Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

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• John M

  
  Not bad. I dont usually like Ben Stiller. But this served as a perfect segue into my activities in DC with my girls. We are going to be exploring the Smithsonian and this movie got them so excited to go.

• Directors C

  
  Battle of the Smithsonian makes Night at the Museum look like Citizen Kane as somehow they've managed to throw in even more unneccesary CGI, Characters, painfully bad jokes and un funny slapstick. The one word honestly that would describe the entire film as a sequel or as a stand… More
  Battle of the Smithsonian makes Night at the Museum look like Citizen Kane as somehow they've managed to throw in even more unneccesary CGI, Characters, painfully bad jokes and un funny slapstick. The one word honestly that would describe the entire film as a sequel or as a stand alone is, unnecessary.

• Jens S

  
  The follow up to Ben Stiller's hit goes by the motto: bigger, larger, more. And the idea to take it to the Washington Smithsonian museums, where you do not only get historical figures come to life, but also paintings and planes is actually pretty fun. There is plenty of action… More
  The follow up to Ben Stiller's hit goes by the motto: bigger, larger, more. And the idea to take it to the Washington Smithsonian museums, where you do not only get historical figures come to life, but also paintings and planes is actually pretty fun. There is plenty of action and quite a few fun sequences, but fact is: the plot isn't much to write home about and a few gags and ideas just don't work. The singing/rapping angels are particularly stupid. Of course, the film is too fast and eventful to ever bore you, sometimes you even forget to look for the many flaws. The really sweet ending even makes you think you've seen a better film than it actually is. For what it's worth: Children certainly will have a lot of fun with this, but there is very little for adults here.

• Lady D

  
  [My predicted rating: 3] An entertaining follow up to the first, time has moved on, so we're in with the new and almost out with the old, introducing new characters (along with old). It was of course the introduction of Amelia Earhart that carried the film and whilst it was… More
  [My predicted rating: 3] An entertaining follow up to the first, time has moved on, so we're in with the new and almost out with the old, introducing new characters (along with old). It was of course the introduction of Amelia Earhart that carried the film and whilst it was easy watching, it wasn't a touch on the first.

• Unknown H

  
  I genuinely enjoy this whole franchise and think that the sequel although good, will never match the honest hilarity and hijinx of the first movie.

• Jameson W

  
  This film is not that bad, even if it is the exact same movie as the first. Amy Adams is superb!

• Brad W

  
  Bad sequel, it was boring, unoriginal, and Stillers performance was forgettable

• Michael E

  
  another great sequel

• Dean !

  
  A fairly good follow up to the first. Lacking some of the charm of the first and some of those characters have smaller parts this time round. Idea was good of the tablet going to the biggest collection of museums in America, bringing even more exhibits to life. More of the same really… More
  A fairly good follow up to the first. Lacking some of the charm of the first and some of those characters have smaller parts this time round. Idea was good of the tablet going to the biggest collection of museums in America, bringing even more exhibits to life. More of the same really and good for all ages.

• Candy R

  
  This is a great sequel and it's not often that a sequel is better than the original movie. I think this movie has a better and more involved storyline. Larry (Ben Stiller) has left the museum and has become a successful inventor. Meanwhile the museum exhibits have been moved to… More
  This is a great sequel and it's not often that a sequel is better than the original movie. I think this movie has a better and more involved storyline. Larry (Ben Stiller) has left the museum and has become a successful inventor. Meanwhile the museum exhibits have been moved to Washington DC museum archives. Larry has a race against time to rescue them. On the way he meets Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams). She's fab. There are new characters like Al Capone, Napolean, Enstein, Lincoln and more interesting storyline with a fight against good and evil. The museum really comes to life. My faves are still there Jed (Owen Wilson) and Teddy (Robin Williams). Even Ricky Gervais is back as the mumbling nonsensal director of the museum.

• Crash E

  
  this one was so easy to forget it ..I didn't like it like the first one

• Jason O

  
  I found the first film to be a big disappointment and it nearly put me to sleep the first time I watched it, but this one I enjoyed a good bit more and was interested throughout.

• Thomas J

  
  The story move to a new location... but it is just as much fun!

• Richard C

  
  C

• Alexis N

  
  it's a good movie, fun. i just didn't think it was as good as the first one. the first one had a great plot. this one was all your favorite characters battling one villain instead of making ben stiller's life miserable and amy adams is kinda annoying. anyway, its worth… More
  it's a good movie, fun. i just didn't think it was as good as the first one. the first one had a great plot. this one was all your favorite characters battling one villain instead of making ben stiller's life miserable and amy adams is kinda annoying. anyway, its worth a rent.. you can even wait till it's on tv.

• Dead A

  
  "Gods of love would you shut up!" This was hilarious and much better than the first one. I enjoyed this a lot. Really recommend this to watch.

• Lewis C

  
  I really like this series. I never expected to enjoy the first Night at the Museum as much as I did, but I was pleasantly surprised by how funny it was. It could have just been a phoned-in kid's movie, but it ended up being one of the uncommon live-action family movies… More
  I really like this series. I never expected to enjoy the first Night at the Museum as much as I did, but I was pleasantly surprised by how funny it was. It could have just been a phoned-in kid's movie, but it ended up being one of the uncommon live-action family movies that's truely enjoyable for all ages. I think that it and Enchanted are the only two recent movies that fit that bill. I had heard that Battle of the Smithsonian doesn't quite live up to the original movies, and in some ways, that's true. A few (well, slightly more than a few) of the jokes fall horribly flat, some of the characters are extraneous and unnecessary, and the story has to jump through several hurdles just to provide a reason for this sequel's existence. But with all that, I still really liked it. Adding Amy Adams and making her a main character was an absolutely brilliant idea. The woman has never been less than perfect in any movie that she's been in, and I can't think of a better actress to play Amelia in a lighthearted way. Plus, an entire trilogy could be dedicated to her butt in those pants. Good Lord! Hank Azaria was fantastic as well, and most of the biggest laughs of the movie involve him. The other new additions are either less noteworthy or not noteworthy at all, but those two alone made Smithsonian worth watching. I'll admit that Battle of the Smithsonian was a little too busy and too crowded, but I still found myself laughing and laughing. I'd put it only a bit behind the first movie in terms of quality, and on my scale that makes it a success.

• Summer W

  
  I enjoyed the first one because it was sheer dumb fun, and this was a relatively worthy sequel, if not a little sillier.

• KJ P

  
  No surprises here, but I somehow found it slightly better!

• Mike S

  
  Short of spectacular, but pretty good for a sequel to a mediocre family flick. Ben Stiller is his usual bland and lifeless self, and could easily have been replaced with any other actor. Not that he's bad or anything, but he just never seems to give much of an effort in what he… More
  Short of spectacular, but pretty good for a sequel to a mediocre family flick. Ben Stiller is his usual bland and lifeless self, and could easily have been replaced with any other actor. Not that he's bad or anything, but he just never seems to give much of an effort in what he does. Good thing this film has a nice supporting cast though, who do their best with a less-than-impressive script. I'm mainly refering to Robin Williams here, who can take the most dull and silly of material and turn it into something funny. Even so, his charismatic presence isn't enough to keep this film from the "average pile". Sure, it has its moments, and yeah it's fairly entertaining, but out of a 100 gags, there's maybe only 2-3 that got my smile muscles going. And even when they did, it only got a chuckle out of me at best. Overall, however, I thought it was slightly better than the first film. Mainly due to the entertainment value, which was a little higher this time around.

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