Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 163
Fresh: 70 | Rotten: 93
Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian is busy enough to keep the kids interested but the slapstick goes overboard and the special effects (however well executed) throw the production into mania.
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 21
Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian is busy enough to keep the kids interested but the slapstick goes overboard and the special effects (however well executed) throw the production into mania.
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Ben Stiller returns as Larry Daley, the unfortunate night watchman who continues to encounter living and breathing museum exhibits in Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian, 20th Century Fox's tent-pole sequel from director Shawn Levy. Scott Frank, Robert Ben Garant, and Thomas Lennon provide the script, with Chris Columbus returning to handle producing duties. Amy Adams (Enchanted) and Hank Azaria join the returning cast of Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, and Owen Wilson in the 1492
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Ben Stiller
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Amy Adams
Amelia Earhart -
Robin Williams
Teddy Roosevelt -
Ricky Gervais
Dr. McPhee -
Owen Wilson
Jedediah -
Bill Hader
General Custer -
Christopher Guest
Ivan the Terrible -
Hank Azaria
Abe Lincoln, Kahmunrah,... -
Rami Malek
Ankmenrah -
Jon Bernthal
Al Capone -
Alain Chabat
Napoleon Bonaparte -
Steve Coogan
Octavius -
Patrick Gallagher
Attila the Hun -
Mindy Kaling
Docent -
Keith Powell
Tuskegee Airman #1 -
Craig Robinson
Tuskegee Airman #2 -
Clint Howard
Air and Space Mission C... -
Matty Finochio
Air and Space Mission C... -
George Foreman
Himself -
Kerry Van Der Griend
Neanderthal #1 -
Matthew Harrison
Neanderthal #2 -
Rick Dobran
Neanderthal #3 -
Jay Baruchel
Sailor Joey Motorola -
Dave Hospes
Astronaut -
Mizuo Peck
Sacajawea -
Jake Cherry
Nicky -
Clifton Murray
Kissing Sailor -
Josh Byer
Capone Gangster #1 -
Carroll Spinney
Oscar the Grouch -
Thomas Morley
Darth Vader -
Randy Lee
Hun #1 -
Darryl Quon
Hun #2 -
Gerald Wong
Hun #3 -
Paul Chih-Ping Cheng
Hun #4 -
Robert Thurston
'American Gothic' Farme... -
Christina Schild
'American Gothic' Woman -
Shawn Levy
Infomercial Father -
Dan Joffre
Town Car Driver -
Regina Taufen
New York Reporter -
Samuel Patrick Chu
Teenage Boy #1 -
Augustus Oicle
Teenage Boy #2 -
Kai James
Teenage Boy #3 -
Sophie Levy
Young Girl #1 -
Tess Levy
Young Girl #2 -
Nick Jonas
Cherub -
Paul Kevin Jonas
Cherub -
Joe Jonas
Cherub -
Eugene Levy
Einstein -
Brad Garrett
Easter Island Head -
Alberta Mayne
Kissing Nurse -
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All Critics (168) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (93) | DVD (5)
The result is pretty much a free-form traffic jam in which everyone fights everyone else.
Top CriticIt's a collection of some of the most interesting figures throughout history and some of the most talented performers we have working today.
This is a family comedy that will entertain the kids and amuse the grown-ups. It's also a rare Hollywood sequel that's better than the original.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, is breezier than the first Museum, at least to me, which means in three years I'll be revising my opinion downward.
Azaria pretty much steals the show.
The museum sparkles, but the movie is awfully dull.
The silliness meanders wildly, and Stiller looks like he's more than happy to let everyone else do most of the work.
I'm not sure if anyone in this film actually acted alongside anyone else, or if the performances were all cut together in the editing suite.
Doesn't have the originality of the first film and feels a little boring as such.
Amy Adams is the lone saving grace to be found herein, which is a nice way of saying she's all that kept me from pondering "to be or not to be".
No stone is left unturned.
One wonders if director Shawn Levy was more interested in cramming special effects into the movie than creating actual comedy.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian can be too cluttered and hyperactive to appreciate its broad pleasures.
...what the heck, it's fun on the same level as the original...
Amy Adams adds plenty of welcome 'moxie' (and a tight pair of aviator's britches), but otherwise there's not much here besides noise, chaos and monkey-slapping.
With all the oversized personalities that surround him, Stiller gets upstaged.
Stiller has a look on his face as if he knows he's participating in total garbage.
It was fresh, funny and clever the first time. Now, not so much.
Audience Reviews for Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian
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- Teenage Boy #1: It's Brunden.
- Larry Daley: Brunden?
- Teenage Boy #1: Bah-run-den
- Larry Daley: Brunden..what, they run out of 'U's on the name tag?
- Teenage Boy #1: Oh, I don't know; did they run out of jokes at the interesting joke store that you shop at?
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- Teddy Roosevelt: The key to happiness is doing what you love.
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- Teddy Roosevelt: Good Lord, Lawrence! Why are you slapping a monkey?
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- Amelia Earhart: I just feel as if I've been asleep for along time and now suddenly I'm awake.
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- Teddy Roosevelt: [trying to interpret the tablet] The man with the spear trapped the sideways fish in a vase. Ah! And there was also a beetle.
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- Teddy Roosevelt: The key to happiness is doing what you love.
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Foreign Titles
- Nachts im Museum 2 (DE)
- Night at the Museum 2 (UK)
