If someone asks you to “Meet Dave”, say “No Thank You.”
“Meet Dave” is Eddie Murphy’s new comedy. Problem is – I didn’t laugh once the entire movie.
Murphy plays the captain of a spaceship that comes to Earth from another planet to steal the salt out of our oceans. They need the salt to keep their people alive. The ship is designed to look like Murphy’s character so that he’ll blend in with humans. Meantime, the real people from this planet are very small and they live inside the ship.
The movie is supposed to teach lessons about friendship, love and sacrifice, but the audience can’t care about any of that because the film is simply so boring.
Elizabeth Banks plays a young mother who Dave, the spaceship, becomes friends with. Austyn Myers plays her son. His performance is not very good. But it fits in nicely with the rest of the movie.
“Meet Dave” is rated PG because of a couple of scenes involving guns. Other than that, it’s safe for all ages, but that doesn’t mean you should see it.
On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, “Meet Dave” gets a D.
It’s got a great chance of getting on my Worst Films of the Year list.