Ben Stiller and gang still manage to give the delightfully entertaining Night at the Museum a little edge.
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12/23/06
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Night at the Museum (2006)
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Reviews Counted:126
Fresh:56
Rotten:70
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Parents might call this either a spectacle-filled adventure or a shallow and vapid CG-fest, depending on whether they choose to embrace this on the same level as their kids.
Theatrical Release:Dec 22, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $250,781,332
Synopsis: Ben Stiller plays Larry Daley, a down-on-his-luck divorced father in this family-friendly tale directed by Shawn Levy (JUST MARRIED, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN). Larry has lots of ideas and dreams, but... [More]
Starring: Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Mickey Rooney, Ben Stiller
Director: Shawn Levy
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Reviews for Night at the Museum
Bound to become THE family entertainment choice for the holiday season. It's a blockbuster. Deal with it.
12/22/06
Rarely has so much production value yielded so little in terms of audience engagement.
12/22/06
Ploddingly directed by Shawn Levy (the man behind 2006's terrible Pink Panther remake), it's so devoid of enchantment that one can't help but coldly notice the implausibilities.
12/22/06
Fun for the whole family? Probably not, but certainly for those members who are only permitted to hang out when the lawyers say it's okay.
12/22/06
Top CriticA film suffering from an acute case of Jumanjiitis...the one exhibit that would be most appropriate for this Museum would be a white elephant.
12/22/06
The movie, despite some lavish special effects, feels perfunctory and generic. Kids may well enjoy it (the 7-year-old with me giggled all the way through); adults may squirm.
12/22/06
Like the institution it portrays, Night at the Museum comes alive after dark. It's a perfect movie to take the kids to. Who knows, it might even inspire them to want to visit an actual museum.
12/22/06
Top CriticStiller generates humor, as does Robin Williams, well-cast as Roosevelt. But it's not enough.
12/22/06
It might be fair to give Ben Stiller an 'A' for effort, but to call what he does in this movie "acting" is a misnomer. He does a lot of running around, occasionally falling down or bumping into things.
12/22/06
Top CriticThis is one film in which the CGI and other effects blend seamlessly into the production, and special kudos should go to production designer Claude Paré, whose job it was to create this fanciful rendition of the Museum of Natural History.
12/22/06
For parents comfortable with drop-off, A Night at the Museum could serve as A Night Away From Your Kids.
12/22/06
Top CriticKids, supposedly too bored to go to such museums anymore (one of the film's messages, along with 'learn your history') should find this a Night to remember.
12/22/06
It's hard to argue with the movie's knowledge-as-power message: To outwit the living artifacts, Stiller has to bone up on history.
12/22/06
The special effects are far more inspired than the comedy in Night at the Museum, which strands several generations of performers in a highly derivative script and hackneyed direction.
12/22/06
Top CriticReally young kids may like the noise and chaos of the movie, but the real museum on Central Park West has its own 'A Night at the Museum' program that sounds a lot better.
12/22/06
Top CriticDoes what it's suppposed to do. Take the kids, but don't go by yourself.
12/22/06
Night at the Museum, based on a kids' book by Milan Trenc, is so wonderfully energetic it doesn't leave much time for questions.
12/22/06
All the exhibits come to life after dark. That's about it. Aimed at kids.
12/22/06
Night at the Museum will at least give you a chance to see Andy Hardy beat the snot out of Zoolander. That alone should be worth the price of admission.
12/22/06
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