Cats in the Museum 2 (2026): is it suitable for your child?

Story

Vincent (voice of Jordan Worsley) and his partner, Cleopatra (voice of Maria Smakhtina), have settled into life at the Hermitage and are now raising playful kittens Mona (voice of Georgie Constantina) and Leo (voice of Stepan Letkovsky). Meanwhile, Vincent’s old friend Maurice (voice of Stephen Krisel) feels sidelined and unappreciated, so he starts searching for new adventures.

When an accident at the museum reveals a hidden chamber and Maurice finds an ancient papyrus scroll, they all set off for Egypt to find the second half of a lost key. This key leads to a lamp belonging to a legendary genie, who has spent centuries trapped beneath the temple of Luxor.

Once in Egypt, Vincent, Maurice, Cleopatra, their kittens and friends must solve ancient riddles and navigate booby-trapped chambers, while dealing with questionable allies and unexpected adversaries. At the same time, they uncover clues that reveal not only the history of the museum’s Egyptian exhibits. They also discover where real treasure truly lies.

Themes

Greed; selfishness; unhealthy competition; deceitfulness

Violence

Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt has some violence. For example:

Maurice is caught by his tail and strung upside down. He falls into a gramophone.
During a scuffle, furniture is overturned and cabinets fall down in a domino-like effect. One cabinet falls on top of Cleopatra and Vincent.
A rogue sewer hole cover chases Mona, Leo and Maurice. The cover rolls through a sewer and smashes into a wall, narrowly missing the trio.
Maurice chases the kittens while diners on a boat are knocked over in the chaos.
Maurice shoots a bottle top at the balloons the kittens are using to escape. The balloons burst, and the kittens fall into traffic.
A car nearly hits the kittens, and a truck nearly runs over them.
Maurice falls into a trolley. A truck hits the trolley, and Maurice flies out but he’s unharmed.
There are many near misses when Vincent, Cleopatra and the kittens drive a car and try to evade police.
Maurice throws a rock at a seagull, hitting it in the head and causing it to fly into a pole.
A cat is knocked on the head and falls into a bucket.
A cleaner threatens Maurice and then sucks him into his vacuum.
There are numerous scenes that show characters fighting over a necklace. They pull, grab and break things in the process.
A cat threatens to eat Maurice and his friend, saying, ‘I will eat you down to your whiskers’.
As seagulls approach Maurice, intent on eating him, another mouse blasts them with a water gun.
The kittens are nearly killed by flying daggers from a booby trap.
A boulder, from another booby trap, nearly crushes Leo and Mona.
A cat sets a trap using armed soldier statues in an ancient crypt to attack Vincent, Cleopatra, Maurice and the kittens. Arrows fly at them, and then they’re locked in a sarcophagus.
A cat is nearly stabbed with a sword.
A cat kicks Maurice. He flies through the air and ricochets off various items around a burial chamber.

Sexual references

There are no sexual references in Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt shows some use of substances. For example:

A waiter balances what looks like beer bottles on a tray.
People in a restaurant drink at their tables.

Nudity and sexual activity

There’s no nudity or sexual activity in Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt.

Product placement

There’s no product placement in Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt.

Coarse language

Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt has some coarse language, insults and name-calling. This includes ‘stupid’, ‘brats’, ‘pests’, ‘fools’, ‘wet nag’, ‘ginger fuzz ball’, ‘wimp’, ‘delinquents’, ‘nasty, gluttonous, flying beggars’, ‘You have mouse droppings for brains’ and ‘good for nothing zero’.

Ideas to discuss with your children

Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt is a family adventure about bravery, friendship and the importance of preserving history. It highlights one of the greatest archaeological countries of all time. Set 2 years after Cats in the Museum (2023), the movie features the original characters as well as many new ones, along with bright animations.

Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt is best suited to families with children aged over 6 years.

These are the main messages from Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt:

You have the power to make your own wishes come true.
You don’t have to travel to find adventure.
You might already have most of what you need – you just might need help to see it.

Values in Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt that you could reinforce with your children include courage, teamwork, kindness, curiosity and friendship.

Cats in the Museum 2: Treasures of Egypt could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the real-life consequences of things like:

putting your own wishes before those of everyone else
refusing to cooperate or work together
tricking or lying to others to get what you want
being greedy and forgetting the value of friendship.