Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Movie Review
"Beverly Hills Chihuahua"
Review by Eric D. Snider
Grade: B-
Rating: PG
Released: Friday, October 3, 2008
Directed by:
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To: Scott Weinberg, managing editor, Cinematical
From: Eric D. Snider, blogger/reviewer
Subject: "Beverly Hills Chihuahua"
Hey Scott --
When you assigned me to review "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," I assumed it was because we both expected it to be terrible, and you knew I would enjoy writing a review ripping it apart. The film's trailers certainly don't do it any favors, and the basic premise alone -- a spoiled lapdog gets lost in Mexico and has to find her way home -- almost makes me reconsider my career path.
So I'm afraid I have to disappoint you by reporting that, as it turns out, "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" isn't awful. It's not even really annoying. It's actually kind of ... almost ... sort of ... OK.
I know! I was as surprised as you are skeptical. And I know what you're going to say. You're going to point out that I also kind of liked "Yours, Mine & Ours," which -- heaven help me -- was made by the same director, Raja Gosnell. In my defense, let me remind you that I hated "Big Momma's House" and the "Scooby-Doo" movies, which he also directed. I am by no means a Raja Gosnell apologist. If such a thing as a Raja Gosnell apologist exists, I am not it.
But "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" -- or BHC, as the kids are calling it -- isn't the braying, garish nightmare that the trailers make it out to be, or that we've come to expect from Disney's live-action-excrement factory. In fact, once it gets the dumb "Talk to the paw!" jokes out of its system, it's actually a reasonably charming, mostly benign kids' movie that adults can watch without their heads exploding. I even laughed a few times. Honest-to-goodness laughter!
[To read the rest of the review, please visit Cinematical.]
Grade: B-
Rated PG, a little mild rude humor
1 hr., 31 min.
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October 3, 2008 at 6:30 am
It's almost disappointing that one of the worst trailers in modern memory doesn't get an awful movie to match. Eh - I'm sure it's still soulless; Disney hasn't disappointed me there since Lilo & Stitch tried to have a bit of heart and got turned into three sequels and a TV series.
October 9, 2008 at 3:51 am
I actually liked the trailer for this movie..... Everytime I saw it I laughed at how ridiculous it was. lol.