Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) 🐶

The Chihuahuas Will Rise — and So Will Your Eyebrows


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🎬 Trailers

Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we?

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📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview

On paper, it’s “rich lady’s spoiled Chihuahua gets lost in Mexico and has to find her way home.” In practice, it’s a Disney comedy where talking dogs debate class struggle, engage in gladiator pit fights, and discover ancient Chihuahua warrior lore.

The movie tries to be part fish-out-of-water comedy, part cultural travelogue, and part canine Lord of the Rings. Spoiler: it is none of these things successfully, but it’s definitely… something.


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👥 Character Rundown

Chloe (Drew Barrymore, voice): A pampered Beverly Hills Chihuahua who goes from designer purses to the streets of Mexico. Basically Paris Hilton’s dog if it went through The Hero’s Journey.

Papi (George Lopez, voice): The gardener’s Chihuahua, head-over-paws in love with Chloe, delivering the most over-the-top, soap opera dog monologues ever.

Delgado (Andy García, voice): A grizzled former police dog who helps Chloe. He deserves better than this script.

Rachel (Piper Perabo): The human niece who loses Chloe in Mexico. She’s supposed to be the “relatable” human anchor, but no one is watching this for the humans.

Sam (Manolo Cardona): Papi’s owner and token “good guy human.”

El Diablo: A terrifyingly intense Doberman who hunts Chloe. Because even in dog movies, we need a mustache-twirling villain.



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⏱️ Pacing / Episode Flow

The movie zips between Beverly Hills glam, Mexican street chases, a random Aztec Chihuahua temple, and a finale that feels like Homeward Bound if it was directed by someone on Red Bull. It’s chaotic but never boring.


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✅ Pros

Papi is so ridiculous he circles back around to being iconic.

The Chihuahua army scene is so unhinged it’s unforgettable.

The film’s sheer commitment to its absurd premise is… admirable?



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❌ Cons

The CGI mouths are nightmare fuel.

Tone is all over the place (one minute it’s lighthearted comedy, the next it’s dog fighting rings).

The cultural representation is clunky at best, stereotypical at worst.

You’ll never take Drew Barrymore seriously as a dog again.



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💭 Final Thoughts

This movie is a fever dream. It’s not “good” in the traditional sense, but it’s such a bizarre, overproduced slice of late-2000s Disney that it’s morphed into a cult classic. You’ll laugh — sometimes at the jokes, but mostly at the fact this movie exists.


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⭐ Rating

4.5/10 – So bad it’s good, but also so weird it’s unforgettable.


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⚠️ Spoiler Warning

The Chihuahua army rises. Yes, that’s a real sentence.


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🐕 Spoilers

Chloe, kidnapped and nearly forced into dog fighting, is rescued with the help of Delgado and Papi. The group travels across Mexico, and along the way Chloe learns humility and courage. The climax? An ancient temple where Chihuahuas in golden armor chant about their warrior ancestry, as if they’re Aztec demigods.

Papi gets the girl (because of course he does), Chloe makes it home, and Delgado finds redemption. The film ends with Beverly Hills’ most spoiled dog embracing her roots… sort of. Mostly she goes back to being pampered, but now she earned it.