Review of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) by Hypers — 27 May 2009
Admittedly going in anticipating a clunker the first 25 minutes were painful to sit through from the artificial dialogue, extremely lame spy caper segments, and some awkwardly long amateurish humor (see Stiller's confrontation with a museum guard).
Appreciatively, once Stiller gets into the museum (starting with opening the octopus crate) the movie starts to settle into something resembling the first movie. I.e. A movie based on a series of nonsensical special effects and action set pieces paired with innumerable gaps in storyline and reality that surprisingly still has the ability to provide some entertainment.
So, if you liked the first... then its conceivable you'll enjoy this one. Just don't over analyze things like...
This review of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) was written by Hypers on 27 May 2009.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian has generally received mixed reviews.
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