Night at the Museum (2006)

Exhibit Players

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

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To prove himself to his son (Jake Cherry), Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) gets a job as a night guard at the New York Museum of Natural History, where the exhibits come alive at night. Stiller correctly plays straight man to the army of CGI beasties, but also to some of the world's best comics. The trio of Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney and Bill Cobbs alone could carry an entire movie. But we also get the unlikely and amusing team of Owen Wilson (who appears without credit) and Steve Coogan, as well as Ricky Gervais as the museum manager and Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt. Some forced father-son conflicts and other bits of business occasionally drag the movie down, but its snappy, capable delivery eventually wins out. Carla Gugino co-stars.

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Starring: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Jake Cherry, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Kim Raver, Patrick Gallagher, Rami Malek, Charlie Murphy, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson (uncredited), Mizuo Peck, Paul Rudd, Brad Garrett (voice)
Written by: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, based on a book by Milan Trenc
Directed by: Shawn Levy
MPAA Rating: PG for mild action, language and brief rude humor
Running Time: 110 minutes
Date: January 5, 2006