![]() ![]() But that is only the start of his adventures.Īs you would expect from a film with such a big name cast, there is some really good acting: apart from Stiller, Gervais, van Dyke, and Williams, there are excellent performances from Steeve Coogan as Octavius, the leader of the legion of tiny roman soldiers, and Owen Wilson in an uncredited performance as "Jedidiah," the leader of the tiny cowboys. Larry needs the help of the statue of President Teddy Rosevelt (Robin Williams) to settle everything down. Within a few minutes, all the museum exhibits have likewise come to life - from tiny diorama figures of Incas, Roman legions, and wild west cowboys, through lions, monkeys and woolly mammoths to the mummy of an egyptian pharoah and the giant statues which guard him. Anyway, all three of them, and Dick van Dyke in particular, prove that their sense of fun and comic talent is very much alive.Ī few minutes after everyone else has left the building, leaving Larry alone on his first night at the museum, he finds to his horror that the skeleton of a T-Rex comes alive and chases him. I hadn't seen Dick van Dyke or Mickey Rooney in any film made in the past thirty years and didn't realise they were still working - I have now been told van Dyke is a regular on daytime TV in shows like "Doctors". They are played respectively by Dick van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, and Bill Cobbs. And the team of three elderly security guards from whom Larry is to take over just seem very strange. The friendly and helpful receptionist, Rebecca, played by Carla Gugino, is a much more pleasant person to have as a colleague. ![]() The director is the boss from hell, played by Ricky Gervais, portraying possibly an even worse person to work for than his character from "The office," David Brent. The staff at the museum are a very mixed bunch. Desperate to get some stability in his life so that his son can be proud of him, Larry gets the one job available - as night security guard at the city museum. Loosely based on the book by Milan Trenc, this film tells the story of kind-hearted but unsuccessful inventor Larry Daley (played by Ben Stiller.) Larry's ex-wife is concerned that Larry's lack of success is having a negative effect on their son Nick (Jake Cherry). There are not many films which my children love and which also have enough in them to keep adults amused that we can watch them as a family without boring Mum and Dad. ![]()
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