Night at the Museum 2 Movie Review

Night at the Museum 2 or Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian is a movie for all of you out there. Ben Stiller stars again as Larry Daley, the night watchmen we have all come to adore and laugh at. The hilarity ensues with the likes of Amy Adams, Hank Azaria and Jonah Hill. For all of you Jonas Brothers fans, keep your eyes and ears open!

Mild Spoilers below:

The film opens with a tacky infomercial plugging a new invention. One of the now very well off Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), and the ever crazy George Foreman. Larry has made it big and is about to make it bigger due to Walmart being interested in his inventions.

We come to realize that even though Larry looks like he has moved on with his new spot as CEO, he hasn’t. His monthly trips back to the museum prove to be a side of him he can’t let go of. This is where the story takes form and really starts to grow on you.

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Who Goes There?

While this movie is not a movie that will win any awards, it is a great movie for all ages. The laughter garnered by the film will attract a lot of viewers, along with the great cast. Stiller and crew will win the hearts of the origin

Stiller, Adams, Williams and the encore cast put in a performance much better than in the first film. The acting is better, the jokes are better, the plot, the stage, the sites, the sounds…all better. As my interview with writer Robert Ben Garant pointed out, it needed to be better, Rob had said “Ben Stiller is the boss, and he said make it funnier, so we did our best”. Well they did just that. The action, the sequences between Azaria and Stiller, the exchanges between Adams and Stiller were all great.

Night at the Museum 2 or Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian, is nothing but true fun. If you enjoyed the first film, you will enjoy this one even more!