This movie was on a list for best animated films from the 80's so I hunted down a copy and gave it a watch. Meh. The plot isn't anything special. A few international criminals trick the Chipmunks and their female counterparts into smuggling diamonds all over the world as part of an 'Around the world in 80 days' hot air balloon race. Whatever, we are talking about the animation and it is remarkably good until about a little more than halfway into the film where it becomes noticeably generic. I'm guessing they started running out of time and pulled a rush job on the second half of the film. Plus they threw in a penguin side story involving the girls just to balance out the Witch Doctor hammer-on with the guys. And all the Chipmunks sound the same, regardless of gender. But whatever, this is a kids film so you can not be too hard in it. But I just wish the animation was consistent throughout the whole film.
Review of The Chipmunk Adventure
