Appelez-moi Dave

This film is about an alien spaceship coming to Earth to find the Orb. The crew learns about the Earth culture, people and emotions along the way.

"Meet Dave" captures on the cultural shock of aliens coming to Earth. Just like humans going to another country, aliens don't quite now what do do or say in another planet! It also mixes emotional elements. The relationship between Gina and Dave is convincingly portrayed, and they have great chemistry with each other. The scenes in the theme park is heartwarming, and the dance scene is pure fun! The plot is imaginative, clean and fun. It has so many good lines, such as the ones making fun of the names Google and Yahoo. The plot is funny and entertaining, and the best part of it is that it makes sense! I am so tired of silly comedies, filled with grossed out toilet jokes. "Meet Dave" is a refreshing change in the comedy genre.

I thoroughly enjoyed "Meet Dave". I think the low ratings are from the haters who have not watched the film, just like people giving a "1" to a Paris Hilton film without watching it. This film totally deserves a much higher rating.

Meet Dave is the story of a crew of miniature people inhabiting a big robot who has come to Earth on a mission to save his people. Eddie Murphy plays the Captain of the vessel and the outward version of the vessel which as automaton has limited capacity for emotion. However after he is damaged in a collision with a vehicle he decides to attempt to learn more about these earth people, spending time with Gina who ran him over and her son Josh, who worries that he isn't a hero like his late father. As you can tell from what's been written so far, this is no kitchen sink drama but a light-hearted Disney-esquire comedy.

Meet Dave is a fun family film that doesn't challenge us too much and has it's heart in the right place. There is plenty of toilet humour which kids always love and some genuinely funny moments throughout, I laughed, the audience laughed. We did not pelt the screen in outrage and nor did we sit there in silence for 2 hours as we did with the film I mentioned to start with. The film is like a cross between "Galaxy Quest" and "Doctor Dolittle" and while the humour is more akin to the latter "Dolittle" this is still a fun family film. So why three or less?

I think that for many film reviewers that sit through and be nice to the usual tripe that passes for entertainment over this season there has to be a villain, a film that they slate that then bombs as a result, and sadly this is that film. I also suspect that there is also an element of "compromise movie on a date" disappointment and maybe even a few "The film I wanted to see was full and I have to sit through this" resentments going on. Having seen some truly terrible mediocre films that critics rave about like "Charlie's Angels" and "Forty days and forty nights" these films that no critic has the b*lls to slag off for fear they won't be invited to more screenings, well boo hoo! I have no cross to bear in that department and this is a film that is funny when it wants to be, it means well, and, whilst it is a tad predictable, the same age group of kids that liked "Dr Dolittle" will certainly like this, especially appropriate for younger children who may find "WALL-E" hard going, bearing in mind it is great for adults and older children, but not necessarily very young kids. P

Critics are just jumping on the bandwagon to attack this film, it really isn't as bad as the examples I've mentioned. The only drawback in this film is that the effects aren't particularly great at a number of points but better to have a film that's okay with poor effects than poor with okay effects.

If your family enjoyed Firehouse Dog, and the silly humour of that, chances are they'll like this.

Family Fun

I have hated most Eddie Murphy's "family movies", but this one took me a little by surprise. It was a real family movie that appeals to both young and old alike. Many others have gone into detail on this film, so I won't.

But I think it really helped that I was in the right frame of mind for this one... I just didn't expect anything good to come of this and the trailer didn't help. It made the movie look real dumb and I took a pass on this one for a long time. It made it look like a goofy comedy without any real heart and it dose have heart as the aliens begin to be corrupted by human emotions. So for some real family fun, you should check this one out.

"Meet Dave" was silly to the point of bordering on absurd... OK, who am I kidding, it was absurd, but I liked it.

Eddie Murphy plays both a human-sized human-looking vessel named Dave Ming Chang as well as the tiny captain of that same vessel. He and his tiny crew are from the planet Nil looking to save their planet by robbing Earth of all of its salt. He forms a relationship with a boy named Josh (Austyn Myers) and his mom Gina Morrison (Elizabeth Banks). Gina was trying her best to butter him up after hitting him with her car. The movie is largely about the funny way in which Dave and his crew learn lessons about what it is to be human.

This isn't one of Eddie Murphy's finer moments, but I still found it enjoyable.

Another great kids film by Eddie Murphy! :D A funny film which has an interesting plot and is great for people of all ages My little sister loved it and laughed pretty much all the way through.

I don't know how people can write bad reviews on such a great film! It may not be the most exciting film in the world but hey! it's better then most. Has some great acting by most of the cast including Elizabeth Banks and Eddie Murphy.

The film had a great ending and people shouldn't listen to the negative feedback :)

-Jade-