Tremendously routine, in a way that an adventure film about talking Chihuahuas should not be.
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10/08/08
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 62
Fresh: 25
Rotten:37
Average Rating: 5/10
Consensus: Despite hitting some sweet notes, Beverly Hills Chihuahua is little more than disposable family entertainment.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release: Oct 3, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $29,000,000
Synopsis: In the Disney comedy, BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA, a pampered Beverly Hills Chihuahua named Chloe (voice of DREW BARRYMORE) finds herself accidentally lost in the mean streets of Mexico without a day spa or Rodeo Drive boutique anywhere in... [More]
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, Jamie Lee Curtis, Plácido Domingo
Director: Raja Gosnell
Reviews for Beverly Hills Chihuahua
In less enlightened times those responsible for making animals talk would have been burnt at the stake as sorcerers. That's why those times were known as 'the good old days.'
10/07/08
Kids movies over the past few years have proven they can be just as good as grown up films (WALL*E), but this one brings us back to the drawing board.
10/07/08
For the seven year olds out there, this is a perfectly fun movie and there's nothing that a cranky film critic can say to sour the experience.
10/06/08
Even after a slow start, this silly kiddie flick has a little more pep than you might expect. It's no doggie classic, but neither does it deserve a pooper scooper.
10/06/08
Beverly Hills Chihuahua isn't terrible. OK, it's kind of terrible, but it's a talking-dog movie, and anyone who goes to a talking-dog movie without being prepared to step in poop deserves to ruin his shoes.
10/06/08
The script's one original idea, a lost Aztec city populated solely by militant chihuahuas, comes too late to save this dog of a movie.
10/06/08
Delgado (voiced by Andy Garcia), a reluctantly heroic German Shepherd, definitely deserves a movie of his own! Eat your heart out, Rin Tin Tin.
10/04/08
In a year light on family films, this may be a good bet. Exciting adventure, admirable messages, and good, clean fun--but be warned, its bite is worse than its bark!
10/03/08
Paris Hilton and lower-level office workers who own calendars featuring Weimaraners wearing hats will love it.
10/03/08
If purebred Tinkerbell sees this canine consciousness-raiser, there could be a putsch in Paris Hilton's purse.
10/03/08
The real stars of this film are the dogs. The humans were lackluster in comparison. But the reality is that you can't beat talking dogs on the cuteness meter.
10/03/08
[During the credits]Disney warns people to be careful when picking a dog and that all dogs deserve a good home. If only they were that concerned about their movie.
10/03/08
It's hard to go wrong with a movie full of talking dogs. But the makers of Beverly Hills Chihuahua sure try.
10/03/08
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.
10/03/08
Top Critic Disney is now content with the likes of the wholly inoffensive, uninventive Beverly Hills Chihuahua, whose canine antics will divert undemanding youngsters and adults who believe the simple absence of profanity, sex and violence counts as a virtue.
10/03/08
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.
10/03/08
Top Critic What appeared to have all the potential of a so-bad-it's-fun masterpiece turned out to just be an average friendly enough kid's flick that often wanders the deserts of Mexico without much direction.
10/03/08
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 40% |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $29.0M |
| 28% |
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