Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Name: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Released: December 19, 2014
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Ben Stiller, Dan Stevens, Dick Van Dyke, Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais

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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Release Date: December 19, 2014 | PG

Starring: Ben Stiller, Dan Stevens, Dick Van Dyke, Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams

Summary: Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) heads to London to revitalize the magic of the life-giving tablet.

Director: Shawn Levy

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 98 min

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Joe McGovern

Dec 19, 2014

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb has one thing going for it that even many of this season's prestige films don't: It's kind of fun, unembarrassingly, and not least of all because the people who made it look like they had a good time doing so. Read full review

Louis Black

Dec 17, 2014

Surprisingly well-crafted for something as aggressively dumb as this, the real surprise is the cast. Read full review

Tom Russo

Dec 18, 2014

Seeing Ben Stiller, the late Robin Williams, and their magically roused gang together again, this time in London, is initially all about indulgent, nostalgic smiles rather than new wows. But then comes the movie’s exceptionally clever and fresh final act, which delivers genuine surprise along with many laughs. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Dec 17, 2014

Secret Of The Tomb plays it as a source of corny jokes, pop-culture references, and father-son bonding moments. In other words, it’s exactly the kind of film that shouldn’t be expected to engage with its assorted bizarre subtexts — but what a movie it could be if it did. Read full review

Sara Stewart

Dec 17, 2014

For piquing kids’ interest in history and nature, you could do worse than this goofy Ben Stiller franchise. But its third installment is more meh than manic, too reliant on wide shots of the ragtag Museum of Natural History cohorts striding down corridors. You get the feeling returning director Shawn Levy is ready to hang it up. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Dec 18, 2014

The dialogue is schmaltzy and often painfully unfunny. The special effects are often so 1980s-bad... Time and again, terrific actors sink in the equivalent of cinematic quicksand, helpless against the sucking sound of this movie. Read full review

Andrew Lapin

Dec 17, 2014

Even for the third entry in a family franchise, the construction is lazy to the point of indifference. Read full review

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DBPirate1129

Jan 11, 2015

A fitting end to a trilogy that was great, especially the second installment. Secret of the Tomb delivers with more emotional scenes than its predecessor, an interesting plot, and funny dialogue. The movie is definitely worthy of Robin Williams' last role.

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mrmonster

Apr 9, 2015

This is an amazing family film, i am shocked this only got mixed reviews. It was funny, it was action packed, it had great prrformances from Ben Stiller and the late Robin Williams, and was a great last installment in the trilogy. I would highly recommend it.

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Katzmandu1

Dec 29, 2014

Fun and bittersweet end of the series. I enjoyed it and makes me want to see the first two again. Robin Williams was excellent. Odd brief appearance by Dick Van Dyke.

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showgirl1314

Jan 17, 2015

I didn't like the first half of the movie, it was kind of lame and drawn out... toward the middle and the end I couldn't stop laughing. I give it a six because it was good over all but I wouldn't go any higher.. good movie and probably end up buying it.

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Dokalu

Mar 2, 2015

This movie is less of what I expected. It’s really funny in some parts, it has good acting, and all the characters you missed are back. Sadly, it’s boring in some another parts, it’s just stupid, it reuses a lot of old jokes that aren’t funny anymore, and it has a lot of subplots thatThis movie is less of what I expected. It’s really funny in some parts, it has good acting, and all the characters you missed are back. Sadly, it’s boring in some another parts, it’s just stupid, it reuses a lot of old jokes that aren’t funny anymore, and it has a lot of subplots that weren’t necessary and just made the movie worst.
The first one was cool, the second was a little less good, but this one is just bad.… Expand

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FilipeNeto

Aug 22, 2018

This is the third and final film of the trilogy "Night at the Museum" and takes place mostly in London, at the British Museum. The script consists of a hasty trip to the British capital in order to repair the Egyptian tablet, responsible for animating the figures and statues of the Museum ofThis is the third and final film of the trilogy "Night at the Museum" and takes place mostly in London, at the British Museum. The script consists of a hasty trip to the British capital in order to repair the Egyptian tablet, responsible for animating the figures and statues of the Museum of Natural History, New York. Larry is the right man at the right time, even though his connection to the museum is far more relevant now than a night watchman. The script, however, fails when it tries to create emotive subplots, an error that had already occurred in the previous movie. This time the problem is a no-point family conflict between Larry and his son, who is now a rebellious teenager. This does not interfere with the main plot and ends up being a loose string in the movie, perfectly expendable during the editing stage. More effective in this aim is Laaa's love interest in Tilly, the chubby night guard of the British Museum. Humor and jokes leave a little to be desired, as there is not much new material and old characters have already lost the joke. Its Rebel Wilson, in the role of Tilly, who gets the most memorable jokes along with Dan Stevens, who played Sir Lancelot. Still about the actors, this film retained almost all of the previous cast, notably Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais and Dick Van Dyke, who makes a brief cameo such as Hugh Jackman, in the role of himself. This film, unfortunately, also marks the farewell of Robin Williams and Mickey Rooney, two actors who passed away before the film was released and are honored in the final credits. Thus ends this comic trilogy, with a well closed end that does not allow developments for the future.… Expand

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Jollyjoe1000

Nov 22, 2015

This movie sucks in every way. There is no plot what so ever.It is ridiculously immature, and it was a very,very, anticlimactic role for Robin William's. Yay evan he could not save the film. Also it is so bad I did not Finnish it.

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