Meet Dave Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

this unfairly maligned sci-fi comedy testifies that Eddie Murphy still has the gift of surprise.Read the full review

Variety | Joe LeydonAdd Critic to Favorites

Aimed squarely at the same family audiences that flocked to Murphy's "Doctor Dolittle" comedies, this is a lightly amusing and surprisingly sweet Fox release.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Isn't likely to win Murphy another Oscar nomination, but it allows him to do what he does best - loads of physical comedy.Read the full review

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

Though mildly amusing, Murphy's two characters in Meet Dave -- a wee captain and a humanoid spaceship -- neither tax nor stretch him.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

This is made-for-TV material dressed up by Eddie Murphy's participation into a theatrical release.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Michael RechtshaffenAdd Critic to Favorites

Eddie Murphy's amusingly out of this world in this otherwise tired vehicle.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites

Proven comic talents like Judah Friedlander and Ed Helms make up much of Murphy's crew, but apart from speaking in contraction-free spaceman-ese, the film doesn't give them anything funny to do.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Sam AdamsAdd Critic to Favorites

Pays lip service to the joys of exploring new worlds, but it never steps off the tour bus.Read the full review

Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites

The kind of bland, generic, high-concept midsummer comedy that drives a critic to the thesaurus in search of new ways to say "vapid."Read the full review

Wall Street Journal | Joe MorgensternAdd Critic to Favorites

Dumbfoundingly erratic, for the most part, but smart and funny from time to time.Read the full review

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