5/18/2023 0 Comments Beverly hills chihuahuaManuel (Cheech Marin) and Chico (Paul Rodriguez) "We're not toys or fashion accessories!" one Chihuahua proclaims. The film blasts the superficiality of Hollywood without doing anything other than showing its atrocious excesses. Whereas children's films, by necessity, operate on a much more overt level and require that sort of forthrightness.īeverly Hills Chihuahua's message is one of self-discovery, humility, devotion and tolerance. The worst grown-up message movies fail specifically because they eschew subtlety for preachiness. Writing for children is obviously different than writing for adults. You know those annoyingly cutesy cards and e-mail forwards you get with impossibly adorable animals attached to some sort of encouraging pick-me-up? That's sort of how the entire script reads-lame and endearing but not very sharp. It's too bad the dogs have so little worth saying. Oddly enough, Chloe, of all the dogs, seems the least believable. The only two fully CG characters, a con-artist rat (voice of Cheech Marin) and his iguana sidekick (voice of Paul Rodriguez), give the film a more cartoonish feel. The dogs may be real, but their mouths and expressions are manipulated to give the impression of speech. Technically, the CGI work is integrated nearly seamlessly with the live action footage. But then, this is a kids' movie and the priorities are a bit different. It's easy on the eyes, soft on the heart and never really engages the head. Shooting in Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta and the awe-inspiring Sonoran Desert-to spin an imitative, contemporary Disney fairytale. Unluckily, they promptly lose her, and to make matters worse, Chloe is dognapped by a canine fighting ring who is convinced that she will bring a handsome reward.ĭelgado (voiced by Andy Garcia) helps Papi and Chloe Rachel and her friends decide to take a spontaneous trip to Mexico, and have no choice but to bring Chloe along. When Vivian has to go to Europe on business and the regular dog sitter calls in sick, Chloe is left in the reluctant care of Vivian's flaky niece Rachel (Piper Perabo). Somehow, despite her rebuffs and haughty condescension, Papi remains devoted to his puppy Prima Donna. Chloe is so wrapped up in her over-indulged, pampered life that she barely even notices those outside her circle of coddled friends, including the amorous, working-class Papi (voice of George Lopez), who belongs to Sam (Manolo Cardona), Vivian's landscape gardener. She spends her days doted on by her wealthy owner Vivian (Jamie Lee Curtis), dining on steak and lying about on silk cushions. (As ridiculous as the scene looks and sounds, it would be funnier if it weren't also all too often reality.)Ĭhloe is one pampered pooch. It isn't long before we see her back at home for a "play date"-lying out by the pool with her favorite dog pals all clad in an assortment of bikinis, dresses, berets and sunglasses. When we first meet the Chihuahua Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore), decked out in a gleaming Harry Winston diamond collar, Italian pink leather booties and a frilly pink skirt, she is being dropped off at a doggie beauty parlor for a spa treatment. Piper Perabo and Chloe (voiced by Drew Barrymore)
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