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Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

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Average Rating: 5/10
Reviews Counted: 95
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 56

Despite hitting some sweet notes, Beverly Hills Chihuahua is little more than disposable family entertainment.

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 10

Despite hitting some sweet notes, Beverly Hills Chihuahua is little more than disposable family entertainment.

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Movie Info

A pampered Chihuahua accustomed to the living the good life in glamorous Beverly Hills must rein in her heiress instincts and rely on the kindness of strangers in order to find her way back home after becoming hopelessly lost in Mexico. Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore) is a diamond-clad toy dog who favors traveling in her wealthy owner's purse over frolicking in an open park, and Papi (voice of George Lopez) is the kind of independent pup that she doesn't afford a second glance. When a vacation

PG, 1 hr. 31 min.

Comedy

Jeff Bushell, Analisa LaBianco

Mar 3, 2009

$94.5M

Walt Disney Pictures

Cast

All Critics (97) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (57) | DVD (6)

It kind of reaffirmed a lot of cultural stereotypes.

November 7, 2008 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
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It's cute and sweet and funny.

November 7, 2008 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
At the Movies
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For most of Beverly Hills Chihuahua, all I could think about was Drew Barrymore. What might she have been up to while she recited her lines for Chloe, the spoiled yet sad-looking live-action Chihuahua that speaks in her voice.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment (1)
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The good news: Beverly Hills Chihuahua is not the apocalypse-signaling, cultural abomination its trailers make it out to be. The bad news: That's pretty much the best thing that can be said about it.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua is hardly Best in Show when it comes to Disney dog movies.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
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Despite its superficial lip-service to self-actualization/realization, there has to be more to life than what Beverly Hills Chihuahua is putting out there, which is fit for neither man nor beast.

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
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A kid's film doesn't have to be an all time classic to be watchable - once anyway - for the whole audience. No one in Beverly Hills Chihuahua seems to care enough to bother. And if they don't care, why should I?

January 7, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

...ultimately about as enthralling as a low-rent Saturday morning cartoon.

May 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

But I just can't help it. I like the Disney dogs. They're adorable. And this is what makes a movie like Beverly Hills Chihuahua work.

April 18, 2009 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | Comment
7M Pictures

Gosnell gracelessly walks us through cheap, generic talking dog material, while parents everywhere groan silently to themselves.

March 25, 2009 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
DVDTalk.com

Yes, it's more talking dogs, but it's what Disney does best.

March 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | Comment
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

An appealing film for dog lovers and those seeking escapist entertainment.

March 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

The plot's a suitcase full of old clothes, and there aren't enough clever lines inserted that might keep non pet-owning adults from enjoying this other than as a parent gratified to see their little one having fun.

February 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

It's hugely silly, but peppy enough to be tolerable. What grates most are the patronising racial stereotypes: the dirty Mexican dogs are just waiting to be rescued by LA ladies and given a good bath.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

Younger audiences will adore this canine caper, though grown-ups might feel its one joke is stretched too far.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

In a triumph of animal wrangling and CGI tinkering, the canine cast turn in better performances than some of the humans.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK] | Comment
Times [UK]

This piece of egregious silliness from Disney - featuring live-action canines with CGI moving mouths - isn't quite as awful as it sounds.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]

Not that anybody would expect perfection from a film called Beverly Hills Chihuahua, but the chewed bone of a story makes it all mutts ado about nothing.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Sky Movies | Comment
Sky Movies

A state-of-the-art kid-pleaser for sure, but recession-weary parents will probably find it a mite obnoxious.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Total Film | Comment
Total Film

This live-action Disney comedy is the kind of family film which is aimed not so much at parents, as small children and their goldfish, as long as the goldfish do not have too long an attention span.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | Comment
Daily Mail [UK]

In truth, this good-natured Disney comedy is an engaging romp.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | Comment
Daily Mirror [UK]

Only watch this if you adore seeing dogs wearing shades.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Sun Online | Comment
Sun Online

It's put across with enough brio to excuse the inherent stupidity of the premise.

January 16, 2009 Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Beverly Hills Chihuahua

A thin plotline and tired jokes make Beverly Hills Chihuahua a forgettable family film despite a few cute moments.

November 22, 2011
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Michael Miller

Super Reviewer

weird and stupid the only redeemable factor about this movie is the iguana and cheech marin as the mouse

December 22, 2010
michael e.
Michael Edwards

Super Reviewer

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