The museum wonderful night show I must admit, the idea behind Night at the Museum is very clever.At night at the natural history museum in New York the exhibits come to life and wreak havoc thanks to a mummy\'s curse.It\'s up to the new night security guard Larry (Ben Stiller) to keep the chaos from spilling out into the streets of New York and keep the exhibits from perishing in the light of day.Larry is left this task after three longtime night guards, played by legends Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney and Bill Cobbs, are let go.Let\'s just say they are a little bitter about being let go.They are kind enough to leave Larry an instruction manual but when Larry gets cocky, thinking he knows how to handle this situation, things go from weird to worse.Larry would not have taken this job but his ex-wife Erica (Kim Raver) threatened to take away his son Nick (Jake Cherry) if he didn\'t find a steady job and place to live.No points for gueing that Nick will get in on the museum madne.You also get no points that the pretty museum tour guide, played by Spy Kids star Carla Gugino, will become Larry\'s love interest.The best part of Night at the Museum is Robin Williams as President Teddy Roosevelt.Coming to life nightly to ride his horse throughout the museum, Williams\' Mr.President is the most helpful of the museum exhibits and of course when it comes to delivering the moral of the story who better than a former President.Of course, Williams can\'t help but ham it up a little, but you expect that from Robin Williams.Ben Stilller seems at a lo to keep up with the goofy CGI madne of Night at the Museum.Rushed through the exposition, his character is enetially a deadbeat who nearly loses his kid because he\'s so lazy.Not exactly a winning character.Once inside the museum, Stiller\'s Larry vacillates from coward to cocky but mostly just runs around confused and angry.Director Shawn Levy and writers Garant and Lennon hit all of the typical family movie beats, a leon learned, bathroom humor and a monkey.They also to in a couple action movie cliches for good measure including a chase scene involving an ancient stage coach and a miniature SUV.Trust me, my description reads far more interesting than the actual scene.
