Night at the Museum (2006)

All Critics (133) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (63) | Rotten (76) | DVD (32)

What a dull, nice movie, wrenched from a wild premise and battered into docility.

January 3, 2007 Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

A film that veers, often without much direction, between a family-friendly comic romp and an attempt to touch our souls with heartfelt emotion.

January 3, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Bill Zwecker

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

As mindless spectacle, this is reasonably entertaining.

January 3, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

... an aimless and riotous mess.

December 30, 2006 Full Review

Derek Adams

Time Out

Top Critic

It's just so dopey.

December 26, 2006

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

Rarely has so much production value yielded so little in terms of audience engagement.

December 22, 2006 Full Review

Justin Chang

Variety

Top Critic

This is a good example of Hollywood commercial calculation that actually pays off with a few entertainment dividends. It all seems very cold and calculated, and yet the film still turns out to be decently entertaining.

June 17, 2009 Full Review

Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

If you want to be entertained for a couple of hours with the whole family on Christmas, it's just what the doctor ordered.

August 25, 2008 Full Review

Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com

Stiller dodges CGI creations in cute adventure.

July 10, 2008 Full Review

Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

...lightweight and inoffensive...

July 28, 2007 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Night at the Museum is no Night at the Opera, but there are certainly funny moments. There are also adventurous moments and poignant ones in this family film.

July 26, 2007 Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

. Its narrative is just pitched toward adolescent fantasy and silly, frequently obvious shenanigans to a hearty degree, and with no sort of consistent inner logic the movie tilts toward fleeting entertainment, with no inherent replay value or strongly fel

June 25, 2007 Full Review

Brent Simon

IGN Movies

Not everything on display is sufficiently alive in this museum-set comedy adventure.

June 13, 2007 Full Review

Anton Bitel

Film4

it's one of those high concept childhood fantasy films that will stay in your heart long after watching it

June 1, 2007 Full Review

Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

What promises to be a fun Spielbergian romp for the whole family is a bit on the bland and mediocre side.

May 24, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

The idea is ingenious. The execution? Not so much.

May 3, 2007 Full Review

Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

It's a better than average CGI-fest, more often silly than funny. But it makes some good points about courage, self-respect, and the importance of learning about history.

April 27, 2007

Nell Minow

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

... just enjoy the slapstick shenanigans and Stiller's smart remarks as he brings a new angle to engaging with history.

April 26, 2007 Full Review

Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

The DVD is packed with additional release material, including two audio commentaries and a featurette on Stiller's simian costar.

April 24, 2007

Staci Layne Wilson

Buzzine Magazine

A readily-digestible, and just as easily forgettable, frenetically-paced family flick.

April 23, 2007 Full Review

Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

• 1. Larry Daley: Everything in the museum come to life at night!
  – Submitted by Brandon M (7 months ago)
• 1. Jedediah: Look, we're men. We fight, okay? That's what we do!
  2. Octavius: It's kinda how we pass the time.
  – Submitted by Carmela G (21 months ago)
• 1. Gus: Instructions. You start with One. Two. Three...
  2. Larry Daley: Four?
  3. Teddy Roosevelt: Are you crackin' wise? I oughta punch you in the nose, Hopscotch.
  – Submitted by Andrew M (21 months ago)
• 1. Cecil Fredricks: Moving on.
  – Submitted by Andrew M (21 months ago)
• 1. Gus: He looks like a weirdy!
  – Submitted by Andrew M (21 months ago)

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