Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMike Mitchell
Written byJonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman
Edited byPeter Amundson
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox[1]
Release date
  • December 16, 2011 (2011-12-16)
Running time
87 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80 million[4]
Box office$342.7 million[5]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked is a 2011 American jukebox musical adventure comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell and written by the writing team of Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, based on the characters Alvin and the Chipmunks created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and the Chipettes created by Janice Karman.[6] It is the third installment in the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks film series following the 2009 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and the first film. The film stars Jason Lee, David Cross and Jenny Slate. Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris and Christina Applegate return to voice the Chipmunks and the Chipettes, respectively. In the film, playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical island, where they discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was released in the United States on December 16, 2011, by 20th Century Fox. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. However, it grossed over $342 million worldwide against an $80 million budget. A fourth and final film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, was released on December 18, 2015 with Kaley Cuoco replacing Amy Poehler as the voice of Eleanor.[7]

Plot[edit]

Dave, the Chipmunks, and the Chipettes go on a cruise ship en route to the International Music Awards. Both parties end up creating trouble, culminating in Dave having dinner with the captain to apologize. He tells them to stay in their room, only for all of them, except Theodore, to escape to the casinos. Dave discovers his former supervisor Ian Hawke is working as the ship's safety monitor dressed as a pelican, and is out to inform the captain if the Chipmunks and Chipettes stir up more trouble. The next day, Alvin decides to go para-sailing on a kite but the kite flies away with him and the other Chipmunks. Dave goes on a hang-glider to try to find them but Ian attempts to stop him, which results in them both ending up stranded in the Pacific Ocean.

Meanwhile, the Chipmunks find a deserted island and they sleep for the night. Dave enlists Ian's help to find the same island and begin looking for the Chipmunks. The next morning the Chipmunks go and find food and while doing so, come across a castaway named Zoe, who sees the chipmunks for the first time. They then go to Zoe's tree house where Eleanor sprains her ankle and Simon gets bitten by a spider; its side effects include personality changes and loss of inhibition.

The morning after, everyone observes Simon's personality changed where he thinks he is a French adventurer named "Simone". "Simone" is attracted to Jeanette but does not take as kindly to Alvin and Brittany. Later, Zoe takes "Simone", Jeanette, Eleanor and Theodore to a lake with a waterfall and "Simone" finds a cave. He returns with a gold bracelet which he gives to Jeanette as a crown.

Brittany and Alvin see an active volcano the next day, so decide they must leave the island with the others. Theodore and "Simone" find Dave and Ian and meet up 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 to look for food, "Simone" is knocked unconscious and Jeanette is kidnapped; "Simone" reverts back to Simon.

Everyone finds Simon awake and he cannot remember anything after the spider had bitten him. They discover that Zoe has taken Jeanette, so they head towards the waterfall. When they approach the tree log to cross, Dave and Alvin decide to go find Jeanette. As Zoe forces her to get the treasure in the cave by tying her to a rope, she reveals that she was never a castaway, but came to the island especially to find the treasure. However, living alone on the island for ten years wiped her memory and she is now ruthlessly willing to find the treasure at all costs.

Alvin and Dave come to Jeanette's rescue. The island begins to rumble again, Zoe lets go of the rope and Jeanette runs with Dave and Alvin back to the raft. When they reach the log to cross, Zoe grabs the rope and drags Jeanette back to her until Alvin cuts it with the pocket knife (Swiss Army knife) Dave confiscated earlier. Dave almost falls.

Alvin and a reformed Ian convince Zoe to help save Dave. They then run towards the raft and escape the eruption. While floating away, Zoe apologizes to Jeanette for kidnapping her and trying to force 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. Ian also starts a new career as a screenwriter by selling a screenplay about Zoe's story to Hollywood, finally resurrecting his fortune and making Zoe famous. On the plane back to Los Angeles, Alvin tricks the other passengers into thinking they're going to Timbuktu, much to Dave's annoyance.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

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 20th Century Fox to direct the new film.[8] The film featured one of Carnival's newest and biggest cruise ships, Carnival Dream. The external shots and interior stateroom suite were filmed during a seven-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. The visual effects and animation for the chipmunks were provided by Los Angeles-based Rhythm and Hues Studios, who previously animated the first and second installments of the franchise. Mark Mothersbaugh composed the musical score for the film, replacing David Newman.

Release[edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was released in the U.S. on December 16, 2011, and was the first and only live-action/CGI Chipmunks film to be rated G by the MPAA.

Home media[edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 27, 2012, from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.[9]

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

The film grossed a total of $133,110,742 in North America, and another $209,584,693 internationally, for a total worldwide gross of $342,695,435.[5] Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked made $6.7 million on its opening day, which was lower than the opening day grosses of the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks ($13.3 million) and The Squeakquel ($18.8 million).[10] 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.[11]

Critical response[edit]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 10% of 85 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Lazy, rote, and grating, Chipwrecked is lowest-common-denominator family entertainment that's strictly for the very, very, very young at heart."[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 24 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[14][11][15]

John Anderson of Variety wrote: "As impressive as the CG elements are in 'Chipwrecked,' they're a mixed blessing: The more lifelike the techies make the critters—Alvin (voiced by Justin Long), Theodore (Jesse McCartney) and Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) —the more we're reminded they're rodents."[16] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter called it "Every bit as frantic, frenetic, groan-inducing and all around grating as its two predecessors."[17]

David Cross, who played Ian in this film and the previous two installments, has spoken critically of making the film, calling it "the most miserable experience I ever had in my professional life". He had no problems with the other actors or director, but said there were a couple of people who made it an awful experience.[18][19]

Accolades[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
The Chipmunks and The Chipettes
ReleasedNovember 15, 2011[23]
GenrePop, rock, hip hop, dance
Length42:43 (album version)
52:32 (Target exclusive limited edition)
49:45 (digital deluxe edition)
LabelAtlantic
ProducerRoss Bagdasarian Jr., 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) 		We're the Chipmunks (Music from the TV Show)
(2015)

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[edit]

Standard[23]
No.TitleWriter(s)Performing artist(s)Length
1."Party Rock Anthem"Peter Schroeder, Davide Jamahl Listenbee, Stefan Gordy, Skyler GordyThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes4:14
2."Bad Romance"Nadir Khayat, Stefani GermanottaThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes4:27
3."Trouble"Alecia Moore, Tim ArmstrongThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes3:08
4."Whip My Hair[24]"Ronald Jackson, Janae RatliffThe Chipettes2:31
5."Vacation"Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine, Jane M. WiedlinThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes (featuring Basko)2:59
6."We Have Arrived (*)"Ali Theodore, Michael Klein, Rachel Rickert, Julian DavisRAE (featuring Classic)3:22
7."Say Hey (I Love You)"Michael Franti, Carl Rogers YoungThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes (featuring Nomadik)3:01
8."Real Wild Child"Johnny O'Keefe, Johnny Greenan, Dave OwensThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes (featuring Nomadik)2:43
9."S.O.S."J.R. Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Ed CobbThe Chipettes2:52
10."We No Speak Americano/Conga"Nicola Selerno, Renato Carosone, Enrique GarciaThe Chipettes (featuring Barnetta DaFonseca)2:38
11."Survivor"Beyoncé Knowles, Anthony Dent, Matthew KnowlesThe Chipettes[25]3:59
12."Born This Way/Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now/Firework"Stefani Germanotta, Fernando Garibay, Paul Blair, Jeppe Laursen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Jerry Cohen, Esther Dean, Mikkel Eriksen, Tom Hermansen, Katy Perry, Sandy Julien WilhelmThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes2:47
Bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Performing artist(s)Length
13."Club Can't Handle Me"Michael Caren, Tramar Dillard, David Guetta, Carmen Michelle Key, Kasia Livingston, Frederic Riesterer, Giorgio TuinfortThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes3:57
Total length:42:43
Target limited edition bonus tracks[26]
No.TitleWriter(s)Performing artist(s)Length
14."Love Train"Kenneth Gamble, Leon HuffThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes2:47
15."Fly"Stan Frazier, Murphy Karges, Mark McGarth, Rodney Shappard, Joseph "McG" NicholThe Chipmunks3:18
16."Help"John Lennon, Paul McCartneyThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes2:19
17."Jungle Boogie"Ronald Bell, Claydes Eugene Smith, Robert Spike Mickens, Donald Boyce, Richard Westfield, Dennis Ronald Thomas, Robert Earl Bell, George BrownThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes1:22
Total length:52:32
Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks[27][28]
No.TitleWriter(s)Performing artist(s)Length
14."Hello"Martin Solveig, Martina SorbaraThe Chipettes3:07
15."Holiday"Rivers CuomoThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes3:07
16."We'll Be Alright"Rob Coombes, Danny Goffey, Phillip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Mick Quinn, Jonathan Yip, Ray Romulus, Jeremy ReevesThe Chipmunks & The Chipettes (featuring Basko)3:14
Total length:49:45

Chipwrecked - Queensberry Chipwrecked - Queensberry (feat. The Chipmunks) (*) - denotes original song

Chart performance[edit]

Video game[edit]

Alvin and the Chipmunks:
Chipwrecked
Developer(s)Behaviour Interactive
Publisher(s)Majesco Entertainment
SeriesAlvin and the Chipmunks
Platform(s)DS, Wii, Xbox 360
Release
  • NA: November 15, 2011
  • EU: November 25, 2011
Genre(s)Rhythm
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked is a video game based on the film. It was released for the Wii, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360 on November 15, 2011, in North America and on November 25, 2011, in Europe. Like the previous "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel' video game adaptations, Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman reprised their respective roles.

Sequel[edit]

Main article: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

In June 2013, 20th Century Fox announced that a sequel, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, would be released on December 18, 2015.[34] On December 18, 2014, however, it was announced for a December 23, 2015 release.[7] On October 14, 2015, the release date was pushed forward to December 18, 2015. The cast reprised their roles for The Road Chip except Amy Poehler who was replaced by Kaley Cuoco and David Cross does not appear at all.

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