Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Critic Reviews
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Based upon 14 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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It's bigger, noisier, shinier, and dumber, and it has no earthly reason to exist.Read the full review
Oh, did I dislike this film. It made me squirm. Its premise is lame, its plot relentlessly predictable, its characters with personalities that would distinguish picture books.Read the full review
Battle of the Smithsonian has plenty of life. But it's Adams who gives it zing.Read the full review
It's not so much a movie as a series of running antiquity gags, good for a comedy club, not so much for the multiplex.Read the full review
It's harmless. And pointless. And dumb. This is a perfect example of a motion picture that exists exclusively because its predecessor made a lot of money.Read the full review
The money shots of the living tableau are padded with jokes that feel embalmed before the actors get them out of their mouths.Read the full review
Some of the results are delightfully loopy. Some are cornball.Read the full review
Some of that frenetic running around has been replaced by inspired effects sequences and amusing riffs by the talented cast, especially new arrivals Hank Azaria and Amy Adams.Read the full review
Shallow and harmlessly diverting picture.Read the full review
It’s a busier and less coherent film, too, with a baffling master plot and a crowded pileup of special effects in search of something to do.Read the full review
