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Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Comedy · Family · Fantasy · 2007

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.

Movie details

Alvin and the Chipmunks

“The original entourage.”

2007 Comedy · Family · Fantasy 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.3 / 10

101.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

28 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

39 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Alvin and the Chipmunks?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

TMDB supplies the candidates. CriticWise reorders them by craft, strangeness, prestige, emotion, and pace.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tim Hill

Written by

Will McRobb · Chris Viscardi · Jon Vitti

Jason Lee

Jason Lee

Dave

David Cross

David Cross

Ian

Cameron Richardson

Cameron Richardson

Claire

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch

Gail

Justin Long

Justin Long

Alvin (voice)

Matthew Gray Gubler

Matthew Gray Gubler

Simon (voice)

Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney

Theodore (voice)

Court is in session

Put Alvin and the Chipmunks on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.