Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 16, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
7
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelDec 15, 2011
The sequel's target audience may be too young to realize that the best punch lines are long past their expiration date, but at least they're learning the idea of the catchphrase. They can hear the exclamation points. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDec 15, 2011
Either the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movies are getting better, or I've accidentally buried my brain for the winter. The third entry in the franchise - Chip-Wrecked - is, dare I say, the charm. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerDec 15, 2011
No swear words here; just harmless fun. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn AndersonDec 15, 2011
As impressive as the CG elements are in "Chipwrecked," they're a mixed blessing: The more lifelike the techies make the critters -- Alvin (voiced by Justin Long), Theodore (Jesse McCartney) and Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) -- the more we're reminded they're rodents. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyAdam MarkovitzDec 15, 2011
Good news: The shrill CG rodents, who last infested theaters in 2009's Squeakquel, are stranded on a jungle island with little hope of survival. Bad news: They've brought us along. Read full review
40
TimeMary PolsDec 19, 2011
To get serious about Alvin for a moment, there are worse things for your kid to be into. Read full review
40
MovielineMichelle OrangeDec 15, 2011
Number of chipmunks who speak fluent chola when necessary: three. Number of Spider-Man/Pepe Le Pew mash-ups I can't really get into: one. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigDec 15, 2011
Maybe for the next installment, they can go off to college and find something better to do than making these silly movies. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinDec 14, 2011
With its wall-to-wall pop covers, Chipwrecked isn't a kids' movie so much as a brightly animated, instantly forgettable animated feature-length advertisement for the NOW That's What I Call Music! compilation series of contemporary pop hits. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterDec 15, 2011
Like the recent Adam Sandler dud "Jack and Jill," a sizable chunk of Chip-Wrecked was shot on the newest ship in the fleet of a major cruise company – the ultimate in movie product placement! Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubDec 15, 2011
It's an uninspired and instantly forgettable film. But it completely succeeds by its own standards: an 87-minute rainy-day distraction that will probably make a zillion dollars. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeJoel BrownDec 15, 2011
Whatever character they bring to their lines, the actors' voices are mostly unrecognizable after being digitally 'munk-ified. Read full review
20
Time OutDavid FearDec 19, 2011
As for parents: Are you cool with feeling like you're having artificial sweetener sandblasted into your eyeballs for 87 minutes? Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyDec 15, 2011
I fear the furry singing sensations may have finally run completely aground. If only they were truly stranded on that desert island… Read full review
20
Boxoffice MagazineDavid EhrlichDec 15, 2011
Chipwrecked is the sort of Sunday afternoon trifle that will mollify children and mortify their parents, an eyesore that auto-tunes its strong cast into anonymity and undercuts its convincingly rendered CG leads by confining them to hideously cheap environments. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenDec 14, 2011
Every bit as frantic, frenetic, groan-inducing and all around grating as its two predecessors. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyDec 15, 2011
It's that rare thing, a movie that clocks in under 90 minutes, but feels like an endurance test in every moment, at every plot concern, and every musical number. Read full review
0
New York PostLou LumenickDec 16, 2011
It really couldn't have been easy for Jason Lee ("Almost Famous") to keep a straight face while saying, "I'm not in this for the money.'' Read full review
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Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenDec 15, 2011
I really think the entire payoff to the Chipmunks' gambit comes in those inevitable moments when Dave bellows in exasperation, "Alvin." Maybe if we all bellow in unison it will be forceful enough to put an end to this painful film franchise. Read full review
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