Mike Mitchell's Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Mike Mitchell's Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked is the 2021 director's cut of the 2011 American live action/computer animated musical family comedy adventure film Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. Like the theatrical release, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise, and discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

The film received positive reviews from critics, who considered it an improvement over the 2011 theatrical version, and praised the direction and characterizations, but criticized its two-hour longtime excessive.

Plot
For a vacation, Dave, the Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore) and Chipettes (Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor) go on a cruise ship heading for the International Music Awards. The Chipmunks and the Chipettes end up creating trouble, ending up with Dave grounding them to their room, only for them to escape to the casinos. Dave notices that his old boss, Ian Hawke is working as the ship's safety monitor dressed as a pelican, and is out to inform the captain if the Chipmunks and Chipettes cause more problems. Alvin goes para-sailing on a kite but the kite flies away with him and the other Chipmunks. Dave goes on a hang-glider to find them but Ian tries to stop him and they both end up in the Pacific Ocean.

Meanwhile, the Chipmunks find an island and they sleep for the night. Dave enlists Ian's help to find the same island and begin looking for the Chipmunks. The next morning, the Chipmunks go and find food and while doing so, an island castaway named Zoe shows up and sees the Chipmunks and Chipettes for the first time. They then go to Zoe's tree house where Eleanor sprains her ankle and Simon gets bitten by a spider, the side effects including personality changes and loss of inhibition. As Simon is having trouble sleeping, he has visions of Ryan Edwards and Xander asking him to join their football game.

The morning after, everyone observes Simon's personality has changed and he has no memory of being Simon; he also thinks he is a French, adventurous chipmunk named Simone. "Simone" becomes attracted to Jeanette but does not take as kindly to Alvin and Brittany. Meanwhile, a helpless Dave talks to his cousin Toby, his ex-mate Claire Wilson, and Aunt Jackie on how much the chipmunks mean for him. Later, Zoe takes Simone, Jeanette, Eleanor and Theodore to a lake with a waterfall. Simone encounters a streak of tigers, and finds a cave. He returns with a gold bracelet which he gives to Jeanette as a crown. Brittany and Alvin see an active volcano the next day and they decide that they have to leave the island with the others. Theodore and "Simone" find Dave and Ian and they go to meet with the other chipmunks. They all begin to prepare a raft to get them off the island and everyone is assigned a job. When Jeanette and "Simone" go and look for food, "Simone" is knocked unconscious and Jeanette is kidnapped; "Simone" reverts to Simon afterwards.

Everyone finds Simon awake and he cannot remember anything since the bite. They discover that Zoe has taken Jeanette and they head towards the waterfall. When they approached the tree log to cross, Dave and Alvin decide they'll go and find Jeanette. As Zoe forces Jeanette to get the treasure in the cave by tying her to a rope, she reveals that she was never a castaway, but was given the map from an elderly customer from the Crusty Anchor to find the treasure, but due to the effects of living alone on the island for years, she has gone mentally insane and is ruthlessly willing to find the treasure at all costs. Alvin and Dave come to her rescue. The island begins to rumble again and Zoe lets go of the rope and Jeanette runs with Dave and Alvin back to the raft. When they reach the log to cross, Dave almost falls.

Alvin and a reformed Ian convince Zoe to help save Dave. They then run towards the raft and escape the eruption. While on the raft, Zoe apologizes to Jeanette for kidnapping her and forcing her to get the treasure. As a gift, Jeanette gives Zoe the gold bracelet that Simon had given to her. Alvin reconciles with Dave and they are rescued. The Chipmunks and Chipettes perform at the International Music Awards. Ian also starts a new career as a screenwriter by selling a screenplay about Zoe's story to Hollywood, earning him his wealth back and making Zoe famous.

In a mid-credits scene, Alvin tricks the passengers into thinking that the plane's destination is set for Timbuktu, much to Dave's disapproval.

Cast

 * Jason Lee as David "Dave" Seville
 * David Cross as Ian Hawke
 * Jenny Slate as Zoe
 * Cameron Richardson as Claire Wilson
 * Zachary Levi as Toby Seville
 * Justin Long as Alvin Seville
 * Matthew Gray Gubler as Simon Seville
 * Alan Tudyk as Simone
 * Jesse McCartney as Theodore Seville
 * Christina Applegate as Brittany
 * Anna Faris as Jeanette
 * Amy Poehler as Eleanor
 * Andy Buckley as Captain Correlli
 * Tucker Albrizzi as Kite Kid
 * Phyllis Smith as Flight Attendant
 * Jane Lynch as Ms. Diller
 * Kathryn Joosten as Aunt Jackie
 * Wendie Malick as Dr. Rubin
 * Anjelah Johnson as Julie Ortega
 * Kevin G. Schmidt as Ryan Edwards
 * Chris Warren, Jr. as Xander
 * Tony Hale as Agent James Suggs
 * Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Samantha
 * Josh Green as Miles
 * Bella Thorne as Ashley Grey
 * Ross Bagdasarian Jr. as Alvin (singing voice)
 * Steve Vining as Simon (singing voice)
 * Janice Karman as Theodore and the Chipettes (singing voices)

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 76% based on 38 reviews and an average rating of 6.4/10.