LoginI sort of enjoyed the previous two movies, they were not great movies but I found them quite cute. I wish I could say the same for this latest instalment, but I can't. It does have its moments, Jason Lee and David Cross are decent and have some entertaining exchanges. The film apart from some slapdash editing does look reasonable with the chipmunks looking serviceable and the scenery beautiful.
Best of all is Theodore, he always was adorable and made you want to cuddle him and here is no exception.
On the other hand, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked feels rather lacklustre this time around. The pop songs was a bonus in both of the previous two movies, here they sound really tired with generic melodies and forgettable lyrics. The vocals themselves are okay, not too annoying considering the tone, but again nothing out of the ordinary. The messages about family ties and responsibilities are important ones but they seem rather forced here.
The script generally was weak, there was very little that was fresh or funny for me apart from the exchanges between Cross and Lee, and there are some lines that have been covered in previous reviews that really don't belong in a family movie. The story like the previous two is predictable, except this time around it is not as charming or exciting.
I didn't care for the characters, excepting cute little Theodore. Zoe the eccentric castaway is more annoying than endearing, and something about Alvin rubbed me up the wrong way, he came across as too much of a jerk in some scenes. The acting/voice work is mixed, I liked Cross, Lee and Jesse McCartney, and Justin Long and Matthew Gray Gubler are alright I guess even with the bad material, but Jenny Slate didn't raise a single smile and the rest ranged from adequate to bland.
All in all, not as tortuously bad as some have said, but it wasn't anything special to me. By all means I understand why some may like it, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. 4/10 Bethany Cox
Thank goodness for Theodore!
Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago on 4 June 2022 06:59
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Please, put a stop to this franchise!
Posted : 10 years, 3 months ago on 1 February 2014 08:39
Honestly, we got crap from 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' and 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel' with help from three to six chipmunks but 'Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked' is worse than either of them
Please, put a stop to this franchise! Please, please make it stop! IT'S ALVIN AND THE !?@& CHIPMUNKS! Here, the three chipmunks and the three chipettes try flying a kite and end up on an island, this flick made up ridiculous spoofs of 'Cast Away', a movie that many kids won't be familiar with, pretty much like 'The Cat In The Hat', it's like an adulteration of 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'
They've always been well animated but sadly they've always been annoying, the second sequel also has an overuse of slow-motion (pretty much like 'Battlefield Earth'), Zoe also says at one point "I'll go and get my balls!", just say "I'll go and get the balls that ripped off the movie 'Cast Away'", I wish we'd lost them instead of Wilson, I would like to remember 'Cast Away's Wilson but not 'Chipwrecked's rip-offs
The worst movie in history, 'Disaster Movie' spoofed the chipmunks when it was just the chipmunks, I should pit Disaster Alvin against Normal Alvin to see which one is more annoying now! It would be hard to tolerate but still, it'd be fun to see which group are more annoying!
Please, put a stop to this franchise! Please, please make it stop! IT'S ALVIN AND THE !?@& CHIPMUNKS! Here, the three chipmunks and the three chipettes try flying a kite and end up on an island, this flick made up ridiculous spoofs of 'Cast Away', a movie that many kids won't be familiar with, pretty much like 'The Cat In The Hat', it's like an adulteration of 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'
They've always been well animated but sadly they've always been annoying, the second sequel also has an overuse of slow-motion (pretty much like 'Battlefield Earth'), Zoe also says at one point "I'll go and get my balls!", just say "I'll go and get the balls that ripped off the movie 'Cast Away'", I wish we'd lost them instead of Wilson, I would like to remember 'Cast Away's Wilson but not 'Chipwrecked's rip-offs
The worst movie in history, 'Disaster Movie' spoofed the chipmunks when it was just the chipmunks, I should pit Disaster Alvin against Normal Alvin to see which one is more annoying now! It would be hard to tolerate but still, it'd be fun to see which group are more annoying!
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A bad movie
Posted : 10 years, 3 months ago on 29 January 2014 09:38
Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since it was on TV, I thought I was as well give it a try. Well, the only thing that this movie proves is that you don’t actually need to make a good movie to have a massive success at the box-office. I mean, I can understand somehow that the first movie was a success but a 2nd sequel?!? Come on, by now, the audience should know better than this. At least, I saw it for free. Honestly, it is rather difficult to find any redeeming features in this piece of garbage. At least, even though it wasn’t better than the previous installments, it wasn’t worse either and I guess that (very) young children might enjoy it. And indeed, the animation is technically pretty good but what an abysmal plot… Basically, Alvin is terribly obnoxious and it makes it terribly difficult to care at all about his adventures and since they are stranded on a desert island, you get these really cringe-inducing jokes about ‘Cast Away’ (as if the kids would understand what the hell it was all about). To conclude, the whole thing is just a terrible waste of time and even you have some children to entertain, just show them anything made by Pixar instead.
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked review
Posted : 12 years, 4 months ago on 28 December 2011 09:52
Even tho I am 44 years old I still love the Chipmunks. They are so adorable how could you not love them. And yes I do know that they are not real.
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