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  • 2009
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2009
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Night has fallen upon the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The guides have gone home, the lights are out, the school kids are tucked in their beds...yet something incredible is stirring as former night guard Larry Daley finds himself lured into his biggest, most imagination-boggling adventure yet in which history truly comes al...

Directed By: Shawn Levy

Written By: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon

  • 2009
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2009
  • PG
  • Twentieth Century Fox
  • 1 h 45 m

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
42
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 149 User Ratings
5.7
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Summary Night has fallen upon the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The guides have gone home, the lights are out, the school kids are tucked in their beds...yet something incredible is stirring as former night guard Larry Daley finds himself lured into his biggest, most imagination-boggling adventure yet in which history truly comes al...

Directed By: Shawn Levy

Written By: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
42
13% Positive
4 Reviews
58% Mixed
18 Reviews
29% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
42
13% Positive
4 Reviews
58% Mixed
18 Reviews
29% Negative
9 Reviews

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83
Battle of the Smithsonian has plenty of life. But it's Adams who gives it zing.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
60
Far surpasses original.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 149 User Ratings
5.7
31% Positive
46 Ratings
58% Mixed
86 Ratings
11% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 149 User Ratings
5.7
31% Positive
46 Ratings
58% Mixed
86 Ratings
11% Negative
17 Ratings

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10
DBPirate1129
Jan 11, 2015
A much better movie than its predecessor that brings all the great stuff from the first and adds even more! With an even better story than the last one, it's going to be hard to go back to the original after viewing this!
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10
Jedi18
Oct 25, 2014
I was shocked seeing the ratings of this movie, Whats wrong with people these days? This movie is awesome cause It's FUN, I guess most people have forgotten what fun is,movies are made to entertain us;to make us happy,not to put us in a gloomy mood for the rest of the ****'ll I say this,ignore these people and go watch this extremely FUN movie.
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50
Without Azaria's comedic gifts, the movie would be close to unendurable.
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50
Resembles an enthusiastic but undisciplined child running amok through an exhibit.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
40
Bloated with visual effects, this sequel to the 2006 hit starts off slowly, reintroducing the original characters.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW
25
Feels like a re-hash.
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20
Shamlessly dumb movie.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
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9
TRANSFORMERSFAN
Mar 11, 2021
this movie is one of the best movie from 2009 along with ice age 3, up, and transformers 2
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6
SrPepe
Feb 24, 2018
No logra transmitir lo que si la primera peli, pero al menos tiene conceptos nuevos.
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6
Rox22
May 10, 2015
Kind of rehashing the first movie. Luckily they do add allot of new ideas to the mix too. Stiller is a bit better this time round. I'm guessing he learned what did and didn't work from the last film. Hank Azaria is just marvelous, almost cartoony, and seriously steals the show. Effects improved a little from the last movie. Plot is a bit lame this time round. The whole supernatural bit kinda took the magic and mystery away a bit. Luckily it is only a very small scene that is over just as quickly as it began. Overall: Night at the Museum 2 is an OKish sequel that is spoiled a bit by all the needless rehashed elements from the first movie. A shame they did put more focus on the newer elements. i.e. It's a whole new museum, why on earth did they need to include most of the characters from the first movie. Stiller was enough to link the two
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3
ErikTheCritic
Oct 11, 2018
A really bland and silly sequel to its pretty enjoyable predecessor. Its filled to the brim with lame, dull jokes and a surprisingly boring plot.
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RayzorMoose
Nov 16, 2013
Night at the Museum gets sleepy. The movie picks up nicely where the last let off. The new characters are surprisingly successful, and the story is okay. The movie then gets slothfully sloppy at the end at its struggles to piece together a resolution. Many very fixable plot holes erupt and the entire film nearly unravels.
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Production Company Twentieth Century Fox, 21 Laps Entertainment, 1492 Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Janimation, Moving Picture Company (MPC), Museum Canada Productions
Release Date May 22, 2009
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating PG
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Tagline When the lights go off the battle is on.
Website https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/night-at-the-museum2
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Awards

Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Visual Effects Society Awards
• 1 Nomination

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