Haifis

LaVerne Cox and her friends give women makeovers. A lot of their "makeover" girls are women suffering from problems with self esteem. Some girls are insecure about their burn scars, weight, etc. LaVerne builds them up to feel beautiful! She works on their self esteem while making them feel beautiful on the outside! LaVerne tells the girls that they are beautiful and she points out their positive features. When the girls cry, she comforts them. She turns these girls into confident ladies while giving them a new wardrobe and making them be the best they can be. I relate to this show as someone who has struggled with my own self esteem. Nina Poon stars as LaVerne's assistant. As well as a friendly and cute redhead. (I can't remember her name. Is it Jamie?) You can't even tell that these girls are transgender! They are three beautiful women, physically and mentally!

A beautiful, inspiring show!

LaVerne Cox is a wonderful human being!

My fiancé dragged me to this flick.

I could never get the appeal of the chipmunks. They're three annoying little critters with ridiculously high pitched voices.

In this particular flick, Alvin's human "father" Dave has to go into the hospital. (I won't reveal the reason why in case you do want to still see the film.)

Alvin and his two equally irritating brothers are shipped off to stay with Aunt Jackie, a kind old woman.

Well, an accident happens and they're stuck with Toby instead, the bumbling, incompetent nephew of poor Aunt Jackie.

So in come the "Chipettes", a trio of female chipmunks who have big dreams of becoming famous. Brittany is the squeaky voiced leader. Equally annoying as Alvin and a bit of a diva. Jeanette is the intelligent, reasonable one and is the obvious counterpart to Simon. Eleanor is the plump, pigtailed one and the least annoying of the bunch.

Once they come in, Ian, Alvin's former manager, also arrives back in the picture, eager to sign them up to his record label.

Ian, the diabolical over-the-top antagonist who is just so outrageously Machiavellian and money-hungry. It's so obvious of his intentions. David Cross is a great actor. But this crappy movie doesn't do him justice as it renders his character into a one dimensional stereotypical villain.

Well, the Chipettes and the Chipmunks both wind up going to high school and entering the social hierachy. Predictably, Alvin is extremely popular among the female students.

Then comes in a sub-plot about a new school singing contest in which Alvin and his brothers go up against their female squeaking counterparts.

It's so ridiculously cliché.

You know from the get-go what's going to happen.

Every character is so one-dimensional. Every character is portrayed with one mere personality trait that's dwelled on throughout the entire film.

Example: Alvin's the "star". Hubris for him. Brittany's the diva. Jeanette's the logical voice of reason. Stereotypically, they give her over-sized eyeglasses and make her ectormophic. Theodore's the "cute" snuggly one. Make him adorable but do nothing else to the character. Eleanor's the insecure one. Well, make her short and kowtowing to the screen's antagonist and caving into his demands to wear high heels! Toby's the bumbling moron. Ian's the archetypal villain.....Etc, etc.

Do we have to have these points shoved down our throats? We get it! We understand who is the brainy one and who is the dumb one!

Also, it's just not a funny nor cute film.

Toby's flatulence is not funny. Alvin's moronic one-liners are not funny. "Toot my own horn! BEEEP! BEEEP! BEEEEEEEP!"

The Chipettes are annoying and you just want to squash them! Watch them butcher Beyonce's hit song "Single Ladies". That will leave a sour taste in your mouth!

Notice that none of them have original songs. They have to take our generation's songs and kill them.

Plus, the CGI in the film is terrible.

If I could give this a zero, I would!