★ 8 / 10
The usually worst-rated movie of the franchise...and my
RealZero
The usually worst-rated movie of the franchise...and my personal favorite. The movie starts off with a cruise trip that allows for several gags and silly ideas…
The usually worst-rated movie of the franchise...and my personal favorite.
The movie starts off with a cruise trip that allows for several gags and silly ideas and then, once things start to go south, changes to a family-friendly island survival adventure.
And I have to say, I love it!
First off, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes, introduced in the previous movie, are a really well-fitting team.
While the boys represent their usual personalities and quirks at first, the Chipettes get the time to actually develop more of the personalities you might know from the cartoons:
Brittany as the little "star" that values her look and plans, Jeanette as the timid and smart but also most-adult one and Eleanor as the emotional one.
These things develop quite well and each of the Chipettes is a great counterpart to the corresponding boy, and it's really nice to have all six of them:
Alvin's and Brittany's arguing, Simon's and Jeanette's shy and cute behavior while trying to guide their siblings, and Theodor and Eleanor as the emotional siblings, with Eleanor doing well to be the emotional part that Theodor was in the second movie.
And then, once the survival aspect comes into play, especially Alvin and Simon both get a big chance for character development, learning more about themselves, and in the end taking some of the learned things with them.
All the while it contains adventure elements, treasure hunts and lots of cuteness and dancing.
Like with the movies before, many moments where characters can learn about themselves, responsibility, family and love.
Some cute little surprises, well-animated dances and lovely character interaction.
And contrary to the second movie, even the human actors have more important roles again that don't feel totally out of place.
I really enjoyed it!
Also, I ship Simon and Jeanette, they're lovely!
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★ 8 / 10
This one has to be m favorite out
Andre Gonzales
This one has to be m favorite out of the series. I was cracking up. Especially when they are on the island. That's when it's the funniest.
This one has to be m favorite out of the series. I was cracking up. Especially when they are on the island. That's when it's the funniest.
★ 4 / 10
Better than The Squeakquel...
Racetrip
To begin with, the G rating is all wrong - this is a PG movie, but obviously and attempt to lower the G movie standards as they did with PG movies 20 years…
To begin with, the G rating is all wrong - this is a PG movie, but obviously and attempt to lower the G movie standards as they did with PG movies 20 years ago. I originally gave this movie 3 stars, but changed it to 4 just because I actually like those little furry guys - it's not really their fault that the writers, producers and directors made a couple of BIG mistakes during this movie. In a G movies there IS NOT supposed to be suggestive remarks or anything below the belt of ANY kind and there was three of those: #1 Dave gets hot coffee spilled on his crotch. #2 Alvis shouts "My acorns!" #3 Zoe says "I just gotta wrap up my balls." As mentioned in another review - Zoe is the worst character and a mental case rip off from Cast away... they really blew it there, but she can dance! As also pointed out in another review - too MUCH singing with those squeaky high voices and in the wrong places. All in all the movie is okay, a bit corny and nothing I would buy on DVD. The first Alvin and the Chipmunks was original and they actually but some thought into the script, after that it went downhill with The Squeakquel where the humor was so out of place, especially with below the belt violence in the end. Chipwrecked may be a wreck, but better than the Squeakquel by far. Too bad, with a G rating I was hoping it was safe to take my girls to the movie theater - guess not.
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