Alvin and Chipmunks : The Squeakquel Movie Review2

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel This hol­i­day smells of nuts and cheese­balls for Alvin and his friends are round the cor­ner again. After awing many with their chip­munk vocals per­form­ing songs like Bad Day and Christmas Don’t Be Late, the trio are back for more rock ‘n’ roll with the Chipettes. The movie opens with the chip­munks per­form­ing on stage and within min­utes, our favourite trou­ble­maker, Alvin, causes an acci­dent that sends their beloved Dave to the hos­pi­tal. With Dave absent from home, who will now take care of the three lit­tle chip­munks? Rest assure, for Dave has made nec­es­sary arrange­ments for them to go to school and has put a guardian in charged to take care of them. Yes, you heard me right. The Chipmunks are going to school to have a proper child­hood, as Dave insists. While all the fun and bul­ly­ing unfolds in school, Ian Hawke returns from the garbage dump with another evil plot – to exploit the inno­cent Chipettes and destroy the Chipmunks. When Chipmunks meet Chipettes…what will hap­pen between them? The movie is a fun, enjoy­able fam­ily film and for all those who love to get struck by more chip­munk cute­ness. Comparing to the pre­vi­ous chip­munk film, the Squeakuel sees more con­flict within the Chipmunks and what the movie sells – cute­ness. Plot wise, I pre­ferred the first movie which I felt was much more stronger in terms of story and emo­tions. There was the estab­lish­ment between Dave and the Chipmunks’ bond but the Squeakuel con­cen­trates on the Chipmunks’ school life and a band com­pe­ti­tion and pretty much ends it that way. Most of the time, Dave lies in the hos­pi­tal and appears at the end to dance with crutches. It’s true that one prob­a­bly don’t get enough of the chip­munks after watch­ing the first, but the sequel really made me thought that they were sell­ing cute moments and had ignored the story devel­op­ment. Audience sure paid to see what they expect – singing and danc­ing chip­munks topped with cute­ness and more cute­ness but on top of that, I think we’re still look­ing for a good story to fol­low along with the adorable char­ac­ters. Sure I love Alvin’s cool­ness, Simon’s glasses and Theodore’s sen­ti­ments. The Chipettes per­formed well but still I rooted for the Chipmunks team, that is to say the Chipmunks’ char­ac­ter were much more devel­oped aided by the first movie. I didn’t felt much for the Chipettes, not to men­tion they don’t have much room for devel­op­ment in this movie. The movie ended kind of abrupt for me…if there is a part 3, would I still watch it? My answer is still a Yes. I guess I still want to see more of Alvin and gang even though the story may not be the best. In terms of amuse­ment, this film prob­a­bly score a 4 out of 5 with the singing and danc­ing but story wise, it needs a lot of pol­ish­ing. Nonetheless, it is still an enter­tain­ing watch for this fes­tive sea­son if you are in for some­thing cute. – Winnie