This environment could be a CGI wonderland to teach audiences something about history, if only there were fun facts here and there. You’d think coming from a movie that takes place inside a museum the audience might learn a little, but you’d be wrong.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 8, 2024

Fifteen years after its release, Night at the Museum is still a fun time.

| Dec 28, 2021

Thankfully, the special-effects used to simulate the static exhibits coming to life (dinosaurs, statues, warriors etc) are both strong and varied enough to prevent a totally worn-out welcome.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 2, 2020

A cinematic lump of coal.

| Original Score: 1.0/4.0 | Sep 18, 2020

The film is so visually appealing, it's a credit to "Museum" despite the fact the movie has a flimsy plot full of hokey clichés and contrived plot advancements.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 20, 2019

Ben Stiller does his usual loser shtick, and computer animation, dumb laughs (urinating monkeys, anyone?) and slapstick abounds.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 5, 2019

One of the most neutrally adequate blockbusters of the modern age.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 6, 2014

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 9, 2011

This is a good example of Hollywood commercial calculation that actually pays off with a few entertainment dividends. It all seems very cold and calculated, and yet the film still turns out to be decently entertaining.

| Jun 17, 2009

A flat affair, and one I won't have a hard time forgetting.

| Apr 29, 2009

...lightweight and inoffensive...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 28, 2007

. Its narrative is just pitched toward adolescent fantasy and silly, frequently obvious shenanigans to a hearty degree, and with no sort of consistent inner logic the movie tilts toward fleeting entertainment, with no inherent replay value or strongly fel

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 25, 2007

Not everything on display is sufficiently alive in this museum-set comedy adventure.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 13, 2007

it's one of those high concept childhood fantasy films that will stay in your heart long after watching it

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 1, 2007

What promises to be a fun Spielbergian romp for the whole family is a bit on the bland and mediocre side.

| May 24, 2007

The idea is ingenious. The execution? Not so much.

| Original Score: C+ | May 3, 2007

It's a better than average CGI-fest, more often silly than funny. But it makes some good points about courage, self-respect, and the importance of learning about history.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Apr 27, 2007

Kids who don't care about the finer points of cinematic storytelling (in other words, most of them) will certainly enjoy the film, as will older viewers with a taste for the fantastic.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 22, 2007

Good idea. Bad execution.

| Original Score: C | Apr 8, 2007

With this cast, there should be more laughs, and that blame falls partially on the script, but equally on how awfully Levy paces the film.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2007