Legion, Transylmania, Avatar & The Squeakquel

Is this movie a sequel to "Alvin and the Chipmunks"?

Predictable, terribly acted and lacking in substance.

Good, so long as you don't expect a serious film

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Bill Murray in Garfield: The Movie (2004)

Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, Jon Favreau, and Tracy Morgan in G-Force (2009)

Hank Azaria and Russell Brand in Hop (2011)

Bill Murray and Tim Curry in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Cody Cameron, and Maddie Taylor in Open Season (2006)

Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, and Matthew Gray Gubler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

You mean, you don't stay with us at school?

No, no, no, no, no, I've done my time. Thank you very much.

Christina Applegate, Anna Faris, and Amy Poehler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Justin Long in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Matthew Gray Gubler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Jesse McCartney in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Christina Applegate in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Anna Faris in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Amy Poehler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Zachary Levi in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

How long is Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel?

Jason Lee

Zachary Levi

David Cross

Jon Vitti

Jonathan Aibel

Glenn Berger

The world-famous singing preteen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes.

Betty Thomas

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Not terrible, but not very good

Let&apos;s face it: &quot;The Chipmunks&quot; is a pretty thin premise. Once you get past the novelty of squeaky voiced animated rodents, there&apos;s really not much there. So this movie&apos;s straight-line, A to B to C story is a serious drawback.

Director Betty Thomas doesn&apos;t get a whole lot out of the cast (although, to be honest, I don&apos;t expect much in the way of high-caliber acting in movies like this), and the whole thing has a bit of a TV-movie feel, but the animation is rather good, and the film moves moves along at a pretty good clip, so even adults won&apos;t get too bored.

Certainly, for some reviewers, a film like this, in the final analysis, is perfectly acceptable, since it&apos;s &quot;for kids,&quot; and thus the only thing that counts is whether it&apos;s &quot;entertaining&quot; on some basic level, regardless of its actual quality. That&apos;s a pretty common attitude toward kids&apos; films, and one that really sells children short, as if they have no interest in character or story. They do, just like anyone else, albeit on a less sophisticated level than (most) adults. For example, I know that a lot of reviewers hated &quot;Hotel for Dogs&quot; but that film had an engaging story, well-drawn characters and a story that, while ultimately predictable, still held a few twists and turns. It wasn&apos;t particularly good, but it was better than this film.

Alvin, Simon and Theodore must put aside music superstardom and return to school, where they look to win a $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands contest in order to save their school&apos;s music program. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes -- Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel -- Trailer #1

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Let's face it: "The Chipmunks" is a pretty thin premise. Once you get past the novelty of squeaky voiced animated rodents, there's really not much there. So this movie's straight-line, A to B to C story is a serious drawback.

Director Betty Thomas doesn't get a whole lot out of the cast (although, to be honest, I don't expect much in the way of high-caliber acting in movies like this), and the whole thing has a bit of a TV-movie feel, but the animation is rather good, and the film moves moves along at a pretty good clip, so even adults won't get too bored.

Certainly, for some reviewers, a film like this, in the final analysis, is perfectly acceptable, since it's "for kids," and thus the only thing that counts is whether it's "entertaining" on some basic level, regardless of its actual quality. That's a pretty common attitude toward kids' films, and one that really sells children short, as if they have no interest in character or story. They do, just like anyone else, albeit on a less sophisticated level than (most) adults. For example, I know that a lot of reviewers hated "Hotel for Dogs" but that film had an engaging story, well-drawn characters and a story that, while ultimately predictable, still held a few twists and turns. It wasn't particularly good, but it was better than this film.

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