Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Straight forward treatment of the singing chipmunks, a surprisingly long lived novelty act that has gone from audio, to puppet, to cartoon (twice) and now CG. Struggling song writer Dave Seville (Jason Lee) discovers said singing/talking munks after they sneak into his home by way of a muffin basket. He nurtures and supports the talking rodents as a largely benevolent father figure, though they are lured away from him by a conniving record exec (David Cross), until they learn to appreciate what they had and return to Dave, who himself must journey through an equally straight forward emotional arc. Nice, pleasant, nostalgic, otherwise unremarkable. Three out of five.