Directed by Shawn Levy, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) fared similarly with critics and audiences as it's predecessor, Night at the Museum... critics were largely unreceptive, but younger folks and family audiences loved it. The setting is shifted from New York to to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., where the exhibits and the cursed Ancient Egyptian tablet from the first film have been moved, bringing new inanimate objects to life at night… including famous works of art like Rodin's "The Thinker", a Degas Dancer, Jeff Koons' sculpture and the Lincoln Memorial. New historical figures appear as well, including Al Capone, Ivan the Terrible, General Custer and Napoleon. Ben Stiller returns as Larry Daley, the security guard set to save the day. Robin Williams returns as Theodore Roosevelt. Amy Adams is witty and beautiful in a scene-stealing performance as Amelia Earhart. Hank Azaria is great as the angry Egyptian out to retrieve the tablet. The supporting cast is good as well, with both old and new faces, including Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson and Christopher Guest.
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| Ricky Gervais and Ben Stiller: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ricky Gervais and Ben Stiller: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Owen Wilson: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Owen Wilson: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| The Tablet: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Hank Azaria and Ben Stiller: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams with Theodore Roosevelt: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Hank Azaria: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Hank Azaria: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams in WWII: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| General Custer: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ivan the Terrible: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams with The Thinker by Rodin: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Putti: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ivan the Terrible, Al Capone and Napoleon: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Napoleon: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Darth Vader and Oscar the Grouch: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams with Degas' Dancer: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Hank Azaria: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| squirrel: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Lincoln Memorial: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Napoleon and Ivan the Terrible: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Lincoln Memorial: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Ben Stiller and Amy Adams: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Hank Azaria: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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| Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
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