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Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies: This is a family comedy that will entertain the kids and amuse the grown-ups. It's also a rare Hollywood sequel that's better than the original. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Pleasant, innocuous and intermittently thrilling family entertainment. Read more
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: Bloated with visual effects. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Marvel at the movie's cheerful idiocy, which seems definitive -- even though the summer season has just begun -- and at the efficiency with which the filmmakers have dumbed down a dumb premise of proven success. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Battle of the Smithsonian is far from art, but there's plenty of art in it, and for parents seeking a reasonable afternoon's entertainment for the kids, that's recommendation enough. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a more enriching experience, and it features Joan Of Arc as an aerobics instructor. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: It's not a bad movie. Just an unnecessary one. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: It's bigger, noisier, shinier, and dumber, and it has no earthly reason to exist. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, is breezier than the first Museum, at least to me, which means in three years I'll be revising my opinion downward. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: The film offers enough ingenious touches and playful humor that the less-inspired elements hit with a screech. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Battle of the Smithsonian is packed with odd characters, eccentric arguments and ornate special effects, and while it's never transcendently funny enough to be seriously impressive, it is chock full of family-friendly giggles. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: This is what you call a wholesome kiddie movie on drugs. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: It's not so much a movie as a series of running antiquity gags, good for a comedy club, not so much for the multiplex. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Even Ben Stiller looks bored out of his mind. Read more
David Denby, New Yorker: The result is pretty much a free-form traffic jam in which everyone fights everyone else. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: [Levy is] successful enough, in fact, that kids may well pass on their next chance to see a movie -- just so they can visit a real museum, instead. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian seems to go on for several days and nights, though in fact it lasts just 105 minutes. I checked my watch. A lot. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: When this excessive and silly farce works -- roughly half the time -- it's thanks to the comic dynamic created by funny folk who can go riff-to-riff with Stiller. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: A super-size rehash of the original. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Adults have the choice of either admiring the scenery or taking a nap. There's not much else worth doing. Certainly, paying attention to the story is an exercise in futility, but you're welcome to try... Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Watching historical figures enact the cliches identified with the most simplistic versions of their images, I found myself yet once again echoing the frequent cry of Gene Siskel: Why not just give us a documentary of the same actors having lunch? Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Adults who see this movie unaccompanied by a child should sign up pronto for therapy with Gabriel Byrne on In Treatment. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Whatever its flaws may be, it at least refuses to be a stiff, lifeless relic. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The sequel to the big family hit Night at the Museum struggles with a big creative challenge. The sense of wonderment you feel in seeing museum displays magically come to life is not as strong the second time around. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The cheeky attitude and charming effects make it more entertaining than the original, notwithstanding some clumsy humans who almost break the spell. Read more
Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail: Once these creatures do come to life for a second outing, the promise soon evaporates and the clever comedy, built largely on crisscrossing anachronisms and various sly cultural references, is not enough to sustain a romp that is all rather predictable. Read more
Greg Quill, Toronto Star: Azaria pretty much steals the show. Read more
Belinda Luscombe, TIME Magazine: In bringing history, literally, to life, and having as much fun with it as it is computer-graphically possible to have, director Shawn Levy and Reno 911 writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon at least make [Museum] worth noticing. Read more
Lael Loewenstein, Variety: Bigger, longer, and even more chaotically crowded (more stars! more f/x!) than its predecessor, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian proves that adding another ring doesn't make for a better circus. Read more
Michelle Orange, Village Voice: Though it's a little slow to start and some of the humor clunks, the film features a wholesome charm, some truly dazzling effects (the Lincoln Memorial alone is worth it), and enough mild, parent-nip in-jokes to keep all but the stone-hearted happy. Read more
Dan Kois, Washington Post: The museum sparkles, but the movie is awfully dull. Read more