Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)

Director:

Raja Gosnell

Writers (WGA):

Analisa LaBianco (screenplay) and
Jeffrey Bushell (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Tagline:

50% Warrior. 50% Lover. 100% Chihuahua.

Plot:

While on vacation in Mexico, Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home. |

Plot Keywords:

Chihuahua | Mexico | Animal | Train | Animal In Title

Awards:

8 nominations

Cast

Drew Barrymore	...	Chloe (voice)
Piper Perabo	...	Rachel Ashe Lynn
Andy Garcia	...	Delgado (voice)
George Lopez	...	Papi (voice)
Cheech Marin	...	Manuel (voice)
Paul Rodriguez	...	Chico (voice)
Plácido Domingo	...	Monte (voice)
Edward James Olmos	...	Diablo (voice)
Loretta Devine	...	Delta (voice)
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Aunt Viv
Luis Guzmán	...	Chucho (voice)
Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo	...	Rafa (voice)
Carlos Juvera	...	Tomás (voice)
Alex Mendoza	...	Frightened Terrier / Gang Leader Bull Dog (voice)
Lombardo Boyar	...	Praying Dog

Also Known As:

South of the Border (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild thematic elements.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:PG (certificate #44617) | Singapore:G | UK:U | Argentina:Atp | Ireland:G | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Hong Kong:I | Malaysia:U | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | South Korea:All | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Taiwan:GP | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:o.Al. | Belgium:KT | Denmark:7 | Canada:G (all jurisdictions)

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Mandeville Films

Trivia:

This is the second time director Raja Gosnell and composer Nick Glennie-Smith worked together. Their first collaboration was Gosnell's directorial debut Home Alone 3 (1997) where Glennie-Smith wrote the score. However this time Glennie-Smith is only the orchestra conductor and not the composer. The composer this time is instead Heitor Pereira.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rachel is in the bathroom getting ready with her friends, she clearly has her shoes on. She sees Chloe and walks out of the room, still with her shoes on. In the next scene when she walks in the room to fix Chloe's food, she has no shoes on, and only goes to put them on after Chloe has put the dog food in them.

Quotes:

[from teaser]
Papi: [voice over] My name is Papi. I am descended from an ancient line of proud warriors. My ancestors went into battle, alongside Aztec soldiers. Today, we move within the inner circles of the wealthiest and most powerful people on the planet. Who am I? The question is... *What* am I?
[pops out of doggie hatch on the huge door of an Aztec temple]
Papi: I'm a Chihuahua!
[growls slyly]

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

Soundtrack:

I'm Too Sexy

Hey, it was A LOT better than I expected!

Alright, so tons of people are bashing this movie even though they didn't see it. I thought it would be dumb too... until my friend practically dragged me to see it with her. It sounds like this movie would be about chihuahuas in Beverly Hills and their luxurious lives and basically a 'Clueless' with doggies instead. And it is, for the first 10 minutes or so.

But then, it transitions into something completely different than where I thought it was going. I liked how it eventually talked about cultural identity and not forgetting where you're from, which was a good direction for the movie. With that, it was good how the human girl and the girl chihuahua both become less ignorant as the film progresses. And, come on, it was adorable how this was basically a chick flick with little doggies instead! It was pretty hilarious in some parts (George Lopez as Papi!) especially with some interesting song choices, lol. My only quibbles were the slight sappiness with the whole Disney has-to-have-a-moral dialogue and that Drew Barrymore's voice was annoying after a while as the lead chihuahua with her whining... Still, it was pretty great and it got the whole theater laughing at several points.

It's nice to have a movie that doesn't take itself that seriously once in a while :] So basically, go see this before you condemn it to a rating worse than "Gigli"'s!