Customer Ratings & Reviews

funny kids movie that wil help you sit back and let the kids watch

Decent... not as good as the original. Worth watching, though.

Not as good as the first one, but still a lot of fun.

I'm not a huge fan of this move but my son loves it!

The first movie was so funny, so we were excited to get the second one. It was soooo boring and stupid and I almost fell asleep. Such a letdown!

This movie isn't only good for one viewing. Not something I would watch again.

Really all designed for children...has only moments of humor for adults.

5 of 5 stars for comedy movie Night at the Museum, Battle of the Smithsonian (aka Night at the Museum 2). If you have not yet seen Night at the Museum (#1), stop reading this review and go watch it--a funny movie! This movie continues the story from #1 with the same basic characters and adds a few new characters including a mondo-bad-guy. I am very happy to have Ben Stiller continue in the lead role of Larry and Robin Williams plus Owen Wilson in the roles made famous in #1. To this mix, we add a new "girl friend" for Larry and Hank Azaria as the big bad guy. The story starts out with all of our friends from the National History Museum being moved into storage at the Smithsonian complex. Not good. They happened to also store the magic tablet along with the other exhibits. Fun in the store room begins and various things/people come alive at night. Lots of fun on a much larger scale than #1. I won't spoil any of the fun, but, let me tell you my favorite scene is the entire Air & Space Museum at Smithsonian comes alive and they try to launch/fly everything within; wild! Very well made movie with great effects that are subtle. Fun plot, well acted and a good time for the whole family. I highly recommend this movie--however, you gotta watch the first Night at the Museum movie before watching this installment! 5 of 5 stars for comedy movie Night at the Museum, Battle of the Smithsonian (aka Night at the Museum 2). If you have not yet seen Night at the Museum (#1), stop reading this review and go watch it--a funny movie! This movie continues the story from #1 with the same basic characters and adds a few new characters including a mondo-bad-guy. I am very happy to have Ben Stiller continue in the lead role of Larry and Robin Williams plus Owen Wilson in the roles made famous in #1. To this mix, we add a new "girl friend" for Larry and Hank Azaria as the big bad guy. The story starts out with all of our friends from the National History Museum being moved into storage at the Smithsonian complex. Not good. They happened to also store the magic tablet along with the other exhibits. Fun in the store room begins and various things/people come alive at night. Lots of fun on a much larger scale than #1. I won't spoil any of the fun, but, let me tell you my favorite scene is the entire Air & Space Museum at Smithsonian comes alive and they try to launch/fly everything within; wild! Very well made movie with great effects that are subtle. Fun plot, well acted and a good time for the whole family. I highly recommend this movie--however, you gotta watch the first Night at the Museum movie before watching this installment! clear rating

I like, not love the original 2006 film. An original idea. What brought it down was Ben Stiller doing his normal Ben Stiller role & Owen Wilson. The 2cd film. It is an okay follow up. Once again, Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson I just do NOT like. The plot, you can follow it. But, we have cheesy unnecessary scenes, cut aways. The Star Wars fan & collector I am the brief Darth Vader bit could have been MUCH better, Oscar the Grouch was good. Here we go with casting. Hank Azaria the main villain. Sorry, I did NOT buy it. How many times has he done a weird foreign accent for a film? Too much. Been done so many times. They needed another actor. Nope, I did not buy him in the role, a waste. The character make have worked better with another actor. Now, I think Amy Adams did a good job as Amelia Earhart. This role I bought. Plot holes in SEVERAL PLACES. Like when Amelia & Larry bring the characters back to the original museum at the end. We only saw a few characters but yet when we see what happens when they get back the whole crew is back. You could see the end of the film from a mile away. Once the day was saved we knew what would happen. Only time in the 2 films I liked Ricky Gervais character was at the VERY END of this film. Notice Larry’s son Nick did NOT really age or get bigger between films? Enough with the bit with the monkey now monkeys battling Larry huh? Seen it before, got old in the 1st film. As for the DVD package. A horrible, these new, cheap plastic cases with holes in them. Who thought these up? NO chapter search list, no printed information of any worth inside. Normal extras on it. A good try, does NOT hit the bulls eye, not close. Just an okay, passable effort.

If you liked Night at the Museum, you'll like Battle of the Smithsonian every bit as much. They managed to come up with a workable plot theme to get into a new museum with the same "problem" as the one in the original movie. There are plenty of new quirky memorable characters as well as some old ones. I still laugh every time I think about Kahmunrah and Brundon. I was a little disappointed that Ricky Gervais completed every last one of his sentences, but he was still quite funny. Again - this is more of the same without feeling like a retread. Enjoy!

I love night of the museum!!!! I love Ben Stiller. He is SO funny. Amy Adams was good too. The actors look SO realistic and the movie is the best. Even though there are some of the same characters from 2006, they will never get boring. It is one of the FUNNIEST comedies yet. It is totally worth your money and you should really get it if you are looking for a comedy like this one.

There are not very many movies that are fun for the whole family. This movie is hilarious even for adults and has many one-liners that we all quote throughout the day. Very fun!

Movie was great. If you like history, you'll love this movie. I think it is great seeing historical figures come to life. I would recommend this movie to anyone that is looking for a great flick for the whole family to enjoy!

The quality of this bluray is great. Movie was good and a DVD was included which made it a better value. We actually loaned the DVD out to my parents because they don't have bluray. Everybody in our house enjoyed this one.

This is a great movie. The transfer is pretty good with only minimal grain. The surround sound is nice, although I cannot tell a huge difference in the HD versus the SD DVD surround. Overall a def buy

It's nice to have a collection of this as my son loves it. How I wish I could have avail the 1 and 2 combination blu ray version at a sale price.

a great family film and it is just great like I said if you liked the first one you will like the second one too.

The price was a little sttep however, this is a good "G" rated move for the entire family. If you liked the original then you will like this one as well.

The DVD Night at Museum was a excellent choice to buy. This movie is my kids favorite movie.

My family and I have enjoyed the Night at the Museum movies. Comical and educational (to a degree) all at once.