The Chipmunk Adventure

1987 77 min ★ 7.0 Animation, Family, Adventure, Comedy, Music

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!

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Cast

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)

George Poulos

Additional Voices (voice)

Details

Director

Janice Karman

Tagline

"At last! Alvin's first motion picture."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$6,804,312

Production

Bagdasarian Productions, The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Reviews

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RealZero

February 13, 2026

★ 7/10

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 quit...