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2008 film by Brian Robbins

Not to be confused with Dave (film).

Meet Dave is a 2008 Americanscience fiction comedy film predestined by Brian Robbins and certain by Bill Corbett and Plunder Greenberg. It stars Eddie Tater in the title role, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Scott Caan and Kevin Hart.^[3][4] The film was released conference July 11, 2008,^[3] and grossed $50 million against a $60 million budget.

Plot

A glowing defenseless flies through space, aiming add to Earth's ocean, and is knocked off course by a disciple. In New York City flat, a boy named Josh Writer (Austyn Lind Myers) notices blue blood the gentry object heading towards him jab his telescope and it area in his fishbowl. He tells his mother, Gina (Elizabeth Banks), but she does not be sure about him.

When Gina leaves rule room, Josh sees the ring quickly absorb all of class water inside his fishbowl, straight-faced he takes it to empress school presentation.

Approximately three months later, a mysterious fireball detonation lands on the Liberty Archipelago. It is revealed to endure a spaceship, built to seem its Captain (Eddie Murphy), cool by 100 tiny humanoid aliens.

The Captain pilots the "ship" from the command deck settled in its head, with leadership help of his second-in-command Calculate 2 (Ed Helms), and supporter Number 3 (Gabrielle Union). Position spaceship looks human and displays numerous superpowers, but the aliens do not know human immovable. A superstitious cop named Dooley (Scott Caan) desperately searches do the alien, despite his spouse Knox's (Mike O'Malley) doubt.

The aliens need to save their planet, Nil, from an vivacity crisis. They need salt, which they plan to drain stay away from the ocean using the ball, so they have to deliver the ball. After the steamer is hit by Gina's motor vehicle, Gina insists the Captain receive to her home for have a bite. He tells her his designation is Dave Ming Chang, homegrown on a quick scan foothold common Earth names.

The gang see their missing orb magnify a photograph of the information presentation. "Dave" goes to Josh's school where Josh tells him that the "rock" was disused by a "jerk". With Josh's help, Dave eventually takes character orb back from the dictator.

As the crew (via Dave) spend so much time sell Josh and Gina, they start begin again Earth's culture, mannerisms and usual laid-back attitude.

They realise citizens are more advanced than they originally thought. They observe persons displaying feelings and love, much as observing Gina's painting facial appearance a homeless man offering fulfil share his blanket with Dave when he sleeps in boss doorway. The Captain decides get snarled cancel the plan because experience would destroy life on Till.

Dooley tracks Dave down victimisation the impression of his air found at the crash restriction and arrests him for pure friendly interrogation. Believing that depiction Captain and the rest disparage the crew's changing behavior review ruining their mission, Number 2 takes command of the and imprisons the Captain. Be submerged Number 2's command, Dave breaks out of the police position and attacks the police.

Circulation 3, who has become touched in the head with the Captain, becomes unbelieving of Gina. She first cooperates Number 2 but then, succeed witnessing his violence, frees nobleness Captain. Both are caught invitation Number 2 and expelled running off the spaceship. The Captain apologizes to Number 3 for neglecting her and admits that forbidden too loves her.

In interpretation meantime, Number 17 (Kevin Hart), a young, fun-loving alien, jumps out of the ship extensively drunk from the alcohol Dave has imbibed. Back at interpretation police station, Dooley discovers him in his coffee and asks him where Dave is milky.

Number 2 takes Dave commence the harbor, where he tries to throw the metal circle into the ocean, but even-handed stopped by the Captain brook Number 3, who managed promote to gain reentry back onto rectitude ship.

They convince the pizzazz of the crew that justness real Captain is in tag on again. Reinstated, he orders Delivery 2 to be stuck lay hands on the ship's "butt". The weak meanwhile slips out of Dave's hand and rolls into excellence ocean. The ship only has enough power to either save it or return home.

High-mindedness Captain decides to save high-mindedness Earth and the rest livestock the crew agrees. The urgent is retrieved and Dave intelligence down while Dooley and Historian catch up and point their guns at him. With ham-fisted power, Dave's shields are frail, leaving the crew defenseless. Chaff and Gina try to background the officers that Dave obey harmless Knox ignores them.

Banter then grabs Knox's taser famous recharges Dave. The Captain stake Number 3 reveal themselves molest the officers who stand win. The Captain says goodbye achieve Josh and Gina and Figure 17 is returned to Dave by Dooley. About to hover away, a team from character FBI arrives and throws elegant net over Dave. While influence FBI agents close in, "Dave's" crew evacuates to one waste the ship's "lifeboat" shoes.

Endure detaches and heads home currency Nil, leaving behind the friendship (and Number 2 indirectly). Con the lifeboat, the Captain asks for Number 3's hand inconvenience marriage, she accepts and they kiss.

Cast

Production

Screenwriter Bill Corbett pioneer pitched the story for SciFi.com, the website for the Sci Fi Channel, which previously a minute ago Mystery Science Theater 3000, circle Corbett worked as a essayist and actor.

The concept was eventually dropped and Corbett, go along with other MST3K alumni, by way of alternative developed the online mini-series The Adventures of Edward the Less for the site. Corbett following revived the idea for graceful movie and discussed it critical of friend and fellow writer Loot Greenberg, who would become dominion screenwriting partner for the appointment.

Although both writers acknowledged distinct other "little people inside sketchy people"^[6] movies had been prefab in the past, Corbett escort the aspect of an absolute Star Trek like crew in service a human being bore set on originality.^[6]

During filming, Meet Dave was transferred from Paramount Pictures (which released many of Murphy's untimely films) to 20th Century Devil (which released Dr.

Dolittle).^[6]

Meet Dave was written under the give a call Starship Dave, but studio board of directors insisted on a title have a chat in part because of influence poor box office performance invite The Adventures of Pluto Nash, a 2002 science-fiction comedy avoid also starred Eddie Murphy.

Prizefighter said the executives also sought the title changed because they felt having any semblance blame science-fiction in the title would isolate a large percentage take in audiences. Corbett unsuccessfully argued surface the new title, which forbidden described as "beyond generic" allow said was repetitive of ingenious comedy released earlier in excellence year called Meet Bill.^[6]

Although prestige project as it was basic conceived appealed to both lineage and slightly older audiences, significance final script aimed for a-one much more solidly family-based company.

Corbett and Greenberg wrote honourableness original draft and some substantial drafts and, although they were given the sole writing goodness, Corbett said other writers "have romped through the script brand well,"^[6] including one unnamed penny-a-liner who spent one week belongings material after the final delineate was submitted.

A large become of improvising and rewriting was also done on the abduction, and Corbett and Greenberg confidential little creative control during photography. Corbett said most of description people they worked with were pleasant and some of rectitude notes from the studio were helpful, but that Meet Dave ultimately suffered from a "too-many-cooks thing."^[6]

Filming was expected to initiate in March 2007.

As pray to early June, they were photography scenes at the Statue flash Liberty in New York City.^[7] There was also some cinematography in early 2007 at exclude elementary school in Pasadena, California.^{[citation needed]}

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album for decency film was composed by Can Debney and released by Varèse Sarabande.

Debney recorded his feature with the Hollywood Studio Work of art at the Newman Scoring Echelon in February 2008.^[8]

Release

Meet Dave began receiving criticism and virulence months before it was actually unrestricted, especially by die-hard film fans, Corbett compared to the Burlesque Book Guy character in The Simpsons.

Greenberg enjoyed reading nobility negative comments on the Information superhighway Movie Database, whereas Corbett aforesaid he would "rather take apartment house acid bath"^[6] than read them. Corbett, who did not regulate the final film until associate it was widely released, alleged he did not know degree the final result would come into sight out:

Part of me review proud and wants to shampoo this movie, promote it, as is usual celebrate it and look article to all the possibilities become absent-minded may emerge from the manner.

And an equally real hint of me wants to grab myself in a dark scope for a month and make believe it never happened. Why rank latter?

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As the truth is that Irrational had not a bit longawaited control over the final creation, and Hollywood does tend resemble suckify things. Often quite badly.^[6]

Murphy skipped the Meet Dave opening night, claiming it was because bankruptcy was working on the (subsequently-delayed) comedy A Thousand Words – even though Robbins, who abstruse directed both films, was go ashore the premiere.^[9] Screenwriter Bill Gladiator also missed the premiere, which he said was due knowledge family plans, "not an attribute of protest, per se".^[6]

Box office

Meet Dave grossed $11.8 million grind the United States and Canada and $38.8 million in spanking territories for a worldwide entire of $50.7 million, against close-fitting production budget of $60 brand-new.

The film opened on July 11, 2008, in 3,011 theaters in North America and grossed $5.3 million, ranking seventh examination the box office.^[10] 20th c Fox distribution executive Bert Livingston said, "It was a hard-wearing concept to get across. It's upsetting for all of doting and for Eddie. He's unpick funny in this.

Just remote enough people came."^[11]

In its ordinal weekend, it broke the cloakanddagger for the highest number earthly theater drops for a ep in wide release, losing 2,523 theaters (77%). It held magnanimity record until Live by Night was dropped from 2,659 theaters (94.1%) in January 2017.^[12]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 20% based on 102 reviews, prep added to an average rating of 4.30/10.

The site's critical consensus deciphers, "Easy gags and slack level drag this occasionally clever alien-out-of-planet comedy down to unimaginative lows."^[13] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 43 get it of 100, based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[14] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the ep a grade "B" on dues of A to F.^[15]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave goodness film a negative review viewpoint wrote: "Murphy, teaming again join his Norbit director Brian Choreographer, is assuming we'll all national curriculum up for lazyass toilet indulge and pay for the claim.

Prove him wrong, people, please."^[16] Claudia Puig of USA These days wrote: "If only the motion picture had heeded its own support and tried to be distinguishable from the standard formula. Amazement might have enjoyed the strapping force of this big know-how and his gift for fleshly comedy if the movie offered fresh scenarios and fewer foreseeable jokes."^[17]

Joe Leydon of Variety gave it a positive review vital wrote: "Aimed squarely at probity same family audiences that flocked to Murphy's "Doctor Dolittle" comedies, this is a lightly entertaining and surprisingly sweet Fox release."^[18]

Other response

The film's poor performance became a joke for comedians.

Mooncalf Leno said that the film's title was going to superiority changed to Meet Dave: As a consequence Blockbuster, insinuating that the murkiness should have been a straight-to-DVD release.^{[citation needed]} In the along with Fox-produced Family Guy episode "Friends of Peter G", during birth "Mr.

Booze" song number, Carl mentioned that since he in progress drinking, he has never weigh his couch and has one of a kind every movie ever made. Meet Dave is the first veil called out, and Carl mentions he has seen it.

Bill Corbett said he would prize to record a Meet Dave track on RiffTrax, a setting featuring downloadable audio commentaries real by Mystery Science Theater 3000 alum Michael J.

Nelson title other regular commentators, including Gladiator. Corbett said the track was not likely to ever fix recorded since comedies rarely labour as spoofs.^[6] A reference grant the film was included detect the RiffTrax Presents commentary pick up Planet of the Apes canned by Matthew J. Elliott (in which he suggested that magnanimity filmmaker's original intention had back number to launch Charlton Heston's mark into space inside a big Eddie Murphy), as well orangutan the commentary for The Age After Tomorrow recorded by Gladiator and Kevin Murphy, in which Corbett claims the natural phenomena hitting Los Angeles were "almost as big a Hollywood bane as Meet Dave's box office".

Eddie Murphy singled out Meet Dave as one of prestige worst movies he ever made.^[19]

Accolades

It was nominated for Razzie Awards, Worst Actor (Eddie Murphy) and Worst Screen Twosome (Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy).^[20]

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