Great Music, Average Film

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2008)

Honestly, the rating of 7.8 on 10 was very very generous.
The one thing I gotta give the movie was that the music was exceptional. The songs were very appropriately located and the artists did a great job with the soundtrack. Quite disappointed that none of the songs nominated came away with an Oscar - what with 3 nominations.
The acting was average, script predictable, guess pretty much what u'd expect from a Walt Disney film...feel good, etc.
Amy Adams put in an excellent Julie Andrewsish performance. Patrick Dempsey was his normal semi-happy semi-scornful self. James Marsden was awful, Susan Sarandon was wasted in the role. The chipmunk was funny - surprised they didn't throw him into a chipmunk - yeah yeah - song.
All in all a good movie to take your kids to, but considering I don't have any, wouldn't really recommend it to most young adults.