By Iain Blair
Saw early screening of Meet Dave, Eddie Murphy’s new sci-fi fantasy where the comedian plays a tiny alien from the planet Nill who lands near The Statue of Liberty in a spaceship shaped exactly like a life-sized Eddie Murphy…….none of what happens next makes much sense, but it gives Murphy a chance to show off his slapstick skills as he marches around New York, deals with his crew, and interacts with clueless earthlings. The good-natured comedy pokes fun at everything from Star Trek to hot-dog eating competitions, and the visual effects, supervised by Mark Stetson who worked on Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring almost steal the show – especially the scene where the inch-tall Murphy and crew member #3 (Gabrielle Union) try to make their way across Times Square.

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