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Mood:
- HumorousExciting
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Plot:
- Music BandYoung HeroesArtists and ShowbizYouthFriendsDisorderRising To StardomSiblings Relations more...
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Genres:
- ComedyFamilyHollywood ToneAnimationMusical
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- Los AngelesUSA
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Audience:
- Family OutingKids
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- Award WinnerBlockbuster
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- Based on TV Series
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- Not SeriousSemi Fantastic
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- Pop
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- Animation & Live ActionComputer Animated
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Alvin and the Chipmunks, 2007
English
USA
Profile of Alvin and the Chipmunks
The mood of Alvin and the Chipmunks is humorous and exciting. The plot centers around a music band, young heroes, and artists and showbiz. It is a comedy, family, and animation movie. Stylistically, Alvin and the Chipmunks has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is not serious. The setting is Los Angeles. Alvin and the Chipmunks happens in contemporary times. Visually, it includes animation and live action and is computer animated. The musical score is pop. Alvin and the Chipmunks is based on a TV series. The movie is known for being a blockbuster and an award winner. It is especially suggested for kids and a family outing.
Summary of Alvin and the Chipmunks
This live-action/computer-animated update of Ross Bagdasarian's squeaky-voiced cartoon characters finds the chipmunks (in CGI form) transported from their woodland habitat to the city, where they wind up in the home of Dave Seville (Jason Lee). Dave, a down-on-his-luck songwriter, realizes the potential of a singing chipmunk pop act, and becomes an unlikely mentor/father figure to feisty Alvin, brainy Simon, and dopey Theodore. Meanwhile, the threesome causes chaos in his life, leading to plenty of fun, frenetic scenarios. When a devious record executive (David Cross) enters the picture, however, Alvin and the Chipmunks must deal with both the trappings of fame and their loyalty to the amiable, hapless Dave.
Directed by Tim Hill (GARFIELD: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES), ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS simultaneously modernizes and pays tribute to the classic title characters, who first appeared in the late 1950s and became wildly popular in the '60s. While Lee (MY NAME IS EARL) is well cast as the perpetually exasperated Dave, Long (LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD) steals the show as the voice of Alvin, who provides the group's lively spirit. Though some older viewers may wince at the prospect of their beloved Chipmunks rapping, the movie is generally respectful of the franchise's long legacy, and will easily win over a younger generation.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 14 December 2007 |
| Runtime: | 92 min |
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Critics Reviews
Washington Post
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- by: Stephen Hunter
Philadelphia Inquirer
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- by: Carrie Rickey
Users Reviews
- 19.March.2009
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- by: jedipunk
- jedipunk rated this movie
8/10Great
