Movie Cosmos - Alvin and the Chipmunks

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Jason Lee

As Dave

David Cross

As Ian

Cameron Richardson

As Claire

Jane Lynch

As Gail

Justin Long

As Alvin (voice)

Matthew Gray Gubler

As Simon (voice)

Jesse McCartney

As Theodore (voice)

Allison Karman

As Female Intern 1

Tiara Parker

As Female Intern 2

Kira Verrastro

As Female Intern 3

Veronica Alicino

As Amy

Beth Riesgraf

As Mother in Store

Adriane Lenox

As Vet

Don Tiffany

As Engineer

Lorne Green

As Director

Kevin Symons

As Ted

Frank Maharajh

As Barry

Greg 'G-Spot' Siebel

As Photographer

Oliver Muirhead

As Butler

Jayden Lund

As Security Guard

Erin Chambers

As Press Coordinator

Jillian Warry Barberie

As Jillian Reynolds

Chris Classic

As DJ

Adam Riancho

As French Doll (voice)

Axel Alba

As Spanish Doll (voice)

Rosero McCoy

As Choreographer

Alexis Boyd

As Dancer

Criscilla Anderson

As Dancer

Kevin Fisher

As Dancer

Kyndra Reevey

As Dancer

Tucker Barkley

As Dancer

Celestina Aladekoba

As Dancer

Laura Edwards

As Dancer

Christopher Scott

As Dancer

Miss Prissy

As Dancer

Bryan Gaw

As Dancer

Michelle Maniscalco

As Dancer

Nick Drago

As Dancer

Melanie Lewis

As Dancer

Natalie Cohen

As Poolside Girl (uncredited)

Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.

As Alvin (singing voice) (uncredited)

Janice Karman

As Theodore (singing voice) (uncredited)

Lisa Mason Lee

As Band Member (uncredited)

Meghan Noone

As Alvin's Fan (uncredited)

Chris Rossi

As Dancer (uncredited)

Jameel Saleem

As Band Roadie (uncredited)

Melanie Stephens

As Dancing DJ (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Tim Hill

Director

Michele Imperato Stabile

Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer

George Fisher

Stunts

Charlie Daboub

Art Direction

David MacMillan

Production Sound Mixer

Michael Axinn

ADR Editor

Gloria D'Alessandro

Dialogue Editor

Lissette Schettini

Assistant Art Director

Kevin E. Patterson

Utility Sound

Toni-Ann Walker

Hair Department Head

R.J. Kizer

ADR Editor

Shane D. Kelly

Gaffer

Anne D. McCulley

Set Decoration

Evelyne Barbier

Set Designer

Scott Curtis

Foley Editor

Sharon E. Alshams

Set Designer

John Moio

Stunt Coordinator

John Robotham

Stunts

Susan Dawes

Supervising Sound Editor

Christopher Flick

Foley Editor

Leigh Shanta

Unit Production Manager

Emily A. Wilson

Art Department Coordinator

Paul Massey

Sound Mixer

Ilana Gordon

Set Decorating Coordinator

Perry Dodgson

Boom Operator

Rebecca Robertson

Script Supervisor

Cheri Minns

Makeup Department Head

John Murray

Foley Supervisor

Peggy Teague

Makeup Artist

Mildred Iatrou

Supervising Sound Editor

Michele Panelli-Venetis

Associate Producer

Jaimie Trueblood

Still Photographer

David Betancourt

Foley Mixer

David Giammarco

Sound Mixer

Doug Jackson

Sound Effects Editor

Tim Gomillion

Sound Recordist

Todd Shifflett

Visual Effects Supervisor

Gary Burritt

Negative Cutter

Alicia Stevenson

Foley Artist

Dennis Rogers

Sound Recordist

Dawn Fintor

Foley Artist

Galen Goodpaster

First Assistant Sound Editor

Harry Muller

Color Timer

Ali Dee

Songs

Alexandra Welker

Costume Design

Steve Waterman

Executive Producer

Mindy Marin

Casting

Karen Rosenfelt

Executive Producer

Janice Karman

Producer

Peter Lyons Collister

Director of Photography

Ross Bagdasarian

Producer, Characters

Arnon Milchan

Executive Producer

Richard Holland

Production Design

Peter E. Berger

Editor

Dan Haring

Lighting Technician

Justin Hammond

Lighting Technician

Brett Paton

Animation

Joel Foster

Animation

Angelo Libutti

Animation

Christian Wood

Digital Compositor

Armen Ksajikian

Musician

Julianne Jordan

Music Supervisor

Will McRobb

Screenplay

Christopher Lennertz

Original Music Composer

Chris Viscardi

Screenplay

Jon Vitti

Story, Screenplay

Debbie Evans

Stunts

Robert E. Knight

Set Painter

George Atamian

Set Dresser

Emily Ferry

Property Master

Craig T. Shordon

Set Painter

Tom Brown

Music Arranger

Reviews:

Michael (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]

2022-12-27

Andre Gonzales (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.

2023-07-02

BryanGreyson (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

2025-07-02