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‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ Reviewed
By Matt Margolis | January 1, 2008
I originally had no intention of seeing ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks‘ when I first saw a poster advertisement for it in the movie theater. However, I was won over by the previews, and found it to be a movie I had to see, if only to satisfy my curiosity. As a kid, I can remember watching the Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon, and while I can’t say I had high hopes for the movie, I knew it would have a few laughs and be at the least, mildly entertaining. Reintroducing The Chipmunks to the kids of today was probably risky. However, since the Chipmunks were created in 1958, I can imagine that a lot of parents who took their kids to see the movie had seen and heard the Chipmunks in their youth.
I didn’t think the story would be that great, but the movie definitely was good for laughs. Jason Lee, who I would not have expected to pull off the role of Dave Seville, actually played the part quite well — as good, if not better than anyone else could have.
The CGI effects are less convincing, but that’s hardly a reason to dismiss the movie. Alvin, Simon, Theodore are actually appear and move like chipmunks (which was not so in the cartoons)… but that hardly prevents you from feeling sympathy for the chipmunks as they initially try in vain to make Dave see them as a family, or getting a warm fuzzy feeling when a nervous Theodore asks to sleep with Dave because he’s scared after having a nightmare (that scene had me going “Awww…”
All in all, it was a fun movie to watch.
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January 25th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Very helpful review, Matt. I’m planning on taking my son to this movie tonight and it’s good to know it’s a fun movie to watch even for an adult.
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