Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) Movie Reviews
June 12, 2009 by eMovie Talk
Filed under New Movie
What’s hot now is the new movie Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), which has become super popular since it is release in May this year. Well, since it is so popular, let’s discuss it today.
According to Wikipedia:
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (known outside of North America as Night at the Museum 2), is a 2009 American comedy film and the sequel to the 2006 adventure comedy film Night at the Museum. The film stars Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Alain Chabat, and Christopher Guest, and features numerous voice cameos and appearances by characters from the first film. It was released in theaters on May 22, 2009, and is rated PG for mild action and brief language.
Movie Info:
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids/Family and Sequel
Running Time: 1 hr. 45 min.
Release Date: May 22nd, 2009 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG for mild action and brief language.
Distributors: 20th Century Fox
U.S. Box Office: $127,326,188
This is an exciting movie, even more interesting than Night at the Museum (2006). Night at the Museum 2 is a refreshing exception (unlike Meet the Parents 2,3,4…). It’s arguably better than the first.
A watcher said: “The one downside is that too many of the best comedy moments were shown in the trailers, so kind of dampening the effect of many of the genuinely funny moments. But there’s still enough to keep you chuckling away! So should there be a third?”
The story is very interesting. Let’s take a look.
The Story:
Two years after Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) defeated the three night guards plotting to steal The Tablet, he is now head of Daley Devices, a company that he founded to manufacture his inventions. These inventions, including the Glow-in-the-Dark Flashlight, were created from his experiences as a former night guard. He finds that the American Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, and some of the museum pieces are being replaced by interactive holograms. The actual exhibits are moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. On the last night, Larry meets the museum pieces such as Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Rexy the Tyrannosaurus Skeleton, and Dexter the Capuchin Monkey (Crystal the Monkey) and finds out that several exhibits, including Teddy, Rexy, the Easter Island Head (Brad Garrett), and good Pharoah Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek) and his Tablet are not moving to The Smithsonian Institution – without the Tablet of Ahkmenrah, the other exhibits will no longer be animated. The next night, Larry gets a call from Jedediah (Owen Wilson), saying that Dexter stole the tablet last midnight and evil Pharaoh Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria), Ahkmenrah’s older brother, is attacking them. Larry goes to Washington and visits the National Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Castle to find the Federal Archives with the help of his son Nick (Jake Cherry)….
Cast:
- Ben Stiller as Lawrence “Larry” Daley
- Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart/Museum Patron
- Hank Azaria as Kahmunrah/The Thinker/Abraham Lincoln
- Owen Wilson as Jedediah Smith
- Steve Coogan as Gaius Octavius
- Bill Hader as Gen. George Armstrong Custer
- Ricky Gervais as Dr. McPhee
- Alain Chabat as Napoleon Bonaparte
What critics said about Night at the Museum 2? Let’s take a look.
Critics Reviews:
Boston Globe, Ty Burr
“It’s bigger, noisier, shinier, and dumber, and it has no earthly reason to exist.”
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
“Oh, did I dislike this film.”
Chicago Tribune, Matt Pais
“As it turns out, 93 main characters is too many.”
Now let’s watch Night at the Museum 2 Trailer.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009 Trailer) Official
You may be interested in Night at the Museum 2 quotes.
So what do you think about this film? Do you think it is better than the first one?
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