Alvin and the Chipmunks

"The original entourage."

2007 1h 32m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 4,846

ComedyFamilyFantasyAnimation

Synopsis

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A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon, and chubby, impressionable Theodore.

“The original entourage.”

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Cast

Jason Lee
Dave
David Cross
Ian
Cameron Richardson
Claire
Jane Lynch
Gail
Justin Long
Alvin (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler
Simon (voice)
Jesse McCartney
Theodore (voice)
Allison Karman
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tim Hill
Writers: Chris Viscardi, Will McRobb, Jon Vitti
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Japanese
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.0× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Spanish, French, Japanese.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Alvin and the Chipmunks Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tim Hill, shot by Peter Lyons Collister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christopher Lennertz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter E. Berger shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Tim Hill directs. Peter Lyons Collister behind the camera. Christopher Lennertz scores. Peter E. Berger cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish, French, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 6.0× over at the box office.
3Released 19 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Spanish, French, Japanese.
5Part of the "Alvin and the Chipmunks Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Tim Hill, shot by Peter Lyons Collister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Christopher Lennertz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Peter E. Berger shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Jason Lee and David Cross and Cameron Richardson carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The original entourage.".
11IMDB entry: tt0952640 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 16 themes, including "friendship", "concert", "pop star", "approach".

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Lyons Collister
Original score: Christopher Lennertz
Editing: Peter E. Berger
Production design: Richard Holland
Costume design: Alexandra Welker
Makeup / hair: Cheri Minns
VFX supervisor: Todd Shifflett
Stunt coordinator: John Moio
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $361,366,633
Return: 602% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Awards

Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie

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Part of

Alvin and the Chipmunks Collection

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-action comedy film directed by Tim Hill. Based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., the film stars Jason Lee, David Cross, and Cameron Richardson with the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney. The first film was followed by three sequels: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, released on December 23, 2009, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, released on December 16, 2011 and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, released on December 18, 2015.

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Michael2022-12-27
★ 6/10
Als Kind habe ich die Zeichentrickserie von Alvin und die Chipmunks geliebt um den Animations-/Realfilmmix habe ich nach den schlechten Erfahrungen mit ähnlichen Filmen biser einen Bogen gemacht. Zu Unrech! Natürlich ist Alvin und die Chipmunks kein Meisterwerk. Natürlich präsentiert der Film keine komplexe Story. Und dennoch hat der Film mir Spaß gemacht. Die animierten Chipmunks fügen sich gut in den Film ein und „Earl“ Jason Lee weiß prima mit ihren zu agieren. Wenn die Chipmunks Chaos in der Wohnung von Lees Filmfigur Dave stiften oder ihren ersten großen Auftritt haben, dann schwingt natürlich ein Stück Kindheitserinnerung mit, aber ein Stück Kindheitserinnerung, die mit diesem Film angemessen in die Neuzeit transportiert wurde. Alvin und die Chipmunks ist somit seichte Unterhaltung, wenn es einfach mal ein relaxter Couchtag werden soll. [Sneakfilm.de]
Andre Gonzales2023-07-02
★ 8/10
Love this movie. Kind of funny and cute to see these little hairy beasts singing pop songs. At least the songs weren't bad.
RealZero2025-07-02
★ 7/10
Alvin and the Chipmunks is a nice, family friendly movie about finding a place and your family in life, development of care and empathy for each other and many of the usual US comedy tropes. While the movie in itself is nothing crazy special, I consider it to be quite cutely done. The three Chipmunks look and are animated very nicely and while, like the original story of them, requires quite some suspension of disbelieve on how the world simply accepts talking rodents, they make for a really cute movie. The familiar care of the three brothers is cute, their singing and dancing is well-animated and the fur detail is really nice. Knowing the 1986 cartoon it was unusual to see Dave so "cold" towards them, but that only allowed the movie to show more of the very beginning of how their relationship grows. The one thing I was not a fan of was the temporarily tried-for romance between the human characters, but this luckily didn't have a big place. It was a good start into the franchise, I like it. Family values, becoming a family, and how children need and deserve to "just be children". <3