3
PG, 1 hour 30 minutes
Grade: B
In a Nutshell: If you’re a fan of this edutainment franchise,
you’ll enjoy seeing some of your favorite characters again, as well as meeting a few new ones, including a Neanderthal that looks
like Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) and Sir
Lancelot (Dan Stevens from Downton Abbey Season 1-3
).
We get to visit the famous British Museum
while slapsticking our way
through calculated goofy moments and funny lines.
).
We get to visit the famous British Museum
while slapsticking our way
through calculated goofy moments and funny lines.
The door is always open for another sequel, but it also
feels like the dust may settle on this one as an appropriate and fond farewell. There are a few touching moments and enough humorous ones to keep the entire family entertained.
Uplifting Theme:
·
Be careful or the magic might die. (Is that a lesson that the new writers learned
while writing this?)
* Family is who you surround yourself with.
* Enjoy every moment of life.
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Things I liked:
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It was wonderful seeing Robin Williams as Teddy
Roosevelt again. We miss you. Before the credits rolled at the end, the
screen displayed the words “In loving memory of Mickey Rooney and Robin
Williams. Magic never dies.” Sweet.
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I also loved seeing Dick Van Dyke. He’s still got moves!
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Hugh Jackman makes a cameo performance, playing
himself. Ben Stiller's character runs past him and says
“I just want to say, you’re the whole package.”
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The star constellation performance was super cool. "Of course they're special effects! How could they not be special effects?" (Dr. McPhee)
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Capuchin on silks. Ha ha
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I thought the research librarian was
hilarious. “Oo la la.”
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Great aerial views of London. I’m going there next June with the fam!
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Ricky Gervais does a great job playing the
quirky Dr. McPhee. The comedic timing during his awkward moments scene with Larry was fantastic.
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Nick Daley is almost all grown up now. Skyler
Gisondo has natural talent. You might have seen
him in The Amazing Spider-Man
; The Amazing Spider-Man 2
, as well asHalloween
. I'd like to see more of him.
; The Amazing Spider-Man 2
, as well asHalloween
. I'd like to see more of him.
. Rebel Wilson as Tilly the British Museum security guard was hilarious and should have been used more.
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Things I didn’t like:
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Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and Octavius (Steve
Coogan) don’t have the same magical spark they did in the first installment of
this trilogy, but they were still cute.
I would have liked to see more exhibits and characters in the British museum come to life. There were so many more ways the movie could have poked fun at our beloved Britts.
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Funny lines:
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“Who would have ever thought…I’m wax and she’s polyurethane,
but it works.” – Teddy Roosevelt
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“Summon the apparatus!” – Octavius
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“I don’t know what’s come over me, but I like
it.” – Jedediah
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“You’ll rue the day you mocked us with your hypnotic
blue eyes.” – Octavius
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“Keep the scrunchies.” - Tilly
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“You can’t catch light. It’s as evasive as human happiness.” - Jedediah as he watches YouTube videos of
kittens chase a flashlight.
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“My boyfriend says he doesn’t like the way I do
my hair. He says it looks like a golden
poo.” – Tilly
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“With their size, they’ll bake like tiny, little
scarabs in the Egyptian desert. Too
dark?” – Rami Malek
Interesting things:
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The investor guy with glasses in the beginning of the movie
looked like the bad guy in Indiana Jones' Raiders of the Lost Ark. He says “I can’t help but
feeling we’re making a terrible mistake.” The Indiana Jones character in this movie then says “We’re not making a mistake; we’re making
history.”
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You don’t need to stay until the end of the
credits. There are a few clips of the
crew dancing, but nothing else shows once the credits begin rolling.
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Tips for Parents:
· Octavius makes several odd homosexual innuendos about Sir Lancelot.
In case you missed the first 2 installments, check them out here for cheap!
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