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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Single-Disc Version)
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THE WORLD FAMOUS SINGING PRE-TEEN CHIPMUNK TRIO RETURN TO CONTEND WITH THE PRESSURES OF SCHOOL, CELEBRITY, AND A RIVAL FEMALE MUSIC GROUP KNOWN AS THE CHIPETTES.
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Dave (Jason Lee) isn't exactly the typical father figure with an average family, but he cares deeply about his adoptive chipmunks Alvin (Justin Long), Theodore (Jesse McCartney), and Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler). While the performing life presents its own unique challenges, Dave always does his best to instill a sense of compassion and familial love into his young charges. When Alvin begins to get a little too caught up in his own stardom, Dave reminds him to share the spotlight with his fellow chipmunks, but Alvin gets carried away and ends up inadvertently injuring Dave on location in Paris. Aunt Jackie (Kathryn Joosten) steps in to look after the Chipmunks, but when her wheelchair rolls down a flight of stairs, only her irresponsible grandson Toby (Zachary Levi) is left to watch over the boys. An unemployed video gamer who lives with Jackie, Toby is completely unprepared for the responsibility of caring for the Chipmunks, but he agrees nonetheless. Starting school is not easy for the Chipmunks, and they are the target of bullying from their very first day. But Alvin eventually works his way in with the popular crowd, leaving Theodore and Simon to fend for themselves with little support from Toby. The school principal (Wendie Malick) is one of the Chipmunks' biggest fans, and when the school's music department is about to be shut down due to lack of funds, she decides to enter them in a competition that will save the music program. Enter the Chipettes--female chipmunks Brittany (Christina Applegate), Eleanor (Amy Poehler), and Jeanette (Anna Faris), who are seeking their own chance for singing stardom--and the Chipmunks' dishonest ex-agent, Ian (David Cross), and the stage is set for some serious backstabbing competition. Craziness reigns as the two groups wage a musical war against one another, but in the end it all comes down to a question of what's more important--stardom or friendship. As in the first Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, the music is strangely appealing despite being performed mostly in falsetto, the characters are cute, the action is comical, and the life lessons ring true. (Ages 6 and older with parental guidance due to some mild rude humor) --Tami Horiuchi
Squeakin for ChipmunksReview date: 2010-07-27 Rating: 8 out of 10This is a good movie for Adults and kids alike. If you like the first Chipmunk movie then you will certainly want to watch this again and again.
ReviewsLoses Most of its Charm the Second Go-around.Review date: 2010-07-19 Rating: 6 out of 10The first new Alvin and the Chipmunks film in 2007 was panned by critics for the most part, but was very well-received by families due mostly because of the familial bond that forms between Dave and the Chipmunks, and this forms the basis of what is problematic about its sequel, they took out Dave by making him have an accident at the beginning at a benefit concert and only put him in in small bits to "check in" as he was so injured he is stuck in the country he was injured in because moving him would "cause more harm".
Although the first film had its share of low-brow humor (Simon eating Theodore's poop, Alvin joking about "little hairs" on Dave's under wear, Alvin showering in the dishwasher and singing "Dontcha"), but somehow it just felt like boys being boys, and this was part of what made the relationship work between Dave and the boys, they needed a fatherly figure to keep them in line. This is why David Cross' character Ian worked so well, he was everything Dave wouldn't, they represented opposite sides of the same coin.
There is a lame attempt to do this with bringing in Toby, aunt Jackie's grandson, but not only is he not really a good father figure, and this is not because he's a horrible person but he is just too absent literally and figuratively because of his gaming habits, but because of the nature of his character, he just isn't around much, so there is no one around to balance the whackiness of Ian (who now seems to be nothing but a caricature of his character in the first film), the Chipmunks, the newly introduced Chipettes, and the rude classmates and weirdo fan girl principle at their new school. This makes the movie feel like nothing more than one of the lesser and not-so-good made for tv Disney Channel movie. It takes all of the worst elements of the first movie, crass humor, slapstick, ect and magnifies them by ten times and this might have been okay had Dave still been in the film, Dave is the glue of the family and without him the message of the family sticking together felt more than a bit hollow and the script in general just felt very sophmorish and without a real heart this go around.
The first movie warmed my heart and the music numbers were not only fun because the music was good, but the music numbers also had a lot of satire in them, and that is one of the other major things this film is missing, it will definitely appeal to the younger crowd, but unlike the first film that had a lot of adult humor and satire targeted at adults, this film has pretty much zero humor that is solely targeted at adults. The first film walked a fine line, it was a rare film for children that could appeal to adults too because it was smarter than average in its examination of the music industry, but yet still included enough zaniness for the kids to enjoy.
So, if you are looking for something to distract the kids, this might work, but its not really going to keep the adult viewers highly interested most likely...
God Bless ~Amy
Great movieReview date: 2010-07-06 Rating: 10 out of 10I liked this movie so much I bought it and I'm not a movie buyer. Once I have seen it I don't have much of a desire to see a movie a second time. But this was just too cute and the kids love it. :)The first was much betterReview date: 2010-07-04 Rating: 2 out of 10The first movie was cute. It had a good story. It featured good music. It was worth owning on DVD.
The second one just doesn't live up to the first. The story is drawn out to cover the span of the movie. This leads to a fairly boring movie. It tries to pick up a bit in the middle, but I was already considering shutting it off and returning it to Redbox.
My child thought it was 'cute' but ocnsidered the story too slow. It made it hard to concentrate on the story. The story of the former producer out to get revenge really started to grate on my nerves after a while. Small kids might find this movie fun, but I just can't recommend it.
Great for my granddaughtersReview date: 2010-07-03 Rating: 8 out of 10I got this for my granddaughters to watch while we traveled to Disney World. I downloaded in on my Iphone. It was so cute to hear the singing like chipmunks as they watched the movie. They Love it so I love it.
Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
Christina Applegate
Justin Long
Zachary Levi
Anna Faris
David Cross
Recording label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxEAN: 0024543660101Binding: DVDFormat: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Release date: 2010-03-30Universal product code (UPC): 024543660101Number of discs: 1Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Audience rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)Region code: 1Running time: 88 minutesTheatrical release date: 2009Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Dubbed)
Language: Spanish (Dubbed)
Brand: TCFHE
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