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Ben Stiller wrestles with extinct beasts, historical figures, and meddling monkeys in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, the sequel to the popular 2006 special-effects extravaganza. This time, the ancient Egyptian tablet (the one that brings all the exhibits at New York's Museum of Natural History to life at night) is being shipped off to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.--which, as the movie diligently tells us, is the largest museum in the world. Naturally, former museum guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) heads down to rescue it (and, by extension, keep his magical museum friends alive). He ends up fighting with a nasty pharaoh who talks like Boris Karloff (Hank Azaria, The Simpsons) and falling in love with Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams, Enchanted). All the old gang are along for the ride, including Dexter the monkey; much face-slapping and special effects ensue. There aren't many surprises, but Battle of the Smithsonian is cheerful enough to entertain everyone who enjoyed the first movie. Extras include commentaries by the director and the writers, the usual self-congratulatory making-of featurette, deleted scenes that are actually as good as the rest of the movie, an alternate ending, and an entirely pointless second disc about Crystal, the capuchin monkey who plays Dexter (the monkey disc has less than a half-hour of material, including two mediocre games). The great supporting cast from the first movie returns, including Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, and Robin Williams. --Bret Fetzer

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Based on the original characters created by Robert Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon.

Special features: audio commentaries by director and writers; behind the scenes documentary.

Director of photography, John Schwartzman ; editors, Dean Zimmerman, Don Zimmerman ; music, Alan Silvestri.

Jonah Hill, Robin Williams, Steve Coogan, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson.

When the Museum of Natural History is closed for renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Smithsonian Institution. It houses the world's largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections. These range from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby slippers. From Fonzie's leather jacket to Archie Bunker's lounge chair. After stealing a security guard's ID badge, Larry Daley slips into the Archives of the Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah, an evil Pharaoh, comes to life with the reestablishing of The Tablet as a magical force in the museum. It brings the old exhibits and new exhibits to life, and in conflict with each other. Larry enlists the help of Amelia Earheart.

"...has plenty of life. But it's Adams who gives it zing."--Entertainment Weekly

"Takes a great idea - what if the inhabitants of a museum came to life at night? - and milks it for every drop of fun it's worth."--Baltimore Sun

"Pleasant, innocuous and intermittently thrilling family entertainment."--New York Times

MPAA rating: PG; for mild action and brief language.

Feature film: DVD, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby surround.

English, French, Spanish audio; English, French, Spanish subtitles.

Feature film: English (Dolby 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby surround) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby surround) dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

There are way too many scratches on the back-I tried to cancel this order 10 minutes after I ordered it BUT apparently gohastings does NOT check their mail so it's buyer beware....on a positive note, I have done business with them in the past with no problems but THIS time, am extremely UNhappy with them! <br />BTW-I also ordered Whip it dvd and it also has scratches on the back. I have yet to watch either movie but should they not play right, I will def sent them back to gohastings.

It was a pretty good movie, but actor ben stiller and amy adams kiss in it like twice. pretty good, you should see the first one before it though. u can maybe rent it at your library, if you are unsure about it.

Tried to play this blu-ray on three PC's and would not play. Hung system. Worked on standalone player

The premise of the film is fine and the CGI is incredible. Problems 1- Too many characters. We know the characters from the first movie. To include all of them was unnecessary. <br />2- I think what annoyed me most was that based on the premise it could have been a LOT SMARTER! At least SOME of the humor should have been based on them The context of their historical profile could have been used as a subtext for a second layer of humor with plenty of dialogue left over for all the goofy jokes and the kid humor. For example - have Catherine The Great walking through the museum and come upon a copy of The Enquirer. The cover story would be about Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears and their latest exploits. All she would have had to do was raise an eyebrow, smile and nod. <br />If you get the joke, then you're probably as disappointed about this film as I was. Al Capone alone could have been used to great comic extent, for example if one of the cherubs from the fountain would have been identified as St. Valentine, Capone might have done a suspicious double take. <br />Whatever, it was only a library rental. <br />

Oh my! What a funny movie. I think this may have even been funnier than the first movie. Probably at least every five minutes I found myself laughing out loud to the antics by all the wonderful characters on the screen. <br /> <br />Since we last left him, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) has become a well known inventor and has quit his job as night guard at the museum. However, he finds himself visiting his old friends and misses them despite his fame and fortune. He hasn't visited in a few months when he does and finds that all his favorite characters are being shipped to a storage beneath the Smithsonian museum. Things should be ok, but that one sneaky monkey steals the magical tablet and brings the Smithsonian to life. <br /> <br />Pharoah Kamunrah (Hank Azaria) wants the tablet for his own. He is jealous it was given to his little brother and enlists the help of several notorious figures in history to help him get it from Larry who has come to help his friends. He must find a way to save the other museum fixtures and rescue the golden tablet before it is too late. Along to help him is pretty Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) who wants one last adventure. <br /> <br />I think the choice of characters for this movie was done well. I'm really not a big fan of Amy Adams, but since her character is so outrageous in this film anyway, it didn't really make a difference to me. Ben Stiller was as funny as ever and I especially enjoyed Hank Azaria's role as the Pharaoh as well. The rest of the cast returned as the same characters and it was nice to see that they were able to keep that consistency. Amy Adams as Amelia manages to make quite a pest of herself and yet still help Larry at the same time as they run around searching for answers. She also develops a romantic interest in him which was pretty funny to see as he is real and she is well, not. <br /> <br />While there wasn't a very exciting plot to this movie (lets face it, it takes place in one night and involves museum characters coming to life) it was a very adorable and funny movie. I think for movies like this plot can take a back seat to the acting and just the general goofiness and fun the movie creates. It provides a great outlet for not being very serious. My one complaint was that the movie seemed awfully fast paced. There was not a lot of time to slow down and get a sense of everything that was happening. <br /> <br />The humor in this movie varied. There was a lot of slap stick (the monkeys and their penchant for slapping), some parody (boy group singing stone angels anyone?), and just numerous instances where history was used to make fun of something or provide a base for a joke as they were now thrust into the regular modern world. As noted before I was laughing out loud at least every five minutes and laughing internally throughout most of the movie. I'm happy to say there were no groan moments either like when someone makes a really bad pun. <br /> <br />I can't say much about the music in the movie. I didn't really pay attention and it wasn't anything special to make me take notice. The special effects on the other hand were outstanding. I especially love how Larry and Amelia interacted with the paintings and some of the notable artwork coming to life. It was definitely very well done and realistic for the most part. <br /> <br />Overall I'd say this is a great movie for kids or even for a nice Saturday night movie. I'll definitely watch it again.