Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Promotional teaser poster
Directed by	Mike Mitchell[1]
Produced by	Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. Janice Karman
Written by	Jonathan Aibel Glenn Berger
Based on	Characters created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. Janice Karman
Starring	Jason Lee David Cross Jenny Slate Justin Long Matthew Gray Gubler Jesse McCartney Christina Applegate Anna Faris Amy Poehler
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Cinematography	Thomas E. Ackerman
Editing by	Peter Amundson
Studio	Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises Bagdasarian Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	December 16, 2011 (2011-12-16)
Running time	87 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80 million[3]
Box office	$338,735,785[4]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked is a 2011 American adventure comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell. The film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, and Jenny Slate with the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Christina Applegate, Anna Faris and Amy Poehler.

It was distributed by 20th Century Fox, and produced by Regency Enterprises and Bagdasarian Productions. The film is a sequel to the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks and its 2009 sequel Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, and was released on December 16, 2011.^[1]

Plot

During a cruise, for a family vacation, the Chipmunks and Chipettes turn the ship into their personal playground causing trouble and running amok as they will. Dave (Jason Lee) notices that his old boss, Ian Hawke (David Cross) working as a safety monitor on the cruise. Alvin goes para-sailing on a kite and he flies away with the other chipmunks. Dave goes on a hang glider to find them with Ian and they both end up in the ocean.

Meanwhile, the six chipmunks find an island and they sleep for the night. Dave enlists Ian's help find the same island and begin looking for the six chipmunks. The next morning, the chipmunks go and find food and while doing so, an island castaway named Zoe (Jenny Slate) shows up and sees the Chipmunks and Chipettes for the first time. They then go to Zoe's tree house and Simon gets bitten by a spider, the side effects including personality changes and loss of inhibition.

The morning after, everyone observes Simon's personality has changed and he becomes a French, adventurous chipmunk named Simone. Simone asks Jeanette to dance to Alvin's dismay. Later, Zoe takes Simone, Jeanette, Eleanor and Theodore to a waterfall and Simone finds a cave. He returns with a gold bracelet which he gives to Jeanette. Brittany and Alvin see an active volcano the next day and they decide to leave the island. Theodore and Simone find Dave and Ian and they go to meet with the other chipmunks. They all begin to prepare a raft to get them off the island and everyone is assigned a job. When Jeanette and Simone go and look for food, Zoe kidnaps Jeanette and Simone gets knocked unconscious, and reverted to normal.

Everyone finds Simon awake and he cannot remember anything since the bite. They discover that Zoe has taken Jeanette and they head towards the waterfall. When they approached the tree log to cross, Dave and Alvin decide they'll go and find Jeanette. As Zoe forces Jeanette to get the treasure by tying her to a rope, Alvin and Dave come to her rescue. The island begins to rumble again and Zoe let go of the rope and Jeanette runs with Dave and Alvin back to the raft. When they reach the log to cross, Dave almost falls.

Alvin and Ian convince Zoe to help save Dave. They then run towards the raft and escape the eruption. While on the raft, Zoe apologizes to Jeanette for kidnapping her and forcing her to get the treasure. As a gift, Jeanette gives Zoe the gold bracelet that Simon had given to her. Alvin reconciles with Dave and they are rescued. The Chipmunks and Chipettes perform at the International Music Awards.

In the film's epilogue, the Chipmunks, the Chipettes, and Dave are on a plane heading back home. Alvin is speaking on the pilot's microphone that the plane's destination is set for Timbuktu, accidentally pushes the food cart, and it hits Dave.

Cast

• Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville
• David Cross as Ian Hawke
• Jenny Slate as Zoe
• Andy Buckley as Captain Correlli

Voices

• Justin Long (Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. singing) as Alvin Seville
• Matthew Gray Gubler (Steve Vining singing) as Simon Seville
• Jesse McCartney (Janice Karman singing) as Theodore Seville
• Christina Applegate (Janice Karman singing) as Brittany
• Anna Faris (Janice Karman singing) as Jeanette
• Amy Poehler (Janice Karman singing) as Eleanor

Production

On October 26, 2010, according to 24 Frames from the Los Angeles Times, Mike Mitchell, the director behind Shrek Forever After, was in negotiations with Fox to direct the new film. It is expected to involve the Chipmunks and the Chipettes getting shipwrecked.^[5]

The movie featured one of Carnival's newest and biggest cruise ships, Carnival Dream. The external shots and interior stateroom suite were filmed during a 7-day Caribbean cruise. The casino, dance club, and dining room were filmed on a set not attempting to match the actual interior of the Carnival Dream cruise ship.

Release

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was rated G by the MPAA.

Box office

As of May 31, 2012, the film has grossed $133,100,916 in the United States, along with $205,634,869 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $338,735,785.^[4]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked made $6.7 million on its opening day, which was lower than the opening day grosses of the original film ($13.3 million) and its sequel ($18.8 million).^[6] For its opening weekend, the film ranked at the #2 spot behind Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows with $23.2 million, which was less than the opening weekends of the franchise's previous two films, the original film's $44.3 million and its sequel's $48.9 million respectively.^[7]

Critical reception

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked received mainly negative reviews from film critics. It currently holds a 13% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 71 reviews.^[8]The film also holds a 24 rating on Metacritic. Actor David Cross has spoken critically of the film, calling it "the most unpleasant experience I've ever had [during production]."^[9]

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 27, 2012 from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.^[10]

Accolades

• 2012 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie (winner)^[11]

Soundtrack

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by The Chipmunks and The Chipettes
Released	November 15, 2011[12]
Genre	Pop, rock, hip hop, dance
Length	42:43 (Album version) 52:32 (Target Exclusive Limited Edition) 49:45 (Digital Deluxe Edition)
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Ross Bagdasarian, Janice Karman, Ali Dee Theodore
The Chipmunks and The Chipettes chronology
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2009) Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture (2011)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture is the licensed soundtrack based on the film. It was released on November 15, 2011 by Atlantic Records. Released to US Target stores, a limited edition version of the soundtrack was released containing four exclusive bonus tracks. iTunes and Amazon.com released a deluxe edition available only on digital download containing three bonus tracks.

Track listing

(*) - denotes original song

Marketing

Video game

The official video game was also released with the film's soundtrack. Available only for the Wii, Nintendo DS, and on Kinect for Xbox 360.^[17]

Chart performance

References

External links

• Official website
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked at the Internet Movie Database
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked at Box Office Mojo
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked at Rotten Tomatoes
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked at Metacritic
• Official Soundtrack Website