Night at the Museum (Special Edition) (2-DVD) PG

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DVD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 24, 2007
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: 20Th Century Studios

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Total Count: 136

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 723,924
Rating: 2/4 -- A film that veers, often without much direction, between a family-friendly comic romp and an attempt to touch our souls with heartfelt emotion. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 3, 2007
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. Full Review
Cinefantastique
Jun 17, 2009
Rating: B- -- 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. Full Review
Bowling Green Daily News
Nov 20, 2019
... an aimless and riotous mess. Full Review
Time Out
Dec 30, 2006
[A]miable, painless and quite capable of entertaining the kids.
Sight and Sound
Mar 1, 2007
3 stars out of 5 -- A likeable comic fantasy for the family....You'll be admiring the craftsmanship of this visual CG feast...
Ultimate DVD
May 1, 2007
Rating: D+ -- Stiller's continued efforts to court the broadest possible audience has taken the edge off his comedy.
AV Club
Dec 30, 2006

Product Description:

Ben Stiller plays Larry Daley, a down-on-his-luck divorced father in this family-friendly tale directed by Shawn Levy (JUST MARRIED, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN). Larry has lots of ideas and dreams, but none of them come to fruition. In an attempt to prove his stability to his ex-wife (Kim Raver) and his son, Nicky (Jake Cherry), Larry accepts a job as a night guard at the Museum of Natural History. But the elderly night guards who hire him (played by entertainment legends Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, and Bill Cobbs) fail to mention one crucial detail: when the museum is closed, everything inside comes to life. From Attila the Hun to miniature Roman soldiers, African mammals to Neanderthal men, and Egyptian mummies to dinosaur skeletons, the museum teems with lively activity. Now it's Larry's job to control the mayhem and show his son that he is, indeed, a great man after all.

There might be a moral to this story, which is based on the book of the same name by Milan Trenc, but the screenplay and action remain light and breezy. Stiller is perfect as Larry, particularly in scenes with a sneaky monkey who repeatedly gets the better of him. Brief appearances by Anne Meara (Stiller's real-life mother) and Paul Rudd add to the fun. Carla Gugino plays a museum docent, Ricky Gervais portrays the incomprehensible museum director, and Robin Williams moonlights as a wax figure of Teddy Roosevelt that comes to life. Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan are particularly amusing as a bickering miniature cowboy and a Roman soldier.

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  • UPC: 024543420927
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