I will admit. I was raised on Alvin and the Chipmunks. I have—and always will—love those little rodents. I even loved the first two movies. They were true to the Chipmunk spirit and carried with them a warmth true to Dave and the gang. However…the third movie fell flat.
I’ll keep this brief, as the movie wasn’t very long, and I won’t be cutting and caustic like I could be. No, this was a kid’s movie and should be taken for what it is, as Mom would say. But…still, a kid’s movie is no excuse for poor writing. For example, Up, and Ratatouille, and Tangled. Even Hugo!
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On that note, Chipwrecked felt like a bunch of random, half-built plot points slapped together to make what should have been considered a fluid, moving storyline. Mix that with a couple of allusions to other castaway movies (such as Castaway with Tom Hanks), and you had a too-fast-paced, half-baked kids’ movie meant to mindlessly entertain so parents could have an hour and a half of relief. That’s where I’ll end my post so I don’t ramble on about how the movie disappointed me, and I walked from theater 4 shaking my head. 2 kernels out of 5.
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