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… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
Genres
Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 22, 2006 Wide
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.

  • Derek Adams, Time Out

    ... an aimless and riotous mess.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    It's just so dopey.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


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

  • Matthew Samuel M


    An unfortunately dull comedy with an interesting concept but a flatline plot.

  • Emil K


    Harmless and silly little film film about a new night watchman at New York's Natural Museum of History. Children wil propably like it, but all the lousy fart and piss - jokes are definetly for all the audience. The concept cartainly has more potential as a film than it delivers… More

  • Candy R


    Ben Stiller is Larry a security guard in a museum. He discovers the exhibition characters come alive at night. The characters are all great especially Owen Wilson as the Cowboy and Robin Williams as President Teddy Roosevelt. They have to stop the retired security guards from stealing… More

  • Directors C


    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

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