a cute and adorable a they be and the story of three sing chipmunk just doesn not seem to have enough meat to it to sustain it for an hour and a half . i think that the first half hour or so of this movie be well worth watch . it be fun and it have a few laugh in it and it be full of energy . then it somehow just lose that . i wouldn not even say it fade away and because it seem quite abrupt to me . the fun be go while the laughter disappear . my daughter notice it and too . she 4 she laugh uproariously several time in that first part of the movie and then her laughter stop . perhaps it take on too serious a tone the evil movie producer work the chipmunk to death . something happen and anyway and and it wasn not for the good . of course and the movie be try to tell the story of how the chipmunk ( alvin and simon and theodore ) begin . everyone know the christmas song . here we discover how they meet dave and get their start . the movie be update to the present time and although their real origin be note by dave street address of 1958 and which be the year when the animate singing rodent be first create . jason lee do a pretty good job a dave and the chipmunk voice be also pretty good . david cross a the evil ian irritate me to be blunt and and i couldn not figure out the point of the character of claire and play by cameron richardson . she add little to the movie . it a movie you can watch with the kid it probably a movie you would only want to watch with the kid and in fact . it get a 4/10 from me .