Alvin and the Chipmunks (Blu-ray + DVD) PG
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 31 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 6, 2015
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jason Lee & Alvin & the Chipmunks | |
Performer: | Cameron Richardson, David Cross & Jane Lynch | |
Directed by | Tim Hill | |
Edited by | Peter E. Berger | |
Screenplay by | Jon Vitti, Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi | |
Composition by | Christopher Lennertz | |
Created by | Ross Bagdasarian | |
Story by | Jon Vitti | |
Produced by | Janice Karman & Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. | |
Director of Photography: | Peter Lyons Collister | |
Voice: | Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler & Jesse McCartney | |
Executive Production by | Karen Rosenfelt, Steve Waterman, Arnon Milchan & Michele Imperato Stabile |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 1/5 --
Is it for kids? Adults? Marsupials? Martians? Who can tell. Jason Lee from My Name Is Earl stars - if that is the word - in this thoroughly brain-dead semi-animated family comedy.
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Guardian
Rating: 2/5 --
It's one of those movies where the wretched actors have to pretend to know what's going on as the CG effects take place beside and around them. They do their best. But it's Alvin and co that toddlers will appreciate.
London Evening Standard
Rating: 1/5 --
It's the kind of family entertainment that makes you reach for the shotgun.
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Times (UK)
They're baaaaack.
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TV Guide
Rating: 2/5 --
Filled with cheap slapstick, annoying high-pitched singing, and a variety of fart gags, all of which amused my daughter but not me.
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DVDTalk.com
Rating: 2/6 --
The musical numbers are initially appealing - think close harmonies and smart foot stepping to the likes of 'Funkytown' - but the novelty is likely to wear thin for adults when the 'munks get kitted out as a street boy band.
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Time Out
Colourful but uninspired.
Screen International
Product Description:
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.
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.