Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Metascore
24 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 12 out of 19
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  1. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Kerry Lengel
    Dec 15, 2011
    60
    The sequel's target audience may be too young to realize that the best punch lines are long past their expiration date, but at least they're learning the idea of the catchphrase. They can hear the exclamation points.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Dec 15, 2011
    60
    Either the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movies are getting better, or I've accidentally buried my brain for the winter. The third entry in the franchise - Chip-Wrecked - is, dare I say, the charm.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Dec 15, 2011
    50
    No swear words here; just harmless fun.
  4. Variety
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Dec 15, 2011
    50
    As impressive as the CG elements are in "Chipwrecked," they're a mixed blessing: The more lifelike the techies make the critters -- Alvin (voiced by Justin Long), Theodore (Jesse McCartney) and Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) -- the more we're reminded they're rodents.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Adam Markovitz
    Dec 15, 2011
    42
    Good news: The shrill CG rodents, who last infested theaters in 2009's Squeakquel, are stranded on a jungle island with little hope of survival. Bad news: They've brought us along.
  6. Time
    Reviewed by: Mary Pols
    Dec 19, 2011
    40
    To get serious about Alvin for a moment, there are worse things for your kid to be into.
  7. Movieline
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    Dec 15, 2011
    40
    Number of chipmunks who speak fluent chola when necessary: three. Number of Spider-Man/Pepe Le Pew mash-ups I can't really get into: one.
  8. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    Dec 15, 2011
    38
    Maybe for the next installment, they can go off to college and find something better to do than making these silly movies.
  9. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    Dec 14, 2011
    33
    With its wall-to-wall pop covers, Chipwrecked isn't a kids' movie so much as a brightly animated, instantly forgettable animated feature-length advertisement for the NOW That's What I Call Music! compilation series of contemporary pop hits.
  10. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jennie Punter
    Dec 15, 2011
    25
    Like the recent Adam Sandler dud "Jack and Jill," a sizable chunk of Chip-Wrecked was shot on the newest ship in the fleet of a major cruise company – the ultimate in movie product placement!
  11. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    Dec 15, 2011
    25
    It's an uninspired and instantly forgettable film. But it completely succeeds by its own standards: an 87-minute rainy-day distraction that will probably make a zillion dollars.
  12. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Joel Brown
    Dec 15, 2011
    25
    Whatever character they bring to their lines, the actors' voices are mostly unrecognizable after being digitally 'munk-ified.
  13. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: David Fear
    Dec 19, 2011
    20
    As for parents: Are you cool with feeling like you're having artificial sweetener sandblasted into your eyeballs for 87 minutes?
  14. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Betsy Sharkey
    Dec 15, 2011
    20
    I fear the furry singing sensations may have finally run completely aground. If only they were truly stranded on that desert island…
  15. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: David Ehrlich
    Dec 15, 2011
    20
    Chipwrecked is the sort of Sunday afternoon trifle that will mollify children and mortify their parents, an eyesore that auto-tunes its strong cast into anonymity and undercuts its convincingly rendered CG leads by confining them to hideously cheap environments.
  16. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    Dec 14, 2011
    20
    Every bit as frantic, frenetic, groan-inducing and all around grating as its two predecessors.
  17. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Jaime N. Christley
    Dec 15, 2011
    12
    It's that rare thing, a movie that clocks in under 90 minutes, but feels like an endurance test in every moment, at every plot concern, and every musical number.
  18. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    Dec 16, 2011
    0
    It really couldn't have been easy for Jason Lee ("Almost Famous") to keep a straight face while saying, "I'm not in this for the money.''
  19. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    Dec 15, 2011
    0
    I really think the entire payoff to the Chipmunks' gambit comes in those inevitable moments when Dave bellows in exasperation, "Alvin." Maybe if we all bellow in unison it will be forceful enough to put an end to this painful film franchise.

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User Score
3.7 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 67 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 29
  3. Negative: 17 out of 29
  1. oscarr
    1
    The only reason I gave this a 1 and not a 0 is because it would be a fun movie for toddlers. But to us who understand what "real" movies are, this movie is just an annoying and noisy piece of junk.… Full Review »
  2. Nero97
    1
    Ugh. what a piece of s***. I went to the cinema with my little brother, and i almost killed myself. It's not funny, i can't imagine why children think this is funny, it's an abomination in cinema history, in humanity history, it's a damn bad movie!… Full Review »
  3. MaxxSwan13
    7
    Watching it right now. It's ok nothing special. Xstuftvgtxcfcc
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