PREMIER MOVIE REVIEWS - Night at the Museum (2006)
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Genre: Adventure/Action/Comedy/Family Director: Shawn Levy Certificate: Night at the Museum was rated PG by the Irish Film Censor's Office (www.ifco.ie) i.e. may be watched by unaccompanied children of any age but Parental Guidance is advised. Violence = mild. Drugs = none. Sex/Nudity = none. Language = mild. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: Night at the Museum |
When long-time dreamer, but genuinely nice-guy Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is taken to one side by his long suffering ex-wife and told if he doesn't get a regular job soon access to son Nick (Jake Cherry) will be in jeopardy, he knows she means business. But despite his eccentric and unstable lifestyle, his son is of paramount importance to him and therefore he reluctantly agrees to take a job as a nightshift security guard at the Natural History Museum, but gets more then he bargained for when after dark the exhibits come to life. It's an excellent idea with an all star cast including Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, and Ricky Gervais as the museum's curator (though he does seem somewhat out of place in this film and doesn't quite pull it off giving a rather stilted performance). It's by no means a laugh a minute, but it's fun with a capital F as you see Stiller being chased through the museum by the likes of a prehistoric dinosaur skeleton, Attila The Hun, Teddy Roosevelt and a Bronze statue of Christopher Columbus to name but a few! It has all the ingredients that children love, a mischievous monkey who repeatedly steals the security keys, and all manner of animals and historical figures that dash about causing utter mayhem as soon as the museum closes, plus a subplot involving a bungled attempt by the previous security guards at stealing some Egyptian artefacts in order to bolster their pensions. Despite the hilarity when you do scratch the surface there is an underlying morality tale - that being that we humans need to learn from the past in order to deal not only with the present, but also the future, and perhaps learn to embrace each others cultures a little more to enable us to live far more harmoniously as a human race, however, this may well have been lost on some of the younger children in the audience. It has to be said this Night at the Museum will never win any prizes, but it's a good fun family movie, that allows both children and adults alike to revel in the chaos of it all! Reviewed by Mary Kate, Premier Movie Reviews 2006. If you enjoy Night at the Museum you might also enjoy: The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. RELATED MOVIE REVIEWS: SHAWN LEVY: Cheaper By The Dozen, Just Married. BEN STILLER: Dodgeball, Meet The Fockers, Meet The Parents, Starsky And Hutch. CARLA GUGINO: Sin City. ROBIN WILLIAMS: Insomnia, One Hour Photo. |
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