Doubtfire', 'Jumanji') and managed to elicit guffaws from the dry, preachy material.

In the 1990's, Robin Williams specialized in these types of films (e.g. Unfortunately for me as a viewer, I was subjected to nearly two hours of his awful mugging and wooden one-liners. Unfortunately for him, he's not very good at either of these duties. Due to an ancient Egyptian talisman on display at the museum, all the exhibits come to life after closing time, and he must make sure they don't make a mess or leave the museum before dawn. The premise of the film-taken from a children's book by Milan Trenc-is that Ben Stiller is a divorced dad who takes a job as the new night watchman at the New York Museum of Natural History in order to prove to his son that he isn't an unemployable loser. But there is only one actor with any significant screen time who is allowed to let loose with his performance, and that is Ben Stiller: an unfunny guy whose reputation is built on the backs of funny co-stars such as Cameron Diaz, Andy Dick, Janeane Garafalo, and his father Jerry Stiller. One would think that in a film with Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams and Owen Wilson would be filled to the brim with great comedic performances. I went to see 'Night at the Museum' not hoping for a masterpiece, but expecting to be entertained.

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