Night at the Museum
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Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critics What's this?

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 191 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Ricky Gervais
  • Summary: In this wild comedy fantasy, a bumbling night watchman (Stiller) at New York's Museum of Natural History inadvertently triggers a dormant curse that fully animates the dioramas, causing Mayans, Romans, Gladiators and cowboys to emerge, not to mention an angry T-Rex.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 28
  3. Negative: 4 out of 28
  1. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Connie Ogle
    75
    Wonderfully energetic.
  2. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    58
    The sad truth is that the film squanders almost all of its inspiration in the first 20 minutes or so.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    58
    What a dull, nice movie, wrenched from a wild premise and battered into docility.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    38
    Stranded in this charmless fantasy, Stiller is reduced to his old halting, squirming tricks.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 94
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 94
  3. Negative: 12 out of 94
  1. HessaM
    10
    Its really amazing film i like bin stiller and his funny films.
  2. Zilcell
    8
    It is not as predictable and formulatic as everyone says it is. A great idea is well executed and the result is a fun family film with a lot of good performances.… Expand
  3. grandpajoe6191
    6
    "Night At the Museum" is way too formulaic, but hey, at least it makes you laugh.
  4. PatrickC.
    4
    The best thing about this movie is the cast, which includes veterain actors Bill Cobbs, Mickey Rooney and Dick Van Dick as well as british actors Steve Coogan and Ricky Gervais. Sadly Ben Stiller isn't very good in the film and boredom strikes fifteen minutes into the film. It has too many problems for a movie which could have been good. I wanted to like this movie but found it impossible as the clock clicked away.… Expand

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