Another Chipmunks movie. It's about what you would expect, no better or worse. If you hated the others, you'll hate this. If you loved the others, you'll likely love this one, too. I am somewhere in the middle. I haven't loved any of these movies but they don't tick me off like they seem to many other people. It's the kind of movie I'll watch once, maybe laugh a few times, but never want to see again. About the only noteworthy moment from the movie is a rather gross scene where Simon is stuck in a guy's pant leg and proceeds to defecate and urinate. Yeah, we actually see Chipmunk pee and poop. It wasn't a funny scene (unless maybe you're 7 or something). It was more disturbing than anything else. Other than that oddity, it was a par-for-the-course Chipmunk sequel. You'll probably forget all about it a day after watching.
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subxerogravity20 December 2015So here we are, four movies into an Alive an a Chipmunk franchise. I did not think the first movie was that good to make a second, and I thought the third film was so bad that it would mark the end of the franchise, but "Episode IV": the Road Chip has arrived.
This time Alvin, Simon, and Theodore go on a fun adventure all across the southern united states as they attempt to get from LA to Florida in order to stop Dave from purposing to a woman, which will change his life forever, have him leave the Chipmunks behind, and make them stepbrothers with their worse enemy(or so they think in their heads)
I did go into the movie with very low standards of it's capability, but I'll admit, I am impress. The plot was cartoonish and only used to get the momentum going. The Road chip is all about the zingy mischief and mayhem that the chipmunks cause in a sketch by sketch somewhat layout that's intertwine with musical numbers of the Chipmunks ripping off the latest hot song of the time (though I think they due perform one original song, but I'm not hip enough to be sure).
The chipets also make a small appearance in the movie as the new Judges of American Idol, which was hilarious.
It's literally like watching a child trying to entertain you. They can be irritating at first but it's so cute you can't help but to soften your hard adult shell and just be amused at the whole thing. -
lisafordeay13 February 2016Today I brought my brother and my mom to see the new Alvin movie since he wanted to go and see it,and since I seen all 3 of them(yes folks these guys are my guilty pleasure so what)I decided to give this one a shot. The story is about Dave and his new girlfriend who goes off to Miami for a few days and the chipmunks assume that Dave is going to pop the question to his girlfriend Samantha(played by that girl from Father Of The Bride)who is a single mom to a 19 year old boy called Miles(Josh Green)who at first hates the chipmunks and then later he grows to love them. But there is an air marshall after the chipmunks and the chipmunks and Miles must try and go back to Miami to find Dave. But is dave really going to pop the question?
Overall I enjoyed this film,ignore the critics cause at the end of the day we all are movie critics at the end of it all. If you loved the first three than this one is even better than the last 3.
My advice give it a chance and enjoy it for its Uptown Funk sequence.
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I loved this movie. Let me tell you personally, it is a thousand times better than Star Wars: TFA. Of course, TFA is a great movie; however it does not live up to the standards set by this masterpiece of a movie.
Brilliant story, brilliant performance, brilliant music.
If I could score this an 11/10, I would very happily do so.
Take a chance and see this movie, don't listen to the other reviews.
No spoilers from me because this is a story you wont want to have spoil-ed, trust me on this.
Great movie.
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aaronlome13 March 2016It's not s bad as the third,but still stupid. Besides,who even finds the Chipmunks funny and memorable. They are infamous. Anyway,the story line is too bland,the characters are still acting like they are on acid.but Eleanor has her voice actor changed,which is more annoying! Do you even call this a film that is not as bad as the one about the shipwreck.well this film should get a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. We did see some famous songs,but this has gone down hill.i wish 20th century fox learned not to give the Chipmunks sequels.but thank got it didn't make the company go bankrupt P.s:if kids like it,then show then the original cartoons or if you want to see a kids film or don't waste your money.
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skyrim-8787727 February 2016This movie is an insult to cinemas. It has blatant unfunny humor, is extremely childish, heck, even my 6 year old daughter said it was "a dumb little kids movie". It has crude jokes, bad acting, and even David Cross said he had a bad time during the of filming his scenes. I found the movie awful, and would like to tell you not to waste your time with this atrocity. I understand this movie was for children, but, like I said, I doubt even a three year old would find this entertaining. I'm sure there are some who enjoy it, and there's nothing wrong with that. This movie is just not my cup of tea, and I find it very bad. My final review is 1/10. Just watch something better, like Kung Fu Panda 3, and Zootopia, which, in my opinion, are some of the best new children's movies I've ever seen.
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I took my 3 1/2 year old daughter to see this KID movie. (It is made for kids, people, chill out.) She adores the chipmunks and she loved the movie. It was cute with some genuinely funny moments. There was great music and lots of high-jinks. The roadtrip aspect of it was fun. There was some dancing and language that was semi-inappropriate that went right over my daughters head. I was sad that David Cross didn't come back for this sequel. He was the best part (IMO)of the previous installments. The guy replacing him as the 'villain' wasn't nearly as funny. But still, a fun and upbeat kids movie. We will definitely buy it when it comes out.
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it is a great movie if you like good movies than this is the movie for you than
it has everything a good movie needs it is a outstanding movie it is one of the best movie you will enjoy this amazing movie it is a big movie it is the best 2006 movie in movie it is just a great movie you will like this amazing,sweet,laugh out loud movie
this is great movie
very laugh movie i choke on my pocorn watching this MOVIE.
you will die after you see this movie ALVIN AND CHIMPUNKS ROAD KILL
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neil-4764 March 2016When Dave introduces new girlfriend Samantha, the Chipmunks are pleased. However, when her son Miles turns out to be a bit of a bully, they are less pleased. So when Dave takes Samantha to Miami with, it appears, the intention of proposing, the Chipmunks decide they have to follow and sabotage the proposal. Since they cannot fly (due to lunatic Air Marshall Suggs getting them banned from flying), this means a road trip across the country with Miles providing the accompanying "adult" they need. It turns out that Miles has some issues, and, well, I bet you can guess what unwinds during the trip.
My knowledge of the Chipmunks ended donkeys' years ago, with their old records, and I hadn't seen any of the three previous movies in this series. I was pleasantly surprised. This is bright, cheerful, pleasing nonsense for kids, with lots of silliness, a tolerable plot with a decent development arc for Miles, some surprises when things don't go quite as you'd expect, and a moderate amount of tuneful, toe-tapping music. The Chipmunks themselves are all strongly established character types, voiced by good actors (although Matthew Gray Gubler is the only one I recognised through the squeakification of his voice), and brilliantly animated and integrated into the live action plates.
If you are determined to be an adult then there is stuff to be picky about – I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to legally adopt Chipmunks, for instance – but then, I'm also pretty sure that Chipmunks don't talk and sing and, if you have trouble with that, you really shouldn't be watching this film, should you? This is a really enjoyable family movie. -
starwarsfreak2328 January 2016I'm not gonna lie, Alvin and the Chipmunk's first appearance was slightly charming, if not entirely pointless. I mean, out of all the cheesy 60s licenses they could've used, Alvin doesn't seem the most popular. Now, before I go on to criticize this movie, let me say that all written is based on opinion. I guess this film wasn't made for me. Also, I don't want to hear that stupid excuse that it's just a kid's movie. I have enjoyed so many kid's movies, classics like Iron Giant. But this movie is indescribably bad. The entirety of the story is ripped straight off a terrible early 2000's romcom, clichè ending included. What would this movie be without the countless licensed pop songs which somehow sound even more agonizing than before in a squeaky prepubescent whale voice, crying out after it was harpooned through the gut. I could feel the Japanese undertones already. Not even my little brother, who loves the murderous Nickolodeon show, couldn't get through this movie without crying himself straight outta the theater. Do you like cheesy buddy road trip family movies? I know I sure did, before this stain on the blanket of film history appeared before my eyes from spilling its dignity all over its suave shoes. The chipmunks don't look any better than they did in the first movie, in fact I think they looked lazier. I love it's attempt to be hip and black-like. In the first few minutes, a pool party engages in the new dance craze that nobody will remember ever. I think I forgot it after the movie ended. But, if I had to pick one good thing in the movie, I regret saying that it is the corny villain character, because he actually had some Nic Cage scenes that made him stand out. I was almost afraid that they were rerunning Face/Off in a theater with 7 year-old girls in it. I would be more worried if I saw this character riding a bicycle with flames emitting from his face. Then again, I don't think this movie couldn't get much worse with or without it.
I guess in total the film is harmless, but it encouraged people to defend it on this website. I'm serious! Look at the forums or any other review, and they say that it is a modern masterpiece of cinematic accomplishments. Among the greats: Citizen Kane, Gone With The Wind, Star Wars, Forrest Gump, and Alvin: Road Chip. Something about that sentence makes my mouth burn as I am rereading that. -
superryan-6560821 July 2018That's all I need to say. BEST MOVIE IN THE HISTORY OF THE OMNIVERSE.
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steinomry5 January 2019It is not a very good movie but the high score came from how fun it is to watch it.
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BrendanMichaels1 April 2016When The Chipmunks disguise squirrels as themselves with toys of them and the box says Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel I said to myself, "This is the worst movie I have ever seen in my life." I stepped outside of the auditorium and sat outside for a good 5 minutes rethinking my entire life. I kept asking myself, "Why am I doing this to myself? Why is Jason Lee in this? Is he a masochist? Why couldn't he do another season of My Name is Earl? That was a pretty good show. How could he stoop this low? Why did he agree to do this movie? Why am I watching this movie?" Life can be cruel, this is life at its cruelest.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip has the "beloved" Chipmunks return to the big screen after 4 YEARS since the abomination called Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. This time Alvin, Simon and Theodore decide for the 4th time that Dave wants to get rid of them even though they've been living with him for 11 years and he hasn't decided to jump off a bridge to get the chalk-screeching sounds of their voices out of his head. I bet Dave wakes up in the middle of the night with sounds of The Chipmunks singing terrible covers of songs that were popular in 2006 and realizes that he's made a terrible mistake and contemplates taking them to a taxidermist to keep his sanity. Anyways, they think he's going to propose to his girlfriend, that's so stupid that she keeps forgetting that she has a stethoscope hanging around her neck in every scene, and go across the country to stop the proposal. Every time I try to explain the plot to someone I end up finding the nearest pillow and screaming my sorrows away into that said pillow. That's how poorly thought out and written this film is.
As you can tell from the first 2 paragraphs I hate this movies guts. It does so many things wrong that it baffles me that when the MPAA saw this to give it a rating they didn't just chuck it out the window with The Day The Clown Cried. The comedy is the equivalent to Vine as in it comes out of nowhere. So because of that you laugh cause it was random. Who cares of making good jokes when the crying 3 year old can get a good chuckle to a fart joke. There are jokes so random that I'm baffled that they got passed the final cut. Like when Theodore randomly starts singing Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back so they can get a butt joke in there. Let's not the children think and make the adults cringe as they see this so-called comedy happen right in front of them.
It seems that after 3 movies David Cross had better things to do (i.e. Bob and Dave) and passed on this movie. So who could replace the Arrested Development star? Well why not another Arrested Development star, Tony Hale. I feel so bad for his character because he's literally just doing his job and trying to capture fugitive Chipmunks (Did I just type Fugitive Chipmunks?). But not even his character is redeemable. Random celebrity appearances include LMFAO (Remember him? No? I don't blame you.), Bella Thorne, that one girl from Austin and Ally, and famous YouTube star Flula. Do they have any reason to be in this? Of course not! It's all about the money! But this movie won't be making its money bank because some genius at FOX said, "Let's release this the same day as Star Wars The Force Awakens! We'll make so much money off this!" From the day I am writing this Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip has grossed $14 million opening day. "That sounds like a lot!" you say. Well let's compare it to the other Chipmunk films. The first Chipmunk film made $44 million on its opening day. The Squeakquel made $48 million on its opening day and Chipwrecked made $23 million on it's opening day. So what happened? I'll tell you. NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE CHIPMUNKS ANYMORE! When you go on hiatus for 4 years and suddenly announce your 4th film in the middle of 2015 you're asking for your film to flop.
I have nothing else to say about this movie. The Road Chip is the worst film I've ever experienced in my life. Nothing will compare (hopefully!). It's a shame that people can get away with making trash like this. Go see anything else that doesn't involve anthropomorphic chipmunks. -
The Movie came out in 2016 for me 2015 for others and is 1hr 32 mins long This Movie has Animation, Adventure and Comedy and is rated U It's Directed by Walt Becker and created by Ross Bagdasarian Janice Karman, Randi Mayem Singer and Adam Sztykiel
im going to quickly cover what this movie is about before I review it. ......................................................................................
Its about Alvin, Simon and Theodore who come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother. .......................................................................................... I give this movie 5/10
I really liked the other alvin and the chipmunks movies. So I watch this one and I have to say I dont really like how this movie started, it didnt really feel like alvin and the chipmunks. It didnt feel like the old alvin and the chipmunks. And I think if they did this a few years eralyer it would of felt like Alvin and the Chipmunks and it had been 4 years stins they made Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked and they'd lost it the feel to it.
The plot started off slow and didn't make sense why the chipmunks were no longer performing but soon everything made sense and the characters' mot-ives were clear.The animation of the three chipmunks was really good, but the visual effects that blend them with the real-world backdrops are mostly bad
The jokes and sight gags wasn't very funny, the chipmunks aren't as entertaining as they usually are and their performances lacked creativity and energy They some of the characters felt cliché and dry. I have to say I really hated Miles because he bullies and abuses the chipmunks but deep down you can see he is in pain and has issues that he needs to work on I was sad that ian didn't come back for this sequel. He was the best part of the previous installments. The guy replacing him as the 'villain' wasn't nearly as funny. But my favourite scene was with the new villain in this movie who is this guy called James
who is a mean air marshal and he is trying to be the best at his job and then the chipmunks comes in and basically ruin it I like this movie because It teaches a good lesson about family and trust and some of the sences maded me smile and I think its a good movie but I really thought there would be more laugh out loud moments, I thought there was very few even funny scenes. the comedy has changed. Now the comedy is'nt very good and before it was just regular kids stuff.
I see this movie trying to keep up with people my age as Alvin and the Chipmunks came out in 2007 and I was 8 at the time and with this movie I can see it ageing up bit. In this movie there is quite a lot of alcohol and clubbing screen time and the on-duty air marshal is offered two different drinks containing moonshine and there are Some lyrics that are suggestive and Some flirting and jokes about who's "hot." and there is couples that embraces and kisses and some dirty dancing which is not appropriate for children which is rated U which means suitable for audiences aged four years and over I did like some of the music that was used -
bkrauser-81-31106421 January 2016Well folks we have finally gotten to this point as a culture. Decades of a steady diet of commercialism, instantly forgettable pop songs and saccharine, listless family-oriented entertainment has birthed this bland, unrelenting, unforgivable, on screen abomination. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (get it?!) is the cinematic equivalent of cold instant, decaf coffee; it's pointless, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and is the product of something that's been out for far too long.
Perhaps I over-exaggerate. After all, if you come in with bottom- barrel expectations you might actually be surprised how bearable it can be; like the smell of kitty litter or like prison. Alvin (Long) and his brothers, the bespectacled Simon (Gubler) and the rollypoly Theodore (McCartney) have settled into a symbiotic domestic relationship with Dave (Lee) their semi-father, semi-manager, semi- ward. They still sing on occasion but Dave is concentrating on other acts like The Chipettes and Ashley Grey (Thorne). That and starting a relationship with new a flame (Williams-Paisley) who happens to have a mean-spirited, maladjusted, malcontent-ed son named Miles (Green). The kids don't take a liking to each other; so when Dave and Samantha take a trip to Miami with the presumed intent to get engaged, the boys team up to put a kibosh to Dave's happiness so he'll never leave them again.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Trip is the fourth (fourth!!!) movie in a series of live-actions films based on a 1958 novelty record of three grown men singing blandly then sped up to sound like helium slurping children. And much like every IP that's made of plushy anthropomorphic animals with high-pitched voices, the Chipmunks have enjoyed eons of toy merchandise, videos, cartoon series' and a spin- off in the form of the aforementioned Chipettes. They simply will not die and there's not a single thing anyone can do about it except sit down and watch a non-stop clutter of celebrity cameos no child would notice, jokes too juvenile for adults and musical numbers largely too inappropriate for them not to censor therefore ensuring no one will like them.
I suppose if one were to pinpoint the silver-lining to this unforgivable aversion it would be the amicable Tony Hale who plays the main villain; an overzealous air-martial. "You provided the soundtrack to my heartbreak," he says to the vexatious chipmunks as they scurry around his office. There's no hint of an actor on paycheck- collecting autopilot a la Jason Lee; just a sincere if broad performance by the second (second!) Arrested Development (2003-Present) alum. Give that man an Oscar! Another quick positive are the scenes in the airport and plane respectively which offer the viewer the nostalgia of pre-War on Terror TSA flight checks. The pressing question during the plane sequence however at least in this viewer's mind was why is someone bringing so many exotic animals to Florida?
Children will no doubt eat this turd up like they were zombies and the movie was...well certainly not brains; I don't know, intestines, I backed my metaphor into a corner here. Loaded with egregious product placement, pointless side characters, and one (one!) awkward reference to Pink Flamingos (1972), watching The Road Chip will make you dumber than a...chipmunk; landed the simile. -
kieranbattams20 February 2016I'm gonna take a slightly different approach. It would take me too long to go in depth as to what i think of this film, so i'll start at the beginning and talk about aspects of.. you know what, let's just do this, as i take a swig of the strongest whiskey i can find.
So the Road Chip, another hilariously bad title, follows Alvin, Simon and Theodore as they go on a road trip (in a plane?) To stop Dave, a suicidal looking Jason Lee, from marrying the mother of a guy who is a serious animal abuser but then we are supposed to feel for him. Along the way they encounter Tony Hale as an air marshall who hates the Chipmunks for an incredibly stupid reason. As far as plot goes that is literally it. Tony Hale's character i kept forgetting about until he would randomly appear in a scene to move the plot forward and the same goes for the Chipettes. They spent 2 movies building these characters up and now its like... okay have them disappear for most of the film and then have them come back 5 minutes before the film ends to sing a terrible song. I mean, i feel for Jason Lee, he has been in all of these things. At least David Cross got out of it. I will say, this is the best of the 'Squeakuals' because i guess the plot is more consistent, but that isn't saying a huge deal now is it?
Anyway, in the course of 90 minutes, the chipmunks kidnap and DRUG squirrels, become ACTUAL TERRORISTS and John Waters makes a cameo with Alvin referencing PINK FLAMINGOS! Okay i admit i laughed out loud at that scene. But all of what i just mentioned, i couldn't make that up guys. I'd say that i would cut the film some slack for being an innocent kids film, but it doesn't even manage that! Bad CGI chipmunks singing uptown funk may be entertaining on Youtube but in a 90 minute film? Please stop. Jason Lee lives with ACTUAL RODENTS and nobody bats an eyelid, his girlfriend is just fine with that. By far the stupidest scene is when she asks Dave whether the boys are his and "how does that work?" This happens 10 minutes in and its safe to say, i switched off at this moment and gave up. Do i recommend? Well of course i don't. I give it one star for the John Waters scene, one star because the talk with my friends about it and this review were fun and one because.. well it is a film. Stay away from this one, it may give you rabies -
RosanaBotafogo4 June 2021Cute and fluffy like all the others, same cake recipe, which should work beautifully with the little ones because the charm and charisma of the squirrels is very expressive, combined with the little songs with the shrill but fun voices, and the cute Esquiletes, good jokes, fun and cute...
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paytronomon1 January 2016This movie was terrible in my point of view. First of all the story line was terrible, so your trying to tell me that the chipmunks travel through states just to take a ring. And I mean come on its bound to happen no matter if you take away the ring there still gonna get married, they love each other. Also I really thought there would be more laugh out loud moments, I thought there was very few even funny scenes. I thought this movie was like three short films mashed together into I big terrible movie. So they escape from there house then mess a bunch of stuff up, then they escape from the airport and mess a bunch of stuff up, then they escape from the hotel and mess a bunch of stuff up. I felt like this was nothing like the traditional chipmunks especially the comedy has changed. Now the comedy is about like butts and stuff before it was just regular kids stuff. My rating for this movie is a 3 out of 10 for a flat out bad story line.
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Well, I've seen this movie, and um... I think I liked it somehow. The comedy is good, the CGI (the squirrels are CGI, isn't it?)is good. It's sometimes boring and not so brilliant, the actors do their jobs well, at least. As an adult, or teenager at least, you will not laugh so hard at this movie, sometimes maybe you will not even smile at it, like I did (I was sixteen, almost seventeen). The film has something that will make you stay and watch until the end. It has some hilarious moments, though, but I think only the children will really laugh at this movie (because it is mostly for kids). So, I watched, I enjoyed, you can see it if you really want, but you will not lose anything if you don't watch it (sorry for the abuse of the 'you' word).
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dave-mcclain20 December 2015There are two kinds of people in the world – those who think the Chipmunks are adorable and those who find them annoying. It's a difference of opinion that has existed since 1958. That year, actor and musician Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. released a novelty Christmas song that he created by speeding up a recording he had made, and the Chipmunks were born. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" was a sensation and is still played during the holiday season. The song won two Grammys and launched a phenomenon. The furry little guys, called Alvin, Simon and Theodore, sang more songs, both originals and covers, and "they" released albums of those songs. They have starred in three different TV series and several individual videos and films, including four theatrical features since 2005. Unfortunately for the Chipmunks (and the Chipmunk team), their 2015 release, "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip" (PG, 1:26) probably won't win them any fans, and may lose them some.
As with the previous three films, this one features an animated Alvin, Simon and Theodore (voiced, respectively, by Justin Long, Matthew Grey Gubler and Jesse McCartney) in a live-action world where they primarily interact with Dave Seville (Jason Lee), their human "dad" – slash – manager. (And, as in the previous two films, "The Chipettes", Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor appear, again voiced by Christina Applegate and Anna Faris, but with Kaley Cuoco pinch hitting for Amy Poehler.) The boys (as Dave calls them) go on an adventure, get into some mischief, sing some songs and do some dancing.
The "plot" in a Chipmunks movie is about as important as the plot of an adult film (or so I'm told), but "The Road Chip" does contain one. (Meaning, this Chipmunks movie has a plot, not contains adult content.) As the movie opens, Dave is dating a doctor named Samantha (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) and things are getting serious. To get their families to meet, Dave and his boys go miniature golfing with Samantha and her teenage son, Miles (Josh Green). Miles has his mom believing that he's "a good kid", but in reality, he's got major daddy issues and his new favorite pastime is abusing talking chipmunks.
As Dave is getting ready to fly from L.A. to Miami for the album launch of his client, Ashley (Bella Thorne), he invites Samantha to join him. When the boys see him bring home an engagement ring, they draw their own conclusions. Alvin, Simon and Theodore fear the prospect of Miles as their brother, and worse yet, that Dave will sail off into the sunset with Samantha and leave their furry little butts behind. Either way, they feel they have to keep Dave from proposing and Miles agrees to help them for reasons of his own. They set up the house to fool Dave's neighbor, Ms. Price (Jennifer Coolidge), who has agreed to check in on them, then all four guys head to Miami to steal the ring and prevent the proposal.
As you can guess, getting to Miami proves more difficult than it sounds and results in some sticky situations, along with some singing and dancing by those three talented rodents. Miles has a cash flow issue, which causes problems that are compounded by the boys' antics. Early in the road chip, all four of them get kicked off an airplane and run afoul of an air marshal named James Suggs (Tony Hale). They give him the slip, but he gives chase – for the rest of the movie. Along the way, the Chipmunks perform "Conga", "South Side", "Iko Iko", "Turn Down for What", "Home" and, during a New Orleans parade, "Uptown Funk", which, even though it wasn't the big finale, was probably the highlight of the movie.
"Alvin and the Chipmunks – The Road Chip" comes off like a movie that was made just because no one had done it in a few years. The animation of the three chipmunks is excellent, but the visual effects that blend them with the real-world backdrops are inconsistent and often just bad. The "plot" feels contrived and the plot points and characters' behavior often don't make sense. The jokes and sight gags aren't very funny, the boys aren't as entertaining as they usually are and their performances lack creativity and energy. The cast (except for Hale) even looks bored. "But kids don't care about any of that," you might think. Maybe not, but the kids in the theater with me laughed more during the trailer for "Kung Fu Panda 3" than during this movie. Those of you buying the kids' movie tickets will probably care about the issues I raised, and the few adult-skewing jokes won't help much. The Chipmunks are still adorable, but their fourth feature film is more annoying than entertaining – for kids of any age. "C-" -
muslimbellydancer21 December 2015I can not believe how this great family movie is so underrated despite the fact it is a terrific movie.
Me and my dear son Muhammad enjoyed watching this perfect family movie from the beginning to the end. The low ratings does not clearly prove that the film is bad.Also,the negative comments by movie critics and IMDb critics don't necessarily mean that this movie is bad at all.
It is important to tell you that this film: "Alvin and The Chipmunks:The Road Chip" is currently achieving enormous international success at the movie box office. In the USA,it is a new entry at number 2 and elsewhere,it is number 1.(This is a very good evidence that despite the low rating,the movie is successful ).
Finally,I advise every person whether an adult or a child who want a fantastic comedy/adventure movie is to see this movie and you will be quite happy. -
view_and_review11 November 2019Another classic cartoon gets a touch up. Alvin and the Chipmunks are CGI'd but they're the same old trouble makers. This time they are traversing cross country to stop Dave from proposing to his new GF. They get into all kinds of trouble, predictably, and sing their way out of some situations as well. It was cute.
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Jonmurgie9 February 2016I gave my eldest son Max (6) the choice of what to see at the cinema this weekend this is what he chose after we saw the trailer a few times, and I didn't mind one bit! Always happy to watch a kids film and in this case I remember the TV series from the early 80's so have a soft spot of Alvin, Simon and Theodore :) And it wasn't that bad! Although I'm the wrong target for this film it was fun to watch and the actual cast, in particular Jason Lee as Dave, did a decent job making their characters likable and understandable. Yes there's plenty of silliness and cheesiness but accept that it's a kids film and it's all the more enjoyable, indeed there were several scenes that had everyone in the cinema laughing. Being the Chipmunks, there's plenty of songs throughout the film and you can't help but smile and enjoy them, they're very well done.
Max loved it (giving it a 9.5/10) and that's what the film is about so it's done its job, I'd happily watch it with my kids again as it's easy watching with some catchy tunes thrown in for good measure. If you've got little ones then it's certainly worth seeing, well actually there were a few adults in the cinema without kids so -
karriak8 January 2016This movie is utter garbage and I cant believe that I paid to see this. This franchise of god-awful movies should be handled like my wif.. I mean like my injured horse, just kill it off and be done with it. Here are my reasons why this movie was worse than Polio. 1. WHY? This movie didn't need to be made, no-one was asking for another Alvin and the s###munks movie, they only made this movie for people who didn't get to see star wars. Its like trying to arrest me for murd... I mean Its like doing another paranormal activity, It just wont go well. 2.The Plot Alvin is planning on doing something with female s###munk #1, and his s###munk friends have to stop him or else something bad happens. As you can probably realize I don't know that much about the plot. But that doesn't really matter when the movie is starring s###munks which all sound like the essence of a migraine headache. 3. Its just a kids movie brehh. To people who use the excuse that if a movie is bad they just say "well its just a kids movie", should be shown almost every animated Disney film ever and 70% Pixar movies. This is definitely a kids movie but that doesn't excuse sloppy filmmaking. 4. Conclusion If my wife would be alive today(may the devil torture her soul) she would say that this movie was worse than when I came out of my coma. I don't think that I need to tell you that you shouldn't see this movie, so i wont.
Kjellinn out. -
Here we are with the fourth installment of the franchise; THE ROAD CHIP seems no better or worse than the previous three. The house party beginning is annoying and no where close to being funny. But, I'm sure parents and grandparents will bring the toddler and pubescent members of the family to the theater, because its the Chipmunks. Ca-ching! Popcorn, candy and watered down soft drinks above and beyond cost of tickets.
The story line has Alvin(Justin Long), Simon(Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore(Jesse McCartney)in a tizzy thinking that Dave(Jason Lee)is going to propose to his new girlfriend, Samantha(Kimerly Williams-Paisley). Thus the Chipmunks fear being caste aside. But, the pretty doctor lady has a son, Miles(Josh Green), that is nothing but a strain on good relations. Although he does agree they need to get along just long enough to put a stop to them all becoming a family.
The villain this time is an air marshal(Tony Hale)that already hates the chipmunks for interfering and busting up his possible engagement. He of course over-acts and doesn't provide a serious threat. Beyond the silliness and awful diologue, there is a tender moment that will probably insure another movie to follow.
Kaley Cuoco joins Christina Applegate and Anna Faris as voices of the Chippettes.