Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

Redundant and unnecessary.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I honestly was not expecting much of anything from Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2006). I was actually expecting to be bored out of my mind. I wasn't completely wrong, but I certainly wasn't right either. This family friendly film does get some laughs, and it does have amusing humor that is very age appropriate. Jamie Lee Curtis was perfectly cast for her role as Aunt Viv, loved her in the movie. Also, Drew Barrymore was awesome as the voice of Chloe! I'm a big Barrymore fan! George Lopez was alright as the voice of Papi I suppose, honestly he wouldn't have been my first choice though. His voice was kinda annoying to be honest. The movie was pretty entertaining overall, humorous at times, and it had some adventure in other parts. There was some lagging in the middle of the film, it stalled a little bit and lost momentum. But luckily it picked backed up towards the end. This movie had delightful well written characters that I enjoyed seeing too. So overall this is a pretty good but not great family friendly film. 6/10.

Beverly hills chihuahua is such a terrible and crappy movie, its so effing stupid and the plots and scenes don't make much sense.This has got to be one of the worst films of 2008..it is so stupid and doesn't make no sense. Any movies with talking animals, is highly regarded as a crap-tastic movie. This just goes too far The retarded writers who wrote this bullsh** should be ashamed of themselves...this is just awful.It seemed as if a monkey or chimp rote the script and directed the movie. If you value you're life, you wont watch this movie (even if you can see it for free)

Like I said in the Fred the Movie review, I've got nothing to say for the summary of this review. Is it me or am I having a feeling that this movie mixed together ideas from Homeward Bound and the infamous Mondo Cane where actual dogs are slaughter for their meat and for the intro? Yep, that's pretty much my suspicion there. The lizard and rat duo tried to look like a poor man's Furry version of Laurel and Hardy or Abbot and Costello, but obviously, that idea bit the dust. Wait a second? There's a dog fighting scene in this movie? Are you freaking sadistic?!! Who was the wise guy to okay a dog fighting scene in this poor, pathetic excuse of a kid's movie?!! Every last character in this movie is bland and not one of the voice actors for the dogs have put effort into the acting. I am not only appalled, but ashamed that this movie tried to be a kid's flick, but instead turn out to be a stinking dog turd of a poor man's version of Homeward Bound.

Before seeing 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' I was expecting a completely insipid comedy strictly for ten year olds. Boy was I wrong. 'Chihuahua' is one of the best comedies I've seen in the last few years. It's got an 'A' story with a cast full of talking dogs and a 'B' story consisting of a supporting cast of humans. The star is 'Chloe', the cutest little Chihuahua you'll ever meet, expertly voiced by Drew Barrymore. Chloe is a prissy, pampered Beverly Hills doggie diva owned by a highly successful cosmetics CEO, 'Aunt Viv' (played by a still good-looking Jamie Lee Curtis). Aunt Viv's only sin is that she indulges her precious Chloe but is basically a very good person. That's evidenced by her warm treatment of the newly hired Hispanic landscaper, Sam (warmly played by Colombian actor, Manolo Cardona). Sam's Chihuahua, Papi (hilariously voiced by George Lopez) falls in love with Chloe and later figures in her rescue.Chloe's counterpart is Viv's niece, Rachel, who also needs to learn a few life's lessons by not talking down to people (Rachel assumes that the 'lowly gardener' Sam, can only speak Spanish). Meanwhile Chloe's uppity attitude is exposed from the very beginning. She's "born to shop, not fight"—and proudly proclaims she's an heiress; only to be met by one of her buddy's retorts: "a hairless". Chloe objects: "Not a hairless...I have a trust fund." When Aunt Viv has to fly to Italy on a business trip, she leaves Chloe in Rachel's charge. Disaster strikes when Rachel impulsively drives down to Mexico with some of her friends and Chloe ends up getting 'dog napped' by criminals who hold dog fights in Mexico City. The head of the dog nappers is the nasty Vasquez who has an evil Doberman, El Diablo, (menacingly voiced by Ed James Olmos), who all the other dogs fear.Despite all her spunk, Chloe manages to remain out of touch even when she finds herself in the middle of a dog ring about to be chomped on by El Diablo. First off, she mistakes the applause of the seedy crowd as approval when in fact they're laughing at her, expecting her imminent demise. Chloe has some great lines though, inside the ring ("Clearly I'm not in the right place—call the concierge"; along with telling El Diablo that she knows a great dentist in Beverly Hills who can clean up his yellow teeth!). Chloe is saved by a former police dog, Delgado, a gutsy, world weary German Shepherd voiced by a perfect, gravely voiced Andy Garcia. I was in stitches when Delgado dumps Chloe in the muddy puddle of water and proclaims Delgado has got her scent—and she replies "Of course he does, it's Chanel #5".Rachel realizes the big mistake she's made and leaves her friends to find Chloe. There's a very funny scene when she gets a call from Aunt Viv at the police station and she has to pretend she's Chloe barking into the phone. Meanwhile, Chloe, now all muddied up, returns to her hotel and gets a taste of her own medicine: a bunch of snobby poodles want the horrible mutt immediately evicted from the premises. Chloe stares in horror at herself in the mirror and exclaims: "I'm hideous". Now she's beginning to realize that she's not so special.When Rachel meets up with Sam at the police station, the police only have limited information on the dog ring's whereabouts. Sam wants to wait for more information, but Rachel insists on continuing the search for Chloe on their own. Papi states he's with Rachel and utters the film's #1 iconic line: "We're Mexican, not Mexican't". Soon Chloe discovers the ever so cute con men, Rat and Iguana, and I almost fell out of my chair laughing when Chloe observes them fighting and exclaims: "This is just like Animal Planet"!!! Then when El Diablo confronts the rat after he pilfers Chloe's diamond collar, the rat has that great line: "Please don't eat me, I've got a wife and 300 kids to feed."Wouldn't you know it but coyotes smuggle the dogs over the border! Eventually, Chloe and Delgado find themselves in the desert where Delgado reveals his dark secret: he's lost his sense of smell. Then our doggie heroes have their 'dark moment' when a bunch of mountain lions are about to have them for lunch. The film is just full of so many incredible surprises—there's a sandstorm, kicked up by a pack of Chihuahuas, led by the mighty Montezuma (aka Monte). It's Monte who gives Chloe a dose of 'Chihauhua pride' and the film's loftiest moment is when the Chihuahuas loudly proclaim: "No mas, no mas!" Rachel still needs to learn a lesson when she and Sam come upon some strays and she says with disdain: "Just what we need—stray dogs"; and it's Sam who wisely points out: "Papi was a stray dog".Things are neatly wrapped up when Chloe and Delgado aid in their own rescue by gaining the attention of a couple of Mexican Park Rangers. Soon, the evil Vasquez appears on the scene and snatches Chloe again (he's figured out that Chloe's owner is worth a lot of money). Delgado's arc is complete when he regains his sense of smell and leads the police to Vasquez, saving Chloe in the process.Both Chloe and Rachel have improved their lives after their great adventure. And they're both rewarded with true love along with their respective honeys (Papi and Sam). The further reward is that they get home just in time to prevent Aunt Viv from learning of Rachel's big faux pas.I don't know how Disney does it, but the direction of man's best friends in this film is superb (undoubtedly some computer enhancement helped things along). 'Chihuahua' is not only funny but it's touching due to the underlying message of tolerance it so successfully conveys.