"Beverly Hills Chihuahua" was good for what it was: a kid's movie for its time. Looking back, the CGI is quite dated and the story line is pretty generic. It's definitely no classic that people would enjoy watching again in their adulthood, but there's been much worse movies out there that are more cringeworthy. Despite its generic story line, it's nothing more than a harmless sappy movie with some good morals thrown in.

This came on TV today and it has been along time since any scene in a film has brought tears to my eyes that I quickly recovered from due to the humor so *wipes eyebrow* phew that was close. Anyway point is I knew I was in for a good movie when Jamie Lee Curtis appeared on the credits ironically she wasn't in much of the footage. This movie has animation, and is reminiscent of lady and the tramp but a way more advanced type with a deviation in the synopsis. Where the predictability comes in is that you can clearly tell how things are going to end up between a couple of the characters, and it might just frustrate you how phony the animated characters look and how brilliant the animals are compared to the humans.

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!

It's just a funny movie people. why are you so critical, so mean. did you at least see all the movie. did you at least enjoy this type of movie? Because if you are a thriller, mystery, action fan, you won't find what you are looking for here. it was made for kids, but you can watch it as an adult too. dogs are so cute,funny, sweet, there a few nice jokes. U will have a smile on your face at the end of this movie. Of course, if you are looking for a smart and addicting movie, you won't find it here. It has no mystery, it's predictable. It's a comedy, the "Home alone" type. So, think that this could be a great movie to watch with your kid in a Sunday evening. And let's all admit that this movie gives us remembers of our childhood. With our favorite animals, toys, stupid games, love and hate, addicting stories. I liked the way the little dogs were dressed. You can see a lot of people nowadays buying that kind of fancy stuff for their pets. And that's because they love them. Of course some of them are exaggerated. Dogs wearing diamonds? I'd love to be that dog. For it's type, for this kind of story, It's a nice piece. So, i wait to see the second part now. It was released, but i saw this first one today. Tomorrow, second part. Chihuahua.