Larry Daley is a security guard at The Museum of Natural History. He is handed an over-sized flashlight and a dog-eared instruction manual, then left all alone in the eerily quiet, cavernous museum. At his wit's end, Larry must recruit the help of historical heavyweight Teddy Roosevelt just to survive the night. Facing the possibility of losing his job and letting down his son Nick yet again, Larry must wage an incredible battle to save the museum, hoping to become at last the bold, adventurous dad he's always wanted to be. The man who's been forever waiting for his moment of greatness just found it.
5 August 1972, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
12 July 1959, New York City, New York, USA
11 March 1981, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
25 June 1961, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
13 December 1925, West Plains, Missouri, USA
23 September 1920, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
3 July 1987, New York, New York, USA
20 September 1929, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
17 April 1996, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
2 October 1967, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
December 06, 2014
One of the most neutrally adequate blockbusters of the modern age.
January 03, 2007
As mindless spectacle, this is reasonably entertaining.
December 30, 2006
... an aimless and riotous mess.
January 03, 2007
What a dull, nice movie, wrenched from a wild premise and battered into docility.
December 30, 2006
Stiller's continued efforts to court the broadest possible audience has taken the edge off his comedy.
July 28, 2007
...lightweight and inoffensive...
June 25, 2007
. Its narrative is just pitched toward adolescent fantasy and silly, frequently obvious shenanigans to a hearty degree, and with no sort of consistent inner logic the movie tilts toward fleeting entertainment, with no inherent replay value or strongly fel
April 29, 2009
A flat affair, and one I won't have a hard time forgetting.
June 17, 2009
This is a good example of Hollywood commercial calculation that actually pays off with a few entertainment dividends. It all seems very cold and calculated, and yet the film still turns out to be decently entertaining.
June 13, 2007
Not everything on display is sufficiently alive in this museum-set comedy adventure.
January 03, 2007
A film that veers, often without much direction, between a family-friendly comic romp and an attempt to touch our souls with heartfelt emotion.
December 26, 2006
It's just so dopey.
