Robert Downey Jr., left, and Jude Law star in Sherlock Holmes.
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Directed by Betty Thomas; with Zachary Levi, David Cross and Jason Lee
Children don't have to be fed movie junk food; they can and do see terrific animated features. And then there's tripe like this soul-sapping sequel, which drew enough kids (and parents) to earn more than $75 million in its first five days. Having become rock stars in the 2007 film, Alvin, Simon and Theodore are for no reason sent to high school, where they take part in gags involving pain and humiliation. Seeing Squeakquel is like gorging on cheese balls for an hour and a half.