Cinemas - Film of the Week - 17/12/09

Dec 16 2009 Crewe Chronicle

GIRL power is alive and well in Alvin And The Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel as the titular trio meet their match in the shape of a girl group.

Director Betty Thomas treads a familiar path, driving a wedge between the tiny heroes, then reuniting them for a foot-stomping finale.

The plot holds no surprises, incorporating a boo-hiss, high-school jock villain, wholesome lessons about friendship and chaste romance that nervously approaches the kissing stage.

If you didn’t like the original, it’s safe to say that the follow-up won’t work for you either.

But youngsters will love the silliness of it all – the chipmunks whooping You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) by Dead Or Alive as they take a high-speed turn in a food mixer – with the odd concession to older viewers, such as the opening musical gambit, You Really Got Me by The Kinks.

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