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Kathleen Murphy, MSN Movies: Eighty-seven minutes, the duration of this auditory assault, would be sufficient to slaughter every brain cell and induce blithering idiocy. Read more
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: There is chipmunk gambling. There is seductive dancing by Chipettes wearing only towels. There is a musical gag involving the lyric "whip my tail back and forth." Read more
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: In the end, I'd rather hang onto fond memories of my Eisenhower-era record, squeaky voices and all. Read more
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Even by the exceedingly lenient standards of second sequels to terrible kids' films, Chipwrecked feels particularly arbitrary and devoid of inspiration. Read more
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: In between the cutesy musical covers (from the Go-Go's to Lady Gaga), the young rodents engage in harmless slapstick and even learn a bit about themselves. Read more
Jake Coyle, Associated Press: Puns like these would be unforgivable coming from a human. From high-pitched rodents, they prompt calls for an exterminator. Read more
Joel Brown, Boston Globe: You know there is something wrong with a movie when even David Cross in a giant pelican suit isn't funny. Read more
Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: 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. Read more
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter: Well, at least it isn't in 3D. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: If only they were truly stranded on that desert island... Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Either the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movies are getting better, or I've accidentally buried my brain for the winter. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: You usually have to go to an Adam Sandler movie, or the Quad Cinema, to see something as incompetently made as "Alvin and the Chipmunks.'' Read more
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: 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. Read more
Nell Minow, Chicago Sun-Times: For kids, familiarity, silliness and Dave's unconditional love make it appealing. For adults, the best it has to offer are nostalgia and a running time under 90 minutes. Read more
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail: The obvious nods to Castaway, Lost and other pop culture references are barely worth a grin. Read more
Derek Adams, Time Out: To be fair, this franchise was never intended to appeal to anyone over six. But you do wonder how the filmmakers still managed to contrive something so unfunny and trite. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: 87 minutes of high-pitched singing, shenanigans, bad behaviour and family bonding, enlivened by a decent Sarah Palin joke. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Maybe for the next installment, they can go off to college and find something better to do than making these silly movies. Read more
Nick Schager, Village Voice: Flails about in search of a creative reason to exist. Read more
Sean O'Connell, Washington Post: "Chipwrecked" serves up more of the derivative chaos that floats this franchise's boat. Read more