• Genre: Comedy, SciFi/Fantasy
  • Release Date: 07/11/2008
  • Running Time: 90 mins
  • Director: Brian Robbins
  • Cast: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Judah Friedlander, Ed Helms, Smith Cho, Brandon Molale, Yvette Nicole Brown, Stephanie Venditto, Paul Scheer
  • Producer: Jon Berg
  • Writer: Bill Corbett, Rob Greenberg
  • Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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Box Office

  1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua, 29.3 million, 29.3 million
  2. The Dark Knight, 26.1 million, 441.6 million
  3. Pineapple Express, 23.2 million, 41.3 million
  4. Eagle Eye, 17.7 million, 54.6 million
  5. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, 11.3 million, 11.3 million
  6. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 16.5 million, 71.0 million
  7. Nights in Rodanthe, 7.4 million, 25.1 million
  8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, 10.7 million, 19.6 million
  9. Appaloosa, 5.1 million, 5.6 million
  10. Step Brothers, 9.1 million, 81.1 million
  11. Lakeview Terrace, 4.6 million, 32.2 million
  12. Mamma Mia!, 8.2 million, 104.1 million
  13. Burn After Reading, 4.1 million, 51.7 million
  14. Journey to the Center of the Earth, 4.9 million, 81.8 million
  15. Hancock, 3.3 million, 221.7 million
  16. Fireproof, 4.0 million, 12.4 million
  17. WALL-E, 3.1 million, 210.2 million
  18. An American Carol, 3.7 million, 3.7 million
  19. Swing Vote, 3.1 million, 12.0 million
  20. Religulous, 3.4 million, 3.4 million
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Meet Dave

If you’re an 8-year-old boy who’s never heard of E.T. or Liar Liar, then Meet Dave may be your new favoritest movie of all time. On a mission to save his dying planet of miniature aliens, the captain of a human-shaped spaceship (both played by Eddie Murphy) flies to Earth, befriending perky widow Gina (Elizabeth Banks) and her meek son Josh (Austyn Lind Myers). As directed by the none-too-subtle Brian Robbins (Norbit, The Shaggy Dog), Meet Dave is aimed squarely at prepubescent boys—the mixture of sci-fi, broad physical comedy, and absent-father sentiment will prove irresistible, although they may gag at the schmaltzy love story. What keeps the film surprisingly likable is a game cast led by Murphy, who sustains more laughs from the moth-eaten Starman conceit than it deserves. Murphy’s questionable recent career choices notwithstanding, the guy remains a gifted comedian, and his performance as the spaceship “Dave”—his body a foreign vessel awkwardly trying to interact with jaded Manhattanites—possesses the sort of inspired glee he hasn’t demonstrated since Bowfinger. Still, Meet Dave feels a little too cuddly and familiar to be more than a programmatic summer kids’ movie—better than average, but not worth phoning home about. — Tim Grierson

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