Filled with cheap slapstick, annoying high-pitched singing, and a variety of fart gags, all of which amused my daughter but not me.
4 CommentsNov 19, 2008
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
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Reviews Counted:104
Fresh:28
Rotten:76
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Though cutely rendered, Alvin and the Chipmunks suffers from bland potty humor and a rehashed kids' movie formula.
Theatrical Release: Dec 14, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $217.2M
Synopsis: In a tree farm, three musically inclined chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, find their tree cut down and sent to Los Angeles. Once there, they meet... [More]
Starring: Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson, Jane Lynch
Director: Tim Hill
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REVIEWS FOR ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS
Colourful but uninspired.
Oct 18, 2008
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Oct 18, 2008
It has its fun moments, especially when those little guys sing "Funky Town."
Oct 1, 2008
This new movie nicely updates the chipmunks into the realm of CGI animation and seamlessly places them in the real world.
Jun 20, 2008
They’re baaaaack.
May 18, 2008
There is a chance I have simply outgrown Alvin, Simon and Theodore. But I can still recognize a quality film and this isn't it.
Mar 4, 2008
The screenwriters capably update the 49-year-old critters for socially relevant times, give or take a little suspension of disbelief.
Feb 29, 2008
OK!!! Here I sit - and I'm not kidding about this - typing away and listening to a song that could be one of the first bits of music I ever heard.
Feb 9, 2008
A lot like candy, sweet and pleasing, but ultimately disposable and empty...
Feb 3, 2008
This curdled live action–computer animation combo seems phoned-in in every respect...
Jan 18, 2008
When Dave achieves such relative maturity, Claire likes him again, ensuring that you know he's appropriately heterosexual. What she thinks of mothering little furry creatures doesn't come up.
Jan 17, 2008
Nem mesmo o visual engraçadinho dos esquilos e a ironia de David Cross conseguem trazer charme a um roteiro óbvio e sem graça, à atuação sem vida de Jason Lee e à direção frouxa de Hill.
Jan 6, 2008
...has clearly been geared exclusively towards younger viewers (indiscriminating, undemanding younger viewers at that).
Jan 3, 2008
Who decided 'Witch Doctor' - with its nonsense lyric 'Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla, bing-bang' - needed a hip-hop update?
Dec 24, 2007
It's one of those movies where the wretched actors have to pretend to know what's going on as the CG effects take place beside and around them. They do their best. But it's Alvin and co that toddlers will appreciate.
Dec 21, 2007
An endearing effort that will appeal to under-10s with its slight tale of the three all-talking, all-singing rodents.
Dec 21, 2007
Kids will be nuts about this chipmunk movie.
Dec 21, 2007
While sure to secretly entertain the child in all us adults, here’s a flick absolutely guaranteed to entrance the under-10s.
Dec 21, 2007
Trite family values, mediocre CGI and a shallow anti-exploitation message do little to fill the fun-gap. Still, hard to deny the buck-toothed buggers their one moment of glory: an a cappella take on ‘Funkytown’.
Dec 21, 2007
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