This is a great movie for kids and the entire family. There’s action, drama, comedy, cuteness, and a shockingly good story. What I really want to know is how do these talking animal movies still get made? I’m not trying to rip, but consider the pitch.

Ahhh yes… We’ve got a little talking Chihuahua named Chloe (Drew Barrymore) and she lives a life of royalty. I’m talking this pooch gets manicures, expensive perfumes, designer clothes and a Harry Winston dog collar full of diamonds. She lies out by the poolside on her own little lawn chair while her owner treats her like she’s her wittle wittle baby. This dog gets treated like she’s Kobe’s wife after he caught that case. Of course this all means Chloe is not ready to do ANYTHING on her own.

Chloe ends up going on a trip with her owner’s self-absorbed niece Rachel (Piper Peabro) and ends up getting dog-napped, eventually ending up lost in the mean streets of Mexico. Oh nooooo. How will she get home? Chloe befriends a talking German Shepard named Delgado (voice of Andy Garcia) that becomes her savior.

Mmmm hmmm, sounds kind of stupid doesn’t it? Well, that’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua, but stupid it is not. This little flick got me from jump and continued on through the middle and the last leg of it. After a while I forgot that I was watching non-humans with the great voice work of Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, Paul Rodriguez (Chico), Cheech Marin (Manuel).

What makes it so bad is that some of those dogs are living better than most humans. It’s crazy to me. CRAZY…and I can tell you that it’s happening in real life as we speak. There are dogs that get their toenails painted, drink nothing but bottled water, get massages and have doggy strollers. Some dogs get married. When I was single, someone had told me their dog got married—before me—I felt like a loser. Ladies, can I tell you I personally know a dog that got married, in a white dress, her man dog had a tux, and he was gonna be her 'first' that night. No lie. NO LIE!

And I was stuck listening to Boo-Boo the fool try to rap to me at an event, tellin' me my lips look like two pillows. I should have told that fool his lips looked like two suitcase handles.

Today’s poochies are living better than Homer the homeless man underneath your city’s bridge. I’m FLABBERGASTED at some of the luxuries dogs have and I have a good friend that was so poor at one time they had to eat oodles of noodles every day for two weeks.

Please don’t get it twisted, I adore dogs. My nephew Gino has four legs and fur and I really think dog lovers will think Chihuahua is a sweet movie. I’m even a little embarrassed to say this, but I choked up a few times during the movie. I’m so guilty. I’m such a sensitive sucker.

This film has a great romance story between the Chihuahuas, love between owner and dog, loyalty among friends and great character arcs, especially with Chloe. There are villains in human and dog form that made me growl at how they treated Chloe, Delgado and other dogs. I really got involved emotionally with this flick. And I loved the fact that it’s not too long. Take note people, this film is SHALLOW and it does have some corny lines from the dogs like...Talk to the Paw. Oh please. There were many times that I smirked and rolled my eyes. Especially with a major Chihuahua scene where they chant, We are tiny, but mighty. I guess it was said like that. I'll have to double check on that.

Oh, and one more thing. What's up with them making saddity Chloe looking all snowflake like and the dogs in Mexico looking brown and raggedy? And why was the MEAN evil dog black? Hmmmmmmmm. You didn't think of that huh? Conspiracy???!!!

Let me stop :-) Tee hee.

My Rating ~ 3 Reels

3 - Watch during matinee hours (save some $$)

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Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Jive premise, but shockingly good movie.

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