Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 2014

Sara Stewart, New York Post: More meh than manic, too reliant on wide shots of the ragtag Museum of Natural History cohorts striding down corridors. Read more

Soren Anderson, Seattle Times: What is unexpected is the depth of emotion of many of the situations ... Read more

Scott Foundas, Variety: An altogether satisfying end to a series that has been vastly more entertaining than it had any reason to be. Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: Frankly, there isn't a whole lot about this scenario that isn't disturbing on some level. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" is a rather lackluster affair, a cash grab that tries to aim a little higher but confuses sappy shortcuts with real emotion. Read more

Tom Russo, Boston Globe: Assuming Wilson isn't being eyed as Stiller's replacement (or are we starting rumors?), it's satisfying to see this series ultimately shake off the relic dust and bow out with energy. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Ben Stiller, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais -- all of them were considered edgy when they first arrived on the scene, but for some performers an edge is just something you use to pry open the piggy bank. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: It's a hectic pileup, this movie, but at least in its final laps it takes the time to say its goodbyes more or less properly. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: There are some key elements that make this "Night at the Museum" sequel work better than its predecessor. Read more

Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly: It's kind of fun, unembarrassingly, and not least of all because the people who made it look like they had a good time doing so. Read more

Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter: Time to hang up the "Closed for Renovation" sign. Read more

Tony Hicks, San Jose Mercury News: Levy -- who directed all three movies -- just couldn't muster up enough freshness to make this installment stand out from others. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Williams glows briefly in one of his final roles, but the overall magic feels dim. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: The exhibits in this "Night at the Museum" may still come to life nightly. But their latest movie stays stubbornly inert. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: There's a serenity to museum visits, especially if it's a place you know and love. "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb," amazingly, recaptures that feeling in big-studio franchise form. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: A diverting and, here and there, rather funny journey for the museum stalwart Larry and his menagerie of Teddy Roosevelt, a miniature Roman general, a Neanderthal, a capuchin monkey and others. Read more

Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press: In the end, "Secret of the Tomb" certainly wasn't necessary, but its earnest goofiness is hard to resist. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Like many a sequel that has exhausted its plot possibilities, Secret of the Tomb looks abroad to add color and culture. Read more

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: Mainly for "Night at the Museum" diehards. Read more

Kristin Tillotson, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Ben Stiller and crew go for the easy laughs, spackling the cracks in their armor with a cavalcade of marquee-name cameos and one dizzying action scene after another. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Granted, this series is primarily for kids, but nobody should feel dumber after watching a movie with "museum" in the title. Read more

John Semley, Globe and Mail: Funny, charming kiddie-flick fare. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Let the dust finally settle on these museum pieces. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Because when young children go to see a movie about dinosaur skeletons and a capuchin monkey who come alive at night in a museum, what they really want is to hear a divorced dad nagging his teen son about the value of an education. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: The most worthy figure from British history the writers can think to reincarnate is - wait for it - Sir Lancelot. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: Where the previous films felt frenetic and forced, this outing feels breezier, more enjoyable and less contrived. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: The third installment, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb may be the best, and even the generally wound-too-tight Ben Stiller - once again playing a bemused Museum of Natural History guard - is easy to tolerate. Read more

Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: It's all dumb, but fun. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Other than some stock establishing shots of London, the British setting is wasted, as are Ben Kingsley and Ricky Gervais, who, at times, seem almost embarrassed to be caught on camera. Read more