Film review: Alvin and The Chipmunks

Alvin and The Chipmunks @ IMDB

My son likes going to the cinema. And I like taking him, not only because he should enjoy going to the cinema but also because my nearest cinema shows kids films on a Saturday morning for £1 a ticket.

The problem is this: not every kids film is made by Pixar. Case in point: Alvin and The Chipmunks.

It's just so...meh. It's so meh I can't be bothered to repeat the plot, what little there is. I remember some singing chipmunks getting into some hi-jinks with people talking in between. I think.

It's not that it's bad, there's just no ambition. I think it's trying to make a statement about the treadmill like nature of the modern music industry using the Chipmunks as a metaphor for the young talents sucked into the materialistic, money obssesed mainstream pop machine.

Tries to. All you really get is the aforementioned hi-jinks and the talking and that's about it.

Basically, it's a by the book kids film so it's not aimed at me. My son however loved it. So there you go, like in every Spielberg film you should ignore the adult and listen to the children.

Just let it be known that you were warned.

In a word? Yawn.