Museum
Film poster
Directed by	Alonso Ruizpalacios
Written by	Manuel Alcalá Alonso Ruizpalacios
Produced by	Manuel Alcalá Ramiro Ruiz Gerardo Gatica Alonso Ruizpalacios
Starring	Gael García Bernal Leonardo Ortizgris
Cinematography	Damián García
Edited by	Yibrán Asuad
Music by	Tomás Barreiro
Distributed by	YouTube Premium
Release dates	22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) (Berlin) 23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) (Mexico)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Museum (Spanish: Museo) is a 2018 Mexican drama heist film directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios, and produced and written by Ruizpalacios and Manuel Alcalá. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival^[1][2] where it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay.^[3]

Plot

Two veterinary students, Juan Núñez (Gael García Bernal) and Benjamín Wilson (Leonardo Ortizgris), plan on robbing the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City and stealing precious Mayan, Mixtec, and Zapotec artifacts. While everyone celebrates Christmas in 1985, the two thieves manage to break inside the museum and steal hundreds of pieces of artifacts. They return home to see on the news how their deed is described as an attack on the entire nation, and realize that there is no turning back.

Cast

• Gael García Bernal as Juan Núñez
• Leonardo Ortizgris as Benjamin Wilson
• Simon Russell Beale as Frank Graves
• Lynn Gilmartin as Gemma
• Alfredo Castro as Dr. Núñez
• Leticia Brédice as Sherezada

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 58 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Museum (Museo) approaches familiar genre territory from a refreshing new perspective that's as exciting visually as it is narratively."^[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".^[5]