Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum (2006)

  • 44% of critics liked it
    (130 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (614,714 ratings)

The new night watchman at New York's Museum of Natural History finds that the job comes with more responsibility than he ever dreamed in this wild fantasy comedy directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, and Dick Van Dyke. Larry Daley (Stiller) is a kind-hearted… More

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PG, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By
Shawn Levy
Written By
Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
Genres
Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 22, 2006 Wide
On DVD
Apr 24, 2007
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

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

  • Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times

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

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    As mindless spectacle, this is reasonably entertaining.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    It's just so dopey.

  • Justin Chang, Variety

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

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    I normally dont like Ben stiller but this was a nice movie and very enjoyable.

  • Michael M


    Night at the Museum has a very interesting premise that might have worked if put in the right hands. Unfortunately, what you get is a one joke, CGI infested, unconvincing Ben Stiller kid's movie that you know in a few years time after they've watched it they will look back… More

  • Matt G


    Decent

  • Eric A


    An entertaining kids movie, with some good laughs. I liked it.

  • Brad W


    Night at the Museum will amaze kids, bore some parents, and for me it was just a fun movie with a couple of flaws.

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