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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Director: Shawn Levy
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
Noisy and poorly plotted, this unnecessary follow-up has former security guard Stiller running around Washington D.C.’s Smithsonian to save his pals, the magically living exhibits from a museum. Educational tidbits are thrown out at regular intervals (Amelia Earhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic, a fact reiterated three times, as if it will appear on a post-film quiz), no doubt to make parents feel like their kids are “learning something.” What the tykes are likely to learn is how to write a sloppy script. Azaria is the only one really having fun, doing a droll Boris Karloff imitation as an evil Egyptian pharaoh.Author: Hank Sartin
Time Out Chicago Issue 222: May 20–26, 2009
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Cast & crew
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Amy Adams
Genre(s): Children's, Comedy
Rated: PG
Duration: 105 mins
US Release: May 29 2009
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