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Bagdasarian Productions
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
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At last! Alvin's first motion picture.
The Chipmunks and the Chipettes go head to head in a hot air balloon race, and the winner gets $100,000. Unbeknownst to the participants, the "race" is actually a diamond smuggling ring!
RealZero
Feb 13, 2026 · via TMDB
I was positively surprised by this one. I'm not a fan of the high-pitched Chipmunks and Chipettes music, but I grew up with the cartoon show and, yes, I like the live action movies because all six + Dave always have quite likable personalities. And that's the same in this movie. If you like the 1983 show, this is a perfectly fitting movie to it with the characters actually engaging in a quite serious adventure including criminals, smuggling and kidnapping. The plot isn't crazy special, and certainly off to an unrealistic start, but hey, if you wanna see the girls and boys having an adventure, just like what they're always about, it's certainly fun! I was surprised about the backgrounds. Like in many bigger animated movies with theatrical release at that time, many of the scebe backgrounds look really lovely and detailed. Several statues in Greece, detailed trees and other plants in the jungle, the movie really uses the "travel around the world" theme to show off some really nicely painted locations! In addition to that, the characters, well, mostly the Chipettes, are even shown in several different kind of outfits of several styles, and I always love when cartoons actually give characters different outfits from time to time. With the quite serious antagonists, parts of the movie even felt like a slightly more lighthearted, slightly less emotionally deep "Rescuers" adventure, and thr variety of music moods is nice, as well. I mean, hey, there's a dance scene with snakes! So, yeah, if you liked the 1983 show, Chipmunks and Chipettes in general, or just a cute, mostly child-friendly adventure, you might like this. I certainly did. Fair warning: Like other reviews said, this movie DOES contain several racial stereotypes, like dangerous Arabs and human sacrifice indigenous people. But that aside, a fun and cute movie. As usual I like Simon and Jeanette the most! 😊
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Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
David Seville / Alvin Seville / Simon Seville (voice)
Janice Karman
Theodore / Brittany / Jeanette / Eleanor (voice)
Dody Goodman
Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
Susan Tyrrell
Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Anthony De Longis
Klaus Furschtien (voice)
Frank Welker
Sophie / Native Chief / Baby Penguin / Additional Voices (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
Arabian Prince (voice)
Philip L. Clarke
Additional Voices (voice)
Ken Sansom
Inspector Jamal (voice)
Charlie Adler
Additional Voices (voice)
Patrick Pinney
Additional Voices (voice)
Jack Angel
Additional Voices (voice; uncredited)
Mel Blanc
Additional Voices (voice; uncredited)
Laura Summer
Additional Voices (voice; uncredited)
Glen Keane
Storyboard Artist
Roy Allen Smith
Storyboard Artist
Frank Thomas
Thanks
Ollie Johnston
Thanks
Janice Karman
Director
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
Producer
Randy Edelman
Music Arranger
Randy Edelman
Original Music Composer
Greg P. Russell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Feiss
Animation
Glen Keane
Animation
Raúl García
Animation
Tim Allen
Animation
Roy Allen Smith
Layout Supervisor
Ross Bagdasarian
Characters
Janice Karman
Writer
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
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