![]() Jason Lee returns as everyone’s favorite beleaguered dad, Dave Seville. ![]() Alone with the elements, can the Munks and Chipettes call on natural survival instincts to get them through this ordeal without room service and toasters? Will Dave and Ian find the kids? And what’s this? The island isn’t uninhabited? There’s a treasure hunter named Zoe lurking around? And an active volcano that’s about to explode? Wow! With each group unaware of the fate of the other, they make their separate ways to a remote uninhabited island. And thanks to a comedy of errors, Dave – and Ian – find themselves splashing down in the ocean. Wakening to the Alvin-inspired chaos on the ship, a panicked Dave knows what he must do. And what happens when no one is anchoring the kite on the ground? It takes off into the wild blue yonder. Um, but Munk kite flying isn’t like people kite flying. So while Dave tries to get some rest and avoid Ian, our instigating daring-do Alvin takes advantage of Dave’s snoozing and along with the gang, embarks on the greatest adventure ever – flying a kite. And of course, he blames Dave for his destruction. Seems that Ian has been relegated to running around in a pelican suit as the cruise line mascot since his demise in the music industry. And as for Dave’s relaxation? He senses it may be a lost cause when he runs into none other than old “Uncle Ian”, former Jett record producer who used and abused the Munks and Chipettes with overwork and meanness. But how much trouble can Alvin get into on a ship – in the middle of the ocean? The answer? Plenty. ![]() Casinos, nightclubs, shipboard games, extreme athletics like hang-gliding, swimming pools and belly flops, dance-offs with Snooki wannabes, and especially joyful to Theodore, a never ending buffet of desserts! Giving the “kids” some room to play and enjoy themselves, Dave sees the cruise as a chance to relax a little, something he never gets to do when wrangling Alvin at home. Moving beyond trouble with toaster waffles at home, Alvin and the gang have a whole new world before them on the ship. Wanting to “feel their oats”, extend bedtime, make their own tv choices…and capitalize on their cuteness…the gang gives dad Dave a run for his money while they run amok on the cruise ship. But, of course, wherever Alvin goes, trouble inevitably follows and how could trouble not happen with the greatest playground in the world under his little chipmunk feet! But, it’s not just run-of-the-mill kid trouble we’re talking about now as the Munks and Chipettes are getting a little older and pushing the envelope of “what can we get away with” just a little bit harder. Now world famous recording stars, Alvin and the gang are off on a Carnival cruise to the International Music Awards where they are set to not only perform but receive an award as Artists of the Year. With seven now well established characters, CHIPWRECKED takes the Chipmunks and the Chipettes out of the house, onto the high seas and into the wild, expanding on originality and creativity for what, I have to say, is one of the best and most entertaining squeakquels ever! It’s MUNKTASTIC!!! But with the introduction of new characters, came a lag in the storytelling, a lag that has now been cured thanks to director Mike Mitchell and writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger with ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED. Expanding the chipmunk world thanks to technological advancements and fresh-eyed creativity, the Chipmunks were such a hit with young and old alike that a squeakquel introducing the Chipettes – Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor – female counterparts to the boys, opened in theatres in 2009. But an even greater joy was when the Munks reappeared on the big screen in 2007 with the CGI/live action, Alvin and the Chipmunks. And after a sad hiatus from the small screen, I rejoiced when Alvin and the Chipmunks returned to television in the 80’s and home video in the 90’s. Subsequent Chipmunk songs and albums were always a highlight for me, as were the cartoons when they began appearing on tv in 1961. In fact, The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) has been a mainstay of the holiday season for me since my first Christmas. ![]() I have never known the world without those adorable, energetic and often impish chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore, and their adoptive father Dave Seville, as all were “born” along with me in 1958. ![]()
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