Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Jackson Booth-Millard I only heard about this film because of the familiar sounding title, and I guess the only reason I wanted to see it was because I like some animal films, particularly from Disney, and then there's the stars voicing them, so I watched, from director Raja Gosnell (Home Alone 3, Never Been Kissed, Big Momma's House, Scooby-Doo). Basically Chloe (Drew Barrymore) is the pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua going on vacation to Mexico with Rachel Ashe Lynn (Coyote Ugly's Piper Perabo), niece of her owner, Aunt Vivian 'Viv' (Jamie Lee Curtis). While in the tropical country the pooch ends up getting lost, and caught by a dog napper who will be demanding a ransom for the valuable dog, and she must rely on other dog friends to help her get back to Rachel. These friends include lonely and grouchy German Shepherd dog Delgado (Andy Garcia), and male chihuahua Papi (George Lopez) who has an attraction for her, and meanwhile Rachel and her love interest, and Papi's master, Sam Cortez (Manolo Cardona), are searching for the lost dog. Also on the search for Chloe, and more specifically wanting to bring her back for her priceless diamond collar, is evil Doberman Pinscher dog El Diablo (Edward James Olmos), but by the end all the stray dog friends find owners, and Chloe is brought back to Aunt Viv in time to never know anything. Also starring Luis Guzmán as Chucho the Great Dane, Cheech Marin as Manuel the Pack Rat, Paul Rodriguez as Chico the Iguana and Ugly Betty's Michael Urie as Sebastian the Pug. Even a good variety of familiar faces and voices for the lovable animals can't save this film in any way, the story is far too simple and predictable, the special effects are wasted, the characters are stereotypical, the jokes are unfunny, and the cuddly animals are too cutesy and will only appeal to the youngest of viewers, I can agree with the amusing comment of another form of animal cruelty LOL, it is absolutely atrocious fantasy comedy. Poor!

shwayder1 OK, i think everyone who thinks this is just a dumb kids' movie, "professional" critics included, have missed the point completely! There are archetypal characters, the full arc of self-fulfillment, the classic fallen hero restored, and the more mundane messages of not judging the book by it's cover and helping homeless pets find homes. There are the broad strokes of good vs evil, overcoming odds, and dog fighting is bad. I spent less time laughing at this movie than i did cheering for the characters. The title is the worst ever, absolutely the worst. I personally know that everyone i told to see this movie hadn't planned to because of the title, but they were all impressed. Yes, it is cute dogs, yes it is Disney, yes there are some obvious stereotypes and obvious literary licenses taken. But if you don't get that each central character has gone through a journey and come out on the other side, then you are just seeing the cover of the book.

TheLittleSongbird Granted Beverly Hills Chihuahua is not a perfect movie, the story is predictable and the script while a vast majority of the time cute and funny was occasionally a little too clichéd, silly and frothy. But hey for a family movie I think it worked. I am a 19 year old girl, and have a soft spot for family movies, so this was ideal and I enjoyed it. The scenery is superb, the soundtrack is suitably upbeat, the dogs are pitch perfect with the lip movements surprisingly not too sloppy, Drew Barrymore and George Lopez are touching and believable together and hearing the amazing Placido Domingo as the voice of Monte is a major plus and make anybody's day, whether you are an opera fan or not(by the way, I am). All in all, I liked it very much for what it was. It is hardly Oscar-worthy, but it never tried to be, it aimed to be undemanding fun and that's what it was. 8/10 Bethany Cox

abrown975 I used to love Disney movies, simply because they made you laugh and cry, all while holding the title of a family movie. But now, most Disney movies are being defined by fart jokes and break-dancing animals. Seriously? Okay, the first fart joke may have been funny, but using it in every movie gets bland. And why in all new Disney movies do they have some kind of animal with a weird quirk about it that somehow ends up break-dancing at the end? (College Road Trip, Bedtime Stories, and now this) Disney is able to redeem itself with Pixar movies and movies like The Princess and the Frog, but it won't last. Why am I making a big deal about this? Because many people out there are saying that we should just leave it alone because it's a kids movie. Bull crap. The Lion King was a kids movie and it won over audiences across the world! Up was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars! And all this was achieved without fart jokes and break-dancing animals! Therefore, being a kid's movie does not exonerate it from sucking royally! And another thing, if The Lion King and Up did not use those things I have mentioned before and accomplished a spot on our movie shelves and in our hearts, shouldn't that say to Disney "Hey! Maybe if we make more movies like that, without farts and lame jokes, we'll get more audiences!"? I don't know, but I think it's sad that kids are now relying on bad humor to entertain them instead of good, old-fashioned, sturdy plot-lines. But why does this movie suck? Lame jokes, potty humor, break-dancing animals, bad plots, and horrible acting. I never thought it was possible to overact when all you're doing is a voice-over job, but this movie showed me up. The moral of this story is skip this movie. Nothing about this movie is good, even though it has an all-star cast. Like I said before, being a kids movie doesn't exonerate it from the crap category. 2 out of 10, and the only reason I'm not giving this a zero is because I still have faith in Disney (plus, IMDb doesn't have 0/10 on it's scale).