Pluskylang Great Film overall

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

jtoh-96230 Even though the movie fails to be one of the best family movies ever, it is still fun, entertaining and quite adorable. The movie definitely is better than it's silly sequels. The characters are properly rendered and the plot is really tame. Children will definitely enjoy the music. Overall, it might be a childish mess to some but kids and some adults will find a lot of good messages in this film.

Python Hyena Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007): Dir: Tim Hill / Cast: Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson, Jane Lynch, Adriane Lenox: Computer generated version of the classic animation about fame. Dave's songwriting career hits rock bottom until he is put in possession of three talking chipmunks that know how to sing. Story is flat but director Tim Hill is improving after having made other terrible kiddie films such as Muppets From Space and Max Keeble's Big Move. Jason Lee does well as Dave who must arrange his lifestyle around the antics of Simon, Theodore and particularly the mischievous Alvin. Lee is just about the best element of the film because unlike Breckin Meyer in the lackluster Garfield films, Lee at least presents Dave as closely as we can remember. David Cross as a music producer is pathetically over the top. He is the villain and like many family film villains, he is a complete idiot. Cameron Richardson as Dave's ex-girlfriend is lifeless just like Jennifer Love Hewitt was in Garfield. The chipmunks themselves look great in their visual presentation but there is no evidence of decent screen writing. It is just an excuse to churn hard earned cash from viewers with as little effort as possible. While the nostalgia is there, this is the kind of misfire that will likely have viewers wanting to see the old cartoon, which was much funnier than this spectacle. Score: 4 ½ / 10

Davis P This movie was such a complete bore! It wasn't humorous, cute or even mildly entertaining. No, instead it was annoying, poorly written, crude and stupid. Alvin and the chipmunks are supposed to be funny and cute, and someone needs to let this film in on that little secret. The acting was bad from lead Jason Lee, I feel like he didn't even try, which I can kinda understand, based on the material he was given to work with. If you wanna sit down with your young children to watch this, then they might enjoy it, young meaning like the 2-5 range, but anyone older is probably gonna be bored or annoyed. The chipmunks singing wasn't even that fun or entertaining either, once again, it was uninteresting and just downright bland. Sorry, but unfortunately the filmmakers behind Alvin and the chipmunks wasted the potential of what could've been an amusing film, instead they went for dumb and annoying and bland. Yep that basically sums it up for Alvin and the chipmunks, and dear god I haven't even seen the many sequels. Do we really need soo many chipmunk movies?? Do we? How about we give sequels to movies that actually deserve them. 1/10.

Criticman12 When it comes to Hollywood adapting animated show's/Anime, people always ask, "Why?".One of Hollywood's worst adaptations of a cartoon show is none other than the CGI-Animated/Live-action movie, "Alvin and the Chipmunks".The story is about a guy named, Dave(played by Jason Lee), get's help from three chipmunks named, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, because he's having trouble trying to make a good song.Good: I thought the acting was pretty good to be honest. Jason Lee does a decent job as Dave and the actor's who did the voices for Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, were pretty good.The CGI Animation was also good. I also liked how they had some of the song's because I was a fan of the Chipmunks when I was little.Bad: Everything else was boring. Even though I had a few chuckles here and there, I was bored. Also, why have David Cross as the bad guy? Why?This film is strictly for kids and not for any fan of, "Alvin and the Chipmunks".