Judging from the trailer, Eddie Murphy's new sci-fi comedy, Meet Dave, which hits theaters today, certainly didn't look like it was going to be good. And the fact that Eddie Murphy himself didn't bother to show up for the premiere didn't bode well either. But who am I to judge? I haven't seen it. Although the critics who have pretty much unanimously agree that it sucks. Hard. Never fear, fans. There's always Beverly Hills Cop IV to look forward to.
USA Today:

Maybe a half dozen real laughs emerge amid precious little subtlety. Instead, there is potty humor aplenty, inane literal translations ("clear the table") and tired bits about a strait-laced alien who suddenly gives in to his flamboyant side when exposed to Broadway musicals and salsa dancing.

Jokes are laced with racism, homophobia and stereotypes of all stripes.

Boston Herald:

With toilet humor, such corny-as-Kansas lines as “How do you know when you feel love?” and a too-predictable scenario that never lets Murphy do much more than mug, “Meet Dave” deserves a “no thanks.”

New York Times:

In “Meet Dave,” the latest in a long line of disposable Eddie Murphy vehicles, the star talks funny, walks funny and enters a bathroom stall for some rather less humorous noisy business. In yet another potty scene (this movie knows its target audience), he stands with his legs apart as dollar bills float and coins (ouch) tumble from his posterior, excreting money like a slot machine that’s racked up three 7’s. He poops money for laughs, though of course what he’s really doing is pooping laughs for money. Talk about filthy lucre.

Washington Post:

"Meet Dave" is the kind of bland, generic, high-concept midsummer comedy that drives a critic to the thesaurus in search of new ways to say "vapid." You know these movies: Headlined by a major star, supported by a cast of head shots with feet, working from a script by 17 writers, they're not made as much as extruded. They're product, pure and simple, the pop culture equivalent of anything stamped out at a Detroit auto plant.

Chicago Tribune

He is a hugely talented performer, and he's hardly the only A-list star in Hollywood coasting on the odd (usually not odd enough) formulaic PG "family" comedy. But the heartbreaking thing about "Meet Dave," starring Murphy as a brother from another planet inhabited by a team of little men and women supplying his every word and move, is its occasional funniness amid a sea of pablum. If it were completely rank, it'd be less frustrating.