A person not totally in control of his body – Liar, Liar (and for those of us over 35 All Of Me).The only enjoyment that I got from this film was listing in my head all the other movies it was ripping off. But not since Police Academy 7: Mission To Moscow has a movie so short felt so long. What could possible go wrong? It’s your standard Eddie Murphy-lite kid flick that he’s been making for last 15-years or so. They are sent to Earth to steal our water essentially destroying our planet in order to save their own. Eddie Murphy plays both Dave (the ship) and the captain of the ship. In Meet Dave a crew of tiny aliens (space not illegal) pilot a spaceship that has the form of a human being. ( A Thousand Words, Imagine That, T he Adventures of Pluto Nash, Holy Man…see how easy that was?) But when one of his movies works, it really works…so he gets to keep working.
You could probably make an entire list out of Eddie Murphy movies that missed the mark. So here’s your list… Movies that were Box Office Disasters. That got me thinking about other high-profile Hollywood misfires – movies that starred big names and were designed to be huge blockbusters…but weren’t. That’s roughly half what Men in Black 3 and Karate Kid ( After Earth co-star Jaden Smith’s last movie) made on their respective opening weekends. It made a paltry (by Hollywood standards) $27 million.
(You can read my review here.) While I felt it was the worst film of Smith’s career it’s also turning out to be a box office disaster as well opening in third place previously unthinkable for a Will Smith picture. Last week saw the release of Will Smith’s After Earth.
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