only have 48 hours to do so. Everything Dave does seems sarcastic which adds slight humor. More funny scenarios happen at the beginning of the movie like when Dave drinks a bottle of ketchup and gets tangled in clothes in the dressing room. The minor comedy ends quickly when the real plot line comes into play. They begin the journey to find the orb and like any other movie, all of the people inside of the robot eventually turn on the captain for revenge. Dave, the robot, becomes friendly with the woman that hit him with her van. Of course, the captain (Eddy Murphy), who is controlling Dave, begins to actually fall for this woman (Elizabeth Banks). No. 3 (Gabrielle Union) and a worker inside the robot, becomes jealous that the captain has never noticed her before. Unoriginally, she tries to get his attention. She eventually succeeds and they live happily ever after together. The romance in Meet Dave was so common like in other movies; the guy falls for the girl he can't have, the other girl is jealous and sad, then the guy and the other girl eventually get together and fall in love.Meet Dave was so predictable and cliché, which made it enjoyable. The beginning and idea of the movie were unique and had potential with the people inside a robot on Earth. Once the same old romance and cheesy science fiction that they have to save the world was incorporated, it went down hill from there. Older people will find this comedy dumb and not entertaining. Younger kids, however, may get a kick out of it. Meet Dave is similar to the 2009 movie Mall Cop, which is also rated PG staring Kevin James. They both include stupid humor that mostly young kids would enjoy. I would, therefore, not recommend this movie to anyone over the age of 11 because of the corny comedy and romance.

MEET DAVERecently Eddie Murphy seems to be on a bit of a comedy downer. He has made a few films that just don't seem to be that funny. It is a shame because Eddie is a very funny man and I believe that if he had the right role it would be a big hit.This movie is about a meteor that falls to Earth that a little boy finds and keeps… until an alien race comes to Earth to find the rock and take all the sea salt for their own planet.I actually really enjoyed this film. It is a lot better than it got credit for. I remember going to the cinema to see this and even then I thought it was good.There were numerous times that I actually laughed out loud. The comedy was well written and the acting throughout is what made this film funny.The movie stars Eddie Murphy as the captain of this space ship (which just happens to be in the shape and size of a human). These aliens are really small… like Tom Thumb. Eddie does a great job in this. He is not over the top and he is hilarious when he is trying to be controlled by the little people. Other cast members were Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan, Ed Helms and Kevin Hart I really liked Gabrielle Unions Character. She was so funny and had the funniest scene in the whole film. At one point I had to pause the film because I was laughing so much at something she did (no spoilers here...)The effects are well done, but nothing spectacular. The effects that are in this film have been done many times over and will be done again and again… but it was very good.This is a family movie which I think is Eddies downfall. Eddie was far funnier when he was swearing and doing more adult comedy like Beverly Hills Cop and 48 Hrs. Hopefully he will go back to making films like this… you never know, even Beverly Hills Cop 4 might be alright… we will see.I will give this film 7 out of 10."Captain, we had a small gas leak. It was silent, but not deadly."For more reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl

I don't know why this show was bashed so much. You can't go into every movie with the expectation that its going to win an Oscar or an Academy award. This is a fun movie that is great for the whole family. With ages 39y down to 4y and all ages in between it was enjoyed by all in our family.A rigid "alien" ship (in the form of Eddi Murphy) full of little people, comes to earth looking for an orb that missed it's target, our oceans. The orb is to collect earths ocean waters for the salt to save their own planet. But things change during their mission and they not only locate the orb but find more then they ever expected.So if your looking for a fun show for the whole family then give this a try. If your expecting an Academy award winner then you should probably pass. But then again...maybe this is just the show you need.

Hey, this movie made me laugh out loud a dozen times, it is more fun than most of the big comedy flicks out there in the last five years. Come on laughs, unique special effects, a fun if improbable plot (well it is sci fiction after all). Good for the whole family to watch together with a number of subtle and not so subtle take offs. Oh, I'm sorry no overt sex and violence to speak of even with a couple of hot babes in the cast for eye candy. I can't understand the fairly low rating of 4.9, it deserves better. Especially interesting was the dual role of Eddie Murphy, playing both the space ship and the captain of the space ship. Not your usual dual role even for Murphy. Perhaps the movie just didn't have a specific audience, appealing a bit to everyone but not a lot to one group of viewers. Who knows...