Beverly Hills Chihuahua Movie
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50% Warrior. 50% Lover. 100% Chihuahua.
The Chihuahuas Will Rise Sept 26
While on vacation in Mexico, Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home.
| Manolo Cardona | Sam |
| Nick Dash | Officer Meadows |
| Eugenio Derbez | Store Owner |
| Plácido Domingo | |
| Randall England | |
| Mike Faiola | Josh |
| Andy Garcia | |
| Carlos Juvera | Tomás |
| Brandon Keener | |
| Steven Koller | Harry Winston security |
| Omar Leyva | Ranger #1 |
| George Lopez | Papi |
| Sal Lopez | Ring Announcer |
| Cheech Marin | |
| Ed Francis Martin | Coyote |
| Raja Gosnell |
2.50 out of 10 (6330 votes)
Visitor Reviews
One of the worst movies I have ever seen.
posted on 24 Aug 2009I saw this trailer when I was going to see Wall-E. This movie looked so bad, we couldn't stop laughing through the trailer. I just saw it 2 days ago at our town theater. My family always finds terrible movies.After seeing this we agree this is the second worst movie we have ever seen. Many people may not agree, but I have seen Ratatoing, Spymate, RV, 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up, National Treasure 1+2, Return to Neverland, The Santa Clause 3, and many more. We knew this movie would be bad. We just didn't know it would be THAT bad. We thought it couldn't get worse from the beginning. We were wrong. It got worse every second. At one point in the movie, Delgado and Chloe are attacked by Mountain Lions. I couldn't believe they had thought up such a stupid idea. We couldn't stop laughing through the rest of the movie at that point. Then the movie tried to make every moment seem exciting and tense. The music was trying to make it seem like an action movie. Most of the time when someone talked this music would come up in the back. It was the music when someone is saying something inspiring. There is a scene where a puppy says to Chloe that Beverly Hills must be very dirty because she wears shoes. Chloe then takes off her shoe and throws it out the window, and even then there is the inspiring music in the back, making it seem like she did something incredible. The only movie worse than this is Ratatoing. DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE. The best description of the film in 1 sentence is what my Dad whispered to me, around the middle of the film, "Nothing can save this movie."
Unbearable only half the time
posted on 22 Aug 2009Kid's films several varieties these days. There's the fairly good fantasy book adaptations (Harry Potter), Oscar worthy Pixar films, middle of the road animated fare from Dreamworks, and cheaply made garbage that will make money because there's no other family fare. Beverly Hills Chihuahua is almost of the latter variety, saved by good voice cast and couple clever jokes.So this is one of those films I saw because I was with children and wouldn't have watched it any other way. The setup was not promising, featuring dolled up dogs in LA, a locale that is all but nauseating to see on film. The human cast helped very little. Jamie Lee Curtis (who seems to have a contract with Disney for this type of fare) is the rich, snobby owner of Chloe (voiced by a whiny Drew Barrymore). She needs to leave for a bit and leaves her daughter played by Piper Perabo in charge of the dog. While Curtis is away, Perabo and a couple friends go to Mexico to party, Chloe escapes and our adventure ensues.The film is predictable from this point on and this is one of those "grin and bear it" ones for adults. The redeemable moments come in the form of a talented voice cast, at least the Hispanic side. Barrymore whines her way through this. But the rest of the voice cast, led by George Lopez and Andy Garcia seize the moments and make it slightly enjoyable. Oddly, the filmmakers have Chloe get kidnapped by people who put on dogfights (a scary reality these days). They manage to introduce it in a nonthreatening way to kids and actually give a humorous moment in the cages that I think got a good laugh from the entire audience.But y'know, that's about it. Andy Garcia does some good voice work as Delgado, the former police dog and Cheech Marin makes a memorable voice cameo. But the quality voice fare can't save a very mediocre script that goes through the motions of kid films. While I will say this isn't as bad as it could've been (Does anyone remember Cats & Dogs), it's not much better. It undeservedly made a lot of money. The problem with this and some of Disney's other non Pixar fare is that the storytelling is uninspired and the way many of these films are shot seem to feed into the fears that such films and TV shows may cause ADHD. This is lightweight diversional fluff. And while it's not horrendous, it lacks the artistic merit and multidimensional characterizations that actually stay with kids and actually challenge them to think about what they watched. So far, it seems like Disney's cohorts at Pixar have been the only ones to rise to that challenge.
rip off
posted on 18 Aug 2009WHAT A WORLD we live in—no wonder everyone's on Prozac.I decided to go see BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA to cheer myself up and I am SO DISAPPOINTED and ANGRY-- -- on YOUTUBE--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoNDp03udhg--I see the same trailer with dancing dogs that I saw at the multi-plex & because of it I went to see this flick--BUT THERE ARE NO dancing dog scenes in the film – there was some stupid commercial before this BHC film about Disney's next dog film that took up 5-- maybe more minutes--did they cut this dance scene out to show me a commercial? Did they lie/false advertise that the dance scene would be in here ??? IF its in the Trailer---I WANT TO SEE IT. I'll never patronize Disney again! I guess I'll just cut my heart out and turn into a robot and get in with the program that the rest of the world is on, it's too lonely out here trying to be human…
A Tail Unlike Any Other
posted on 10 Aug 2009This is one of the most hilarious movies I have ever seen. One reviewer from Mexico has pointed out that in the film they take a train to Tijuana, which has no train station, that they go the wrong way to Chihuahua, that they get their Aztecs and Toltecs all mixed up, and so forth. Yes, that is all true, and it is also true that Americans have never been any good at geography (except that they know that California is west of New York somewhere, and that Mexico is 'somewhere down there', like the bowels). But never mind. It is all in fun. Nothing about this film is meant to be in any way serious. It takes comedy to new canine heights. Nothing is more effective in comedy than to treat the ridiculous as sublime, and here we have the utmost expression of that technique. I suppose, for all I know, that there really are silly women in Beverly Hills who carry their Chihuahuas around with them covered in diamond necklaces, booties, and jewel-studded caps. No human folly ever surprises me, especially those of the spoilt rich, and above all, those of Tinsel Town. But nevertheless, the excesses of Chihuahua fashion seen in this film, which transcend anything ever dreamt of by Dior or Chanel, must surely trespass upon the borders of fantasy? (Or am I being naïve, and it is all even more extreme than that in real life?) But, accepting as normal the wildly extravagant as the film's opening premise, we go on from there to the most hilarious and bizarre adventures of a spoilt Chihuahua ever recorded in canine annals. Not since the first pet was adopted by the first cave child have we ever seen anything like this. Words fail us. So do barks and woofs. There is just no way to describe it, you have to see it. The voices used for the animals are uncanny. Andy Garcia's voice of a sad, world-weary Alsatian (German Shepherd) is a triumphant achievement worthy of a Vocal Oscar, if such things existed. Drew Barrymore as the spoilt heroine Chihuahua is, oops, so convincing that, well, what must her friends think now? The dogs all deserve Dog Oscars, Golden Dog Bowl Awards, etc. The amazing rat and iguana characters in the film, carrying special effects into new realms, are pure Disney genius. I have no idea how they made this film. The dogs' lips move and words come out just like George Bush. Was Dick Cheney a production ventriloquism adviser? The deleted scenes on the DVD are a 'must' for viewing, and should not be missed. I would not call this film corny. I would not call it cute. I would call it a brilliant comedy achievement in every respect, and a special effects and production triumph, giving us 91 minutes of non-stop hilarity and reminding us that even when the world economy is collapsing, we can still laugh until we cry.
A very fun hilarious movie for the whole family
posted on 10 Aug 2009Beverly Hills Chihuahua was a fun and very entertaining movie for the whole family to enjoy. All ages even adults can enjoy this movie especially kids. I think this is the best kids movie I have seen ever. It was so much fun. The people who played the voices of the dogs did a great job and had very funny voice expressions. Drew Barrymore was very good and fun to listen to. George Lopez was extremely funny. The chihuahua's in this movie were very cute. The movie surprisingly has many great messages and had a ton of heart in the movie. I got a lot out of this movie when I went and seen this movie. It was kind of korny and pointless but overall very good. It had a great story and kept getting better and better as the movie went on. The movie had many new and funny jokes for kids to even understand. I think this was the best kids and maybe family movie I have seen this year. This is the one must see kids comedy movie of the year. Overall go and see this fun filled comedy movie for everyone to enjoy even adults and grandparents.
Worst movie of the decade
posted on 08 Aug 2009I can't believe that Disney made this, Walt must be weeping, wherever he is. The sheer arrogance and privilege of the wealthy characters made my stomach turn, no human character was capable of evoking sympathy, and the dogs dialog was ten steps less clever than Simpsons cartoon. The dog outfits are not that funny, most dogs hate them for good reasons, and the waste of money on pets says a lot about the humans who made this doggy waste. Mexico is a wonderful country, here depicted with all the realism of a Disney pavilion,no hungry street children to show how obscene the premise of this "movie" really was. I can only think that the favorable reviews are from the directors family members!
heart-warming family movie, even for BIG kids
posted on 08 Aug 2009My children (25, 14 and 13)and I went to see this movie and we were pleasantly surprised. We all enjoyed the movie. I as a rule never take movies seriously after all they are suppose to be entertainment. I find most comedies that are put out now a days to be just stupid, but we all laughed in this movie and there were even a couple scenes that made me almost cry. I found the dogs adorable and it was very well down with the way they made the dogs talk. I am glad that it had a happy ending, there is already too many depressing things in this world. We all left the movie with smiles on our faces and warmth in our hearts so that was money well spent.
this movie was garbage
posted on 29 Jul 2009In the past 10 years, I've probably seen more than 200 movies at theaters. This is the first movie that I've ever walked out on. 45 minutes in, I couldn't handle the torture anymore. This is the most unfunny piece of garbage I've ever seen. Although, I did get a good chuckle when about 50% of the audience had left before the halfway mark.It's hard to meet the minimum post-length requirement for this movie, because there isn't much to say about it.I didn't find anything clever. Nor did I find them funny. I did think some of the set designs looked okay. This film is a huge waste of time, don't bother wasting you're money on this garbage Just avoid this. It's not even worth a rental
Harmless, although Forgettable Disney fare.
posted on 25 Jul 2009Chloe (Voiced by Drew Barrymore) is a American white Chihuahua, who lives in the high class of Beverly Hills with her master Vivian (Jamie Lee Curtis). Which Vivian is a rich business woman, who has her own cosmetics company. But Vivian has to travel on a business trip, she decides that her care-free niece Rachel (Piper Perabo) should look after Chloe... while she's gone. Rachel agrees to the job but her friends told her, they should have a fun small trip in the Mexico country on one of the beaches. Once they arrived, shortly... Chloe finds herself dog-napped by a criminal named Vasquez (Jose Mana Yazpik). Vasquez steals dogs to fight his dog El Diablo (Voiced by Edward James Olmos) for illegal underworld bets. Chloe finds help from a German Shepherd named Delgado (Voiced by Andy Garcia) to help her escape. While Rachel tries to find Chloe with Vivian's landscaper Sam (Manolo Cordona) and as well as Sam's pet Papi (Voiced by George Lopez), a Mexican chihuahua. Now Delgado is guiding Chloe back home, while El Diablo and his master are hot on their trail.Directed by Raja Gosnell (Home Alone 3, Big Momma's House, Never Been Kissed) made an watchable if disappointing family comedy/fantasy from Walt Disney. Sure, the premise is cute but the script is pretty weak. It is nice to see Curtis in a movie but she's wasted in a small supporting role. Although this movie was a box office success, since it was well marketed to kids. But the teaser trailer promises so much but delivers so little. But the strong point is the vocal talented cast certainly helps. Thanks to the voice talents of Barrymore, Garcia, Lopez, Olmos, Cheech Marin as a Mexican rat and Paul Rodriguez as a Mexican iguana have their moments. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is the kind of movie, where it gets worse before it finally gets better.The DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer (also in Pan & Scan) and an fine Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. The DVD has an running commentary track by the director, a short animated feature, deleted scenes and a hidden feature. The young children will love this, the adults will find a few laughs but nothing more. If it wasn't for a bad script, this movie could have been something more. It's certainly an odd-ball curio from Walt Disney Picture. Leslie Mann voiced one of Chloe's Beverly Hills friends appears uncredited. Super 35. (***/*****).
Hey, it was A LOT better than I expected!
posted on 25 Jul 2009Alright, so tons of people are bashing this movie even though they didn't see it. I thought it would be dumb too... until my friend practically dragged me to see it with her. It sounds like this movie would be about chihuahuas in Beverly Hills and their luxurious lives and basically a 'Clueless' with doggies instead. And it is, for the first 10 minutes or so.But then, it transitions into something completely different than where I thought it was going. I liked how it eventually talked about cultural identity and not forgetting where you're from, which was a good direction for the movie. With that, it was good how the human girl and the girl chihuahua both become less ignorant as the film progresses. And, come on, it was adorable how this was basically a chick flick with little doggies instead! It was pretty hilarious in some parts (George Lopez as Papi!) especially with some interesting song choices, lol. My only quibbles were the slight sappiness with the whole Disney has-to-have-a-moral dialogue and that Drew Barrymore's voice was annoying after a while as the lead chihuahua with her whining... Still, it was pretty great and it got the whole theater laughing at several points.It's nice to have a movie that doesn't take itself that seriously once in a while :] So basically, go see this before you condemn it to a rating worse than "Gigli"'s!
Great if you're five years old
posted on 23 Jul 2009Spoiled rich dog ends up dog napped south of the border as various celebrities provide the voices.Oh so cutesy film is better than the reviews made out, but nowhere near as good as the show stopping trailer promised (The big musical production number trailer that preceded the films release made me very excited at the prospect of seeing the finished film). If I was five I probably would have loved it, but being the old guy that I am I found it passable and a reason to be thankful I don't have kids of a certain age who would play this ad nauseum. Given the option I would take a pass, something that anyone with little kids will not be able to do.
Disney Classic Movie Fans, Come In Theaters!
posted on 19 Jul 2009Finally a good hearted, funny, well acted and excellent written movie! Newport Beach's California best movie theater was full and the young audience was really laughing and clapping at the end! The movie got me in and made a Chihuahua fan out of me! Aunt Viv was cool, funny. The fantastic returns on box office speaks of the power of the word of mouth. Congratulations to the first time writer Anneliese and to Walt Disney team. The story looks like a dog eat dog fable set between the rich Beverly Hills and poor Mexico( made splendiferous by the WD team) route. Naysayers should have their daily dose of Prozac somewhere else, any movie theater is a place for fun.
Love this movie...
posted on 05 Jul 2009Excuse me, let me remind you adults... that this movie is intended for children and family, so if you are an adult and loves psycho, drama, action whatsoever blah blah movies, it doesn't mean that gives you the right to discriminate this kind of movie. Fine, let's give that to you that you got bored, and didn't appreciate it but at least give it a yes-go for children and children like and people with families, that might interest this movie, for a reason that--- it's about dogs.. it's about a chihuahua, you must be a jailed for long time for cruelty to animals... so if you have nothing better to do.. GFY.... Now, you gotta appreciate that it's about our loving pets, imagine our pets such have chic and a spoiled pet? could be fun isn't it? sorry, I really a pet lover, I have my own chihuahua and how I wish I could be rich enough to go make myself crazy by pampering him.. anyway, again GFY.. if you can't handle this... go find yourself a drama, psycho movie you like that fits your life ..peace out people..
Entertaining and enjoyable. Pure family fun
posted on 05 Jul 2009Beverly Hills Chihuahua has a specific type of viewers, it can be a very good family movie but it is intended mainly for kids and dog lovers. The story is good, hard to believe but good and the plot about Chloe (voice of DREW BARRYMORE), a diamond-clad, bootie wearing Beverly Hills Chihuahua enjoys her luxurious lifestyle so much, when the little Chihuahua gets lost, in Mexico with only a street-wise German Shepherd (voice of ANDY GARCIA) to help her find her way home, Papi heads south of the border?joining forces with a motley crew: three dogs (voices of PLÁCIDO DOMINGO, LUIS GUZMAN and EDDIE ?PIOLIN? SOTELO), two humans (PIPER PERABO, MANOLO CARDONA), a sly rat (voice of CHEECH MARIN) and a nervous iguana (voice of PAUL RODRIGUEZ)?to rescue his true love is well developed. The cast of voices is very good, the chose very wisely each one of the actors because each one of them fits perfectly with the personality of their characters. The movie also has a decent photography, the various landscapes from Mexico were very nice. In conclusion, it is a good movie to spend a very good time and enjoy.
not the calamity people are making out to be, but no blockbuster either
posted on 29 Jun 2009I have been using IMDb to obtain feedback on movies for several years now, and what I find is that people here tend to be a little too bias toward A-list, blockbuster movies. Chihuahua does not fall into that category by any means, but that does not warrant dismissing it outright. It is true that the film's cast could have been put to better use, but given the parameters set by the Disney-style writing, they did what they could and it was enough to let me enjoy their performances. I read a review on here that commented on the inaccuracy of geographical information. I agree that if Disney is going to make a film like this, it is unfortunate that they do not take the time to educate their young audiences a little. We wouldn't be talking doctorate level research here, just basic fact-checking.The plot of this movie was not deep, but not many Disney movies NEED to be in order to cater to their young audience and family demographic. I am a twenty-something and I am able to tolerate Disney's material, because I accept it for what it is: shallow, vapid entertainment designed to convey squeaky-clean ideals to impressionable youth. Sometimes, they take that squeaky-cleanliness too far, like making light of the dog fights, but overall, it is all rooted in the same objective: to maintain their target demographic and intake revenue.To the people who reference the different caliber of Disney's entertainment ten or more years ago, I concur with you. It would be good for Disney to trace its roots a bit and return to basics, but it would take a lot of cutting through green to accomplish that.I enjoyed this movie. There was a comment on the discussion board mentioning that the trailer distorted people's initial impression. I am one of those people. Once I got into the movie though, I applied my usual preconditions for judging Disney films and had a good time. It was cute and in Disney's typical fashion, it contained half-baked attempts to teach the kids a thing or two (inaccurate or vague as they were).Go into it knowing it's Disney and will thus inherit the characteristics of all their work, and you'll be fine.
Waste of time!
posted on 27 Jun 2009I went to see this movie in theaters, and it was completely terrible! I didn't laugh once, and neither did the rest of audience watching it. It was a very predictable movie, and my friend and I even predicted almost exactly what would happen. There was nothing good about this movie, except for the fact that I finally saw a kids movie where someone didn't get hit in the groin area. I would not recommend anyone to see this movie, because it will bore you to death. In fact, and I'm not lying, I saw someone in the back of the theater, sleeping! He slept for most of the movie. The movie also didn't have enough good jokes in it, and I think it should be on the bottom 100 list.
It was okay.
posted on 25 Jun 2009so many bad reviews on this movie. This movie was vary clichéd in the fact that the story line has been used so many times the exact same way.It was not the worst movie i have ever seen. Disney has done much worse. I went into the movie thinking it was going to be bad. But it turned out that i did not fall asleep in it. The movie is definitely a children's movie but i thought it was okay. This Disney movie surprised me. It was kinda of like a long Saturday morning cartoon. Its gags weren't hilarious but i smiled through most of it. It was for the most part cute in its own way. I also found that Jamie lee Curtis character was kinda funny. The whole time i watched the movie i half expected Micheal Myers to jump out and go surprise.
Good for the kids
posted on 23 Jun 2009When a business woman has to go on a trip she lets her niece look after her dog. A tiny one at that, and one used to the life of being treated well by everyone and being taken care off completely. When the niece doesn't live up to the responsibility the dog is kidnapped and the search begins.Now. This is a film for kids. Played with real dogs that are given voices from several actors. Being a kids film it can get away with some really odd things and it doesn't have to have a difficult story. It needs a quick story with a number of good jokes and some funny bits and a villain that is dangerous but not too scary. And, this film does just that. It delivers all of that and some more and adds it all together in a quick moving series of action sequences that have a lot of dogs in them. A lot of lot of dogs. The story starts in Los Angeles and then moves to Mexico and then back to Los Angeles and it just keeps rolling with its super-predictive but fun play around a kidnapped dog, newly made friends and growing up to be better than before.7 out of 10 dogs barking madly
Waste Of Celluloid
posted on 23 Jun 2009Kids movies are supposed to be tolerably fun even if they're lacking in plot but this one is a complete stinker. Why talented people like Jamie Lee Curtis and Edward James Olmos even agreed to be in this rubbish is beyond me. The storyline was forced and stupid and the attempts at humour were bogus and insulting. Thank God there are other "family friendly" films available out there like the recent "Wall*E", "The Golden Compass" and "Spiderwick Chronicles" that are worth paying for at the theatres. This might make an amusing half hour segment on some cable network like Animal Planet but that's about it. Avoid this one unless you're a die-hard Chihuahua fan.
Fun movie for whole family...really!
posted on 24 Aug 2009I watched this with husband and two granddaughters age, 6 and 13. Everyone really liked it, honestly. We are not particularly happy with children's movies in general, but this was great. Much better than the animated stuff out there now. It is full of action, cute dogs, good lines. Also, my 35 year old son reluctantly said it was the best dog movie he had ever seen and watched it all. The use of special effects that make the dogs appear to talk were seamless and almost believable, and certainly not distracting. I think this movie is unfairly getting a lot of bad rap. Try it for a lighthearted, fun, feel-good movie, you won't be disappointed.