Two years ago, I was one of the few critics in this great country who dared to say something politically incorrect: I liked “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” While most of the film writers out there were bemoaning its overly cute sentiment, I was proud to say that I found the movie adorable and surprisingly fun.
A lot of my affection for this new computer-generated “Alvin and the Chipmunks” series comes from the fact that I saw it with my kids, then ages six and four. After all, this is the target audience for a film like this, not some stuffy cinemaphile waxing poetic about the French New Wave movement.
Likewise, “The Squeakquel” is cut from the same cloth. My kids are two years older, ages eight and six, and they were as excited to see this movie as I was to see “Avatar” the week before. and let’s be honest... the movie totally played to their demographic.
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