Alvin and the Chipmunks
6,352
Comedy. Animation. Musical
Based on the 1980s cartoon series about a music group of chipmunks comprised of mischievous group leader Alvin; tall and quiet Simon; and chubby, impressionable Theodore. Songwriter Dave Seville transforms singing chipmunks Alvin, Simon, and Theodore into pop sensations while the out-of-control trio lays waste to Dave's home, wreaks havoc with his career, and turns his once-orderly life upside down.
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United States | rogerebert.com | "[It] is about as good as a movie with these characters can probably be, and I am well aware that I am the wrong audience for this movie (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" | NEU |
United Kingdom | Empire | "Fun musical numbers and cartoonish humour give way to a bland sermon about the evils of the music industry (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)" | NEU |
United States | Variety | "A harmless and frequently humorous trifle." | POS |
United States | AV Club | "There's just not enough here for a movie. It's almost as if some ideas were meant to live for three and a half minutes each Christmas season, not to get stretched to the breaking point for 50 years." | NEG |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "Unfortunately, as rendered here by the average-looking CGI effects, the characters are underwhelming in their appeal, lacking the charm of their previous animated incarnations." | NEU |
United States | New York Daily News | "If karma exists, Alvin and the Chipmunks must be Lee's punishment for appearing in the likes of 'Jersey Girl.'" | NEG |
United States | New York Post | "This partially animated, charm-free atrocity is awful enough to instantly cure any remaining nostalgia for the rodent trio" | NEG |
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