Night At The Museum (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Watching Dick Van Dyke dancing off the junk in his trunk
Disadvantages: None for me

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM FILM ONLY REVIEW Night of the Museum is a 2006 film that was adapted from the 1993 children's book by Milan Trenc of the same name. When I saw the line up Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson and even old timers Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney, I just knew that this was a film I wanted to watch. Night at the Museum opens with sad sack Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) about to ... Read review

Advantages: Slapstick comedy, great visual effects, enjoyable film
Disadvantages: Basic plotline, mainly aimed at children

...to replace the three old night guards (headed up by Dick Van Dyke) with one younger one. Larry thinks the job will be a breeze and ignores the list of instructions the guards give him and the advice not to let anything in or out of the museum and settles down for an easy night. However the one thing the guards forgot to tell him was that at night everything in the museum comes to life. In a museum of dinosaurs, wild animals, cowboys, soldiers, ... Read review

Advantages: Good ensemble cast, action-packed, easy humour
Disadvantages: Nothing really new

...available to him as a night guard at New York’s Museum of Natural History after downsizing sees Cecil, Gus and Reggie (Van Dyke, Rooney and Cobbs) made redundant in preference to one younger guard. It isn’t until Larry’s first night on duty that he discovers he is in for much more than he originally signed up for. But will he be able to keep control of the lively museum that comes to life at night thanks to an ancient curse? Will he be able to ... Read review

Advantages: A good feel good family film, A lot of good, comedy actors
Disadvantages: A little bit cliched

...resort is to become the night security guard at the Museum of Natural History. His son (Jake Cherry) thinks he is a total loser but Larry is determined to prove him wrong. During his first night in the museum thinks take a strange turn and due to an ancient curse all the exhibits become alive. He struggles to deal with the events of the evening but decides to keep trying. Till one night he takes his son to work and the old Museum security guards break ... Read review

Advantages: Great family fun
Disadvantages: Plot a little chessy

I saw Night at the Museum when it was first released on DVD and along with the rest of my family really, really enjoyed it. It was something new and different and a real pleasure to watch. So when my brother got the DVD for Christmas we were all quite happy to sit down and watch it again and I must say that the film was just as enjoyable the second time around. Night at the Museum was released in 2006 and directed by Shawn Levy. It stars Ben Stiller ... Read review

Advantages: Some decent effects.
Disadvantages: Poor direction, by-the-numbers writing and phoned-in performances.

...applies for the position of night watchman at New York's Museum of Natural History. But nothing prepares him for the fact that after sundown, everything in the museum comes to life. Soon Larry's having to deal with rivalries between Romans and cowboys, dummies that keep re-enacting the American Civil War, a mischievous capuchin monkey and a T-Rex that knows why it's at the top of the food chain. But with only a waxwork of US President Teddy Roosevelt ... Read review

Advantages: Great comedy and pure entertainment
Disadvantages: a little slow to begin.. but not for long though.

...its mystical effects on a night watchman. **BRIEF PLOT** In New York city's Museum of Natural History Lawrence 'Larry' Daley, (played by Ben Stiller) begins a job as a night watchman, mainly to gain the respect of his son Nick, (played by Jake Cherry). Larry has had many dead end jobs in the passed, failing at all he tries, and is so terrified that Nick will prefer spending time with his future step father Don, (played by Paul Rudd), a high ... Read review

Advantages: Entertaining
Disadvantages: Childish (but what else would you expect?)

...get a job as a night security officer in the Museum of Natural History. On his first night in the job, he is horrified when the museum exhibits come alive, from the huge dinsosaur skeleton to the tiny toy soldiers. The statue of Theodore Roosevelt explains that ever since an Egyptian tablet was brought into the museum, the artefacts have come to life at night, unbeknownst to all but the security guards. Reluctant to give up the job and disappoint ... Read review

Advantages: Lots of great actors, lots of laughs, a great family film
Disadvantages: Not as funny as the second film

...he scores a job as night guard in the Natural History Museum in New York City, his son thinks it is the coolest job in the world. But there's a surprise in store for Larry - at night the museum comes to life, due to an ancient curse that is held in a golden tablet, belonging to the Egyptian king, Ankmenrah. The only thing Larry has to do is ensure that nothing gets out of the museum as, when the sun rises, if anything is outside they will turn to ... Read review

Advantages: Good cast , good effects , okay plot
Disadvantages: Boring at times , did not work for me

.... We borrowed the DVD of Night at the Museum from our friendly neighbours . We often swap DVD's between each other and have seen some crackers . As they have small children we sometimes find the films are really childrens films but still great and highly enjoyable . So when we took this film we were looking forward to it . I had read a little about the story and film wheras Hubby knew nothing about it . Looking at the outer cover with it's picture ... Read review

Advantages: Good actors, something for all the family, fun storyline
Disadvantages: not exactly entirely factually correct (regarding the exhibits, so I hear)

...Natural History Museum as a night watchman. Sounds like nothing exciting? you'd be wrong, as its during his first night on the job that he makes a rather larger than life discovery... that being that all the exhibitions suddenly come to life at night and unfortunately for poor Larry, its up to him to keep them all contained in the museum or, if they end up outside the museum when the sun rises the next day, they'll disintegrate. All he has to help ... Read review

Advantages: some funny bits, unusual plot
Disadvantages: predictable

...position is to be a night guard. He is quickly shown around by the previous guards after he gets the job and they give him the strange advice to not let anything in or out of the museum but they don't explain why they have said this, Larry soon finds out why. After a few hours of entertaining himself talking on the mic he soon noticed the T-Rex missing and next thing he knows he is being chased by the skeleton down the corridor. Before he knows ... Read review