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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Positive Reviews
16
Negative reviews
37
Average Rating
2.0
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3.0
Militantly inoffensive and cheerfully bland, the film aspires to be nothing more than a passable babysitter, and it more or less succeeds.
Av Club
2.0
Yes, griping about intentionally stupid jokes in an intentionally silly sequel seems like a churlish and rather pointless thing to do.
EW
3.0
It has enough funny one liners and bits of physical humor to entertain both kids and parents (especially if the parents are already Chipmunk fans).
Common Sense Media
1.0
What were offered is a succession of lifeless scenes punctuated by pratfalls that only a handful of kids in the audience found funny. Next.
Time Out
0.0
What resulted were self reflexive and undeniably personal efforts, met with delight and even some derision, but it warmed the heart to think that Holl ..
2.5
At one point, Crosss character takes a full frontal hit in the groin from an errant toy motorcycle.
1.0
Its a rare but not unheard of event for a sequel to top its predecessor.
1.0
Note: This comment is only vaguely amusing if you have seen the entire film and I promise you, it isnt worth the effort. Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Sq ..
E Film Critic
4.0
The film never tries too hard to be cool, features adorable rodents in fetching knitwear, and includes helium voiced chipmunks shaking their tushes as ..
Telegraph
3.0
Hes a good addition to the cast and his chemistry with the Chipsters is touching in a bizarrely heartwarming way.
1.3
Your kids may keep laughing through this and the next few squeakquels.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Alvin must be the most unsympathetic lead in any kiddie franchise, and having him do squeaked up De Niro impersonations doesnt help.
1.0
Speaking of that, the almost tween crowd may recognize the chipmunks song choices here, but they lack spunk.
Ny Daily News
2.5
The whole thing is rather insipid.But Thomas makes it smoother and more palatable than it deserves to be.
Philly
2.0
This Squeakquel isnt much worse than the original, but unfortunately its no better.
One Guys Opinion
2.5
Closing out a pretty great year for childrens moviesUp, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline among themBetty Thomass dutiful animated and live ..
Village Voice
2.5
Falling gags are unfunny enough, but the bathroom humor that follows is no improvement.
Usa Today
2.0
Theres slick animation, plenty of slapstick and surprisingly little music.
News Review
3.0
Even if theres little here for older viewers to enjoy, youngsters will love the slapstick action and catchy soundtrack.
Radio Times
2.0
Acting on Daves wishes to have the three chipmunk pop stars live as normal a life as possible, Toby enrolls them at the local high school where they q ..
Screen It
1.0
I hardly know where to begin with this the squeakquel bit alone made me shudder.
Independent
2.0
In addition, the script is extremely lazy, substituting cuteness for anything resembling conflict, character development or the emotional moments you ..
View London
2.5
Its far from the most unpleasant kiddie flick Ive sat through this year, although I would be misleading you if I promised you lots of laughs.
New York Post
1.9
Only the youngest and least discriminating of audiences could possibly be entertained by this film.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
Whatever limited charms the first version had mostly David Cross portrayal of Ian, the greedy manager who exploits the furry creatures have since sour ..
Az Central
4.5
What is sorta special about Squeakquel is that it isnt blitheringly stupid, just gently silly.
3.1
Lightweight as the vehicle may be, these munks are all desperately cute and the CGI is far superior to Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Toronto Star
1.0
The only moderately amusing joke is in the title and only children the size of chipmunks (which would probably place them in utero) are likely to enjo ..
Guardian
2.0
The Squeakquel is astonishingly high pitched, like 100 helium balloons being let off in your head. A caveat, then: dogs may pick up on subtleties Ive ..
Guardian
1.0
The modern irony coursing through the movie meshes well with its charms as an old fashioned, Saturday afternoon serial.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
I think Cross and Malick have delivered much better performances in other projects.
Reel Talk Reviews
1.0
The worlds most irritatingly high pitched rodents are back and noisier than ever, in this lobotomised rip off of the High School Musical franchise.
Daily Mail
2.5
Family friendly and funky, its nevertheless cutesy charmless.Expect an inevitable Threequel.
Susang Ranger
3.0
Its inoffensive, harmless silliness.Kids will only ask the questions I just did when they go off to college and see it on TV somewhere, sit down to lo ..
Movies
1.0
As with its predecessor this Squeakuel is the perfect movie for those who find Teletubbies and Dora the Explorer a little too highbrow.
Hollywood
2.5
The bottom line is that if youre under the age of 10 or you somehow enjoyed the god awful 2007 original then you are more likely than not to enjoy thi ..
Movie Freak
3.0
The bottom line is that theres a lot of grown up and parents that will roll their eyes at this movie.However, it is very cute if you can get in the sp ..
7M Pictures
3.0
Its young target audience will find this latest Chipmunks iteration entertaining. The story is simple enough for little kids to follow and at 88 minut ..
Boxoffice Magazine
2.0
Given that its being pitched to kids, this is some truly bad role modeling.
Maki At The Movies
1.3
I wish that were true.It certainly would have been more entertaining.
Three Movie Buffs
2.0
The earlier Alvin movie made more than $217 million just in the United States. Its hard to imagine this somewhat confused sequel doing as well.
Ny Times
1.9
Aimed squarely at kidsif you are an adult with nostalgic memories of the 1980s cartoon series, it would be best to rewatch that, insteadthe movie is f ..
Dustin Put Man
2.0
This sequel, ahem, Squeakquel, keeps matters depressingly routine and tired.
Brian Or Ndorf
3.5
Fans of the original film will be pleased to know that the sequel maintains the originals cuteness and kid friendly physical humor that will entertain ..
Nyc Movie Guru
2.0
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3.0
The cinematic equivalent of unwrapping a fruitcake on Christmas morning.
Bowling Green Daily News
2.5
An oddly entertaining, if mindless, way to spend an hour and a half on a Saturday morning with a seven year old.
Jam! Movies
2.5
Nothing too complicated about Its Complicated its just as much an entertainment formula as the Chipmunks flick, the main difference being that its aim ..
East Bay Express
1.0
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Fan The Fire Magazine
3.5
Kids will love this movie and %u2014 as history teaches %u2014 they love the chipmunks. Its fast paced, has plenty of music, a really funny fart joke ..
Tri City Herald
1.5
a half assed, low budget enterprise trading on childrens endless appetite for talking animals
Filmcritic.com
0.0
Compound the torturous voices with clich violence (groin crunch!),
Boston Phoenix
1.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
0.5
Easy resolutions pop up and theres no real drama, with flat jokes, overacting and wasted comic talent voices slathered between the plots thin slices o ..
Vue Weekly
2.0
I must be the old stinker. I think that if youre activities cause property damage, youre a vandal. Its not cute to behave irresponsibly if the result ..
Can Mag
3.0
Being aimed at children isnt a valid excuse for a movie to be simple minded and illogical. You know that, right
Film.com
3.0
Yes, its probably a good film for children. But when films far more sophisticated and enjoyable like Up or Where the Wild Things Are come out, a film ..
Week In Rewind
2.5
Richard Widmark is dead but his spirit improbably lives on in this squeakquel, in which the allegedly adorable harmonizing rodents cause an old lady i ..
Gomemphis
1.0
An unsatisfying sequel to a very mediocre first film. It is so unfunny and painful that I actually saw people walking out of the free screening I atte ..
1.0
With an unengaging plot, flat jokes and shameless product placement, Alvin is a late contender for worst film of the year.
Daily Mirror (UK)
1.0
There are plenty of lame pop culture references to Apocalypse Now and Taxi Driver, should any losing the will to live parents need a final push over t ..
3.0
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Blogs Smh
2.0
The Chipmunks, in the first film, were the mathematical creations of a computer; watching The Squeakquel, the fun of the first film fades away as you ..
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