“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” was made by a director, two screenwriters, two producers and five production companies. Judging by the jarringly muddled finished product, it seems doubtful ...

Let’s just get it out of the way right now: Reader, I liked it. Maybe it’s a case of something you dread — CGI chipmunks, those voices, Bella Thorne — turning out to be not nearly so bad as you’d ...