Night at The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian World Film Premiere, London
Night at The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, or as we call it Night at the Museum 2, an adventure comedy, world premiered last night in Leicester Square, London and there was a moderate turnout for this one. The film stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Rami Malek, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Ricky Gervais, Christopher Guest and Steve Coogan.
A severe lack of female cast present at the event, which means the star of the show and headline goes to the red carpet sensation Gemma Atkinson pictured below. Casual, Black simple and curvy we are calling this look.
The Guest List:
Other names included Amara Karan, Anthony Costa, Ben Stiller, Gemma Atkinson, Hank Azaria, India de Beaufort, Jane Fallon, Liz Fuller, Ricky Gervais and VV Brown
Male Brit Celeb wise the presence of Ricky Gervais at this event pulled in the crowds and adds a bit of clout to the film of which more details below.
Plot
When the Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Washington Museums. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s (Jon Bernthal) rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby slippers, Fonzie’s jacket from Happy Days, the still from M*A*S*H and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair from All in the Family. With a forwarded resume, Larry (Ben Stiller) becomes another caretaker at the Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah, an evil Pharaoh will come to life with the reestablishing of a tablet as a magical force in the museum bringing the old exhibits (Such as Theodore Roosevelt and Dexter) and new exhibits (like General Custer and Al Capone) back to life, and in conflict with each other. Larry enlists the help of Amelia Earheart, who he develops a romantic interest in, and together they try to put everything back in order.
Information Courtesy Wikipedia
The Verdict:
Ben Stiller we would say dominates in this film and with Robin Williams, Steve Coogan and Rick Gervais thrown into the mix, this on paper should be one hilarious experience having you rolling around in the aisles and laughing for weeks afterwards. Amy Adams plays the attractive love interest as Amelia Earhart and she performs well. From the plot it does indeed sound funny and it is funny in a silly sort of way in places, but it falls short in most areas that we grade on a film, firmly below neutral across the board unfortunately.
Putting 4 strong comedians/actors into this sort of film can result in overkill in an already chaotic museum plot scenario, and dilutes the presence of each one respectively which is the major drawback of this film and it does start to get “comedy actor” crowded, sometimes you can have too much of a good thing and it seems to be the case here. Otherwise if you are in the mood for some turn your brain of silliness and hilarity with Raiders of the Lost Ark special effects which we have to say are pretty good, this will be your thing.
Those looking for high brow comedy and acting, probably best look elsewhere. The period comedy drama “Easy Virtue” starring Jessica Biel would probably push the right buttons with its “stiff upper lip” humour, if you are that type of audience. The “Night at the Musuem 2″ we can’t rate any higher than a Rating of 2 stars out 5 but recommended for a bit of light entertainment viewing nonetheless! Box office wise …………… could do quite well!
This film is scheduled for release on May 22nd
Red Carpet Best Of
VV Brown
India De Beaufort
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