CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

rodrig58 Shawn Levy the director of the first movie in the series, returns... to steal us another 1 hour 45 minutes of life. If you want to see the big baby Ben Stiller as spanking with two little monkeys, the ass of Amy Adams how it goes around the museum and many other happenings that children under 10 do not appreciate anymore, it's your choice. Is it comedy? You will not laugh at all! Is it a movie for children? Probably, between 0 and 3 years. But they will be scared of the giant octopus and the dinosaur skeleton.

Filipe Neto This film is the sequel to "The Night at the Museum" and it happens time after the action of this film. Larry is now a successful man but is surprised by the renovation of the Natural History Museum, where he worked and made friendship with all the creatures and historical figures who are statues during the day and come alive at night. Thus, he will try to prevent his friends from spending the rest of their existence in crates at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC. Although it no longer has the novelty impact the first film had, this sequel honoured, most of the time, the previous film. It's humor explores well the way Larry seems to be in permanent disagreement with his new way of life as a businessman, though he cannot see it. The comedy and jokes follow, roughly, the model previously established but they still can be funny enough. The script gives great emphasis to Amelia Earhart, portrayed as fearless and adventurous, but the bad side of that is the great romantic interest between her and Larry, an involvement whose outcome, although romantic and moving, was very predictable and gives us the will to shout "what's the point?" Ben Stiller remains impeccable as the protagonist and the supporting cast makes an excellent performance, keeping some of the previous names (Robin Williams, Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan) along with the villain, Hank Azaria, maybe one of the best voice actors of our time. So this is a rare case where sequel was able to honor the previous movie and gives us good entertainment.

zardoz-13 As sequels go, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" proves the exception to the rule. Director Shaun Levy's ambitious as well as imaginative follow-up to "Night at the Museum" tops the original. One of the reason that it surpasses the first film is the casting. Amy Adams is terrific as Amelia Earhart, and she makes an impact on the movie with her presence. Of course, part of this is due to the historical person that she plays. She exerts a charisma that none of the women had in the first film. Neither Carla Gugino nor Kim Raver possessed this charisma. Moreover, neither shared as much screen time with Stiller as Adams does, and this togetherness helps the film. "Battle" picks up the narrative thread not long after the original, but Larry has finally become a success at what he struggled to be before he landed his night security guard gig at the American Museum of Natural History. Now, he is selling his invention with George Foreman. Everything is looking grand for him until he visits the Museum and learns from Dr. McPhee that certain displays are being shipped to the Smithsonian. Suddenly, all Hell breaks loose and Larry has to take off for Washington, D.C. to the mysterious Tablet of Akmenrah. "Battle" is bigger and better than "Night at the Museum" with higher stakes.

tavm I just looked at the review of the original Night at the Museum I wrote back then and found out I gave it a 6. Well, this sequel gets the same rating as I found it as silly and a little funny as that one. This time, Ben Stiller's character has left the New York museum and become some kind of entrepreneur who's appearing on TV with the likes of George Foreman. The characters from the first one are about to be moved to the Smithsonian and so when that happens and some kind of trouble is again brewing... I'll stop there and just say that many of the historical characters being depicted are pretty amusing if not hilarious and I liked the way many creatively visual ways are used to depict many art exhibits coming to life. So in summary, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian was pretty entertaining. P.S. The trivia on this site confirmed what I suspected about Hank Azaria's portrayal of an Egyptian figure: He was inspired by Boris Karloff when picking a voice for the character.