Alvin and the Chipmunks
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2007 · Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Animation

Alvin and the Chipmunks

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

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Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Animation
PLOT SUMMARY

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

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@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-04 17:00 UTC

Laughed twice during Alvin and the Chipmunks. Once was a sneeze.

@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-02 10:00 UTC

Alvin and the Chipmunks put every joke in the trailer and then dared us to sit through the rest.

@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-16 01:00 UTC

The science in Alvin and the Chipmunks has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.

@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2026-01-22 15:00 UTC

Alvin and the Chipmunks is what happens when a writers' room confuses "ambiguous" with "didn't finish the draft".

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r/boxoffice · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 4.0k points

The cinematography in Alvin and the Chipmunks is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Just got out of Alvin and the Chipmunks and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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r/TrueFilm · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 0.7k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Alvin and the Chipmunks actually is?

Everyone praising the Alvin and the Chipmunks performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.

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r/criticalkino · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 4.7k points

[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Alvin and the Chipmunks?

Look, I wanted to love Alvin and the Chipmunks. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/TrueFilm · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.8k points

Hot Take: Alvin and the Chipmunks's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Rewatched Alvin and the Chipmunks last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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