Night at the Museum starring Ben stiller in my opinion is the family film of 2007. Who knows maybe they will release toy story 3 or a second monsters inc. but after watching this movie no comedy released this year comes close to this one. It is fast pacing and gets right to point, all the way through you are entertained and each and every character is a great deal more than adequate.

After the daylight vanishes every part of the museum awakens and Larry is met with some of the most famous faces in history, Teddy Roosevelt (Williams), Jedidiah (Wilson), Ahkmenrah (Malek), Christopher Columbus (Favino) and a dinosaur named Rexy. After facing the wildness of the exhausting animals and faces of the past Larry decides he cannot work in these conditions if it kills him but then the remembrance of his son baffles his mind into staying until he finds a better job. And what happens next….watch it and find out!!!

Ben stiller plays Larry Daley, a bad father with an absent business life. Nothing in his life goes right and even his ex-wife and son are starting to doubt his enthusiasm to life in general. Larry is the felt for character that brings the tears into your eyes as his life gradually starts to take place job wise and family wise. Stiller I must admit is not a favourite actor in my books but I do not think anyone could have played the part of Larry any better than him. His comedic background of movies such as; meet the fockers and zoolander failed as award winning films, but in due time his performance in light-hearted comedies with tear jerking moments is going to take the place of Tom Hanks if he continues to pick the scripts like Night at the Museum.

Dick Van Dyke plays the mysterious yet friendly Cecil. Who hands the instructions to Larry and helps in no other way than persuading him to stay. Van Dyke is one of the most famous movies and even if you did not know him by name you will definitely know him by face and if I had to pick my favourite performance of his it would have to be in Chitty chitty bang bang however his act as Cecil come close second. Cecil is also a guy that never lets an audience down and the fact of old age has had absolutely no impression on his acting. He is still a great performer.

Other characters range from Rex the dinosaur to Rebecca, Larry’s fancy woman. There are also Nick the son who is not in much of the film but he gets the tear jerking moment for father son issues. Chris Columbus is one of the background characters and he only speaks French but he somehow understands English. There is also Sakajawea an Indian woman whom Teddy R, has is eye on, and Rebecca wants to meet to be able to finish her book.

The Second DVD!

And then comes the storyboard part which is pretty much self-explanatory but to explain a little… it is the comparison of the beginning storyboard to the present day movie which is quite a difference.

My overall opinion is 10 out of 10 I really think this is the greatest family movie since toy story 1 and 2 and I absolutely without hesitation recommend buying the two disc special you won’t be disappointed no matter what your genre is and it age is not an issue as there is humour for both adults and children.