Rated PG for mild action, language and brief rude humor.
Soundtrack
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Tonight
Genre
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Action / Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Overwiew :A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc. Cowboy / Maya / Stockbroker / New York City / School
USA Today - Claudia Puig : Though the premise is clever -- everything comes to life at night in New York City's Natural History Museum -- this movie doesn't make the best comic use of the concept. more...
C
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Arnold : The truly bizarre Ben Stiller farce, Night at the Museum, is no laugh riot, and misfires all over the screen, but it develops its own unique charm and leaves a pleasant afterglow. more...
B-
San Francisco Chronicle - Ruthe Stein : A delight. more...
B+
New York Times - Stephen Holden : ...an overstuffed grab bag in which lumps of coal are glued together with melted candy. more...
D+
New York Post - Lou Lumenick : ...strands several generations of performers in a highly derivative script and hackneyed direction. more...
C
Hollywood Reporter - Michael Rechtshaffen : A week at the La Brea Tar Pits would be more entertaining. more...
D
filmcritic.com - Sean O'Connell : Here's an idea: Instead of buying a movie ticket, spend the afternoon in an actual museum. You'll likely laugh just as hard. more...
C-
E! Online - Alex Markerson : The film's vision of a museum as a lively place might excite your tykes into wanting to see a real one... more...
B+
Chicago Tribune - Michael Phillips : Stranded in this charmless fantasy, Stiller is reduced to his old halting, squirming tricks. more...
C-
Boston Globe - Ty Burr : ...stuffed with smart performers doing graciously silly work... more...
B
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Bob Townsend : Computer-generated things that go bump in the night can't cover for a thin story and less-than-inspired performances from Stiller and Williams. more...
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