Genre: Childrens
Starring: David Cross, Jason Lee, Cameron Richardson, Jane Lynch, Justin Long
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.
An endearing effort that will appeal to under-10s with its slight tale of the three all-talking, all-singing rodents.
Top Critic While sure to secretly entertain the child in all us adults, here’s a flick absolutely guaranteed to entrance the under-10s.
Top Critic 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’.
Top Critic Nippers will love it (it did incredible opening weekend business in the States) but adults may find themselves idly dreaming of gin traps.
Top Critic Is it for kids? Adults? Marsupials? Martians? Who can tell. Jason Lee from My Name Is Earl stars - if that is the word - in this thoroughly brain-dead semi-animated family comedy.
Top Critic It’s the kind of family entertainment that makes you reach for the shotgun.
Top Critic If the idea of three squeaky-voiced squirrels as pop gods makes you shudder, Alvin And The Chipmunks won't make you change your mind - but there's enough spritely mischief in this flawed family comedy to provide some light-hearted fun.
Top Critic The musical numbers are initially appealing – think close harmonies and smart foot stepping to the likes of ‘Funkytown’ – but the novelty is likely to wear thin for adults when the ’munks get kitted out as a street boy band.
Top Critic Fun musical numbers and cartoonish humour give way to a bland sermon about the evils of the music industry.
Top Critic The acting is fine and the Chipmunks are cute but the script is poorly developed and there are very few actual laughs.
With such a thin plot, the CGI here is adequate yet underwhelming, and the same can be said for the gags
Top Critic At least this film, based on classic characters, is bright and energetic, because it's otherwise condescending, corny and utterly unfunny.
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.
The screenwriters capably update the 49-year-old critters for socially relevant times, give or take a little suspension of disbelief.
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.
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.
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