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Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the first in the Beverly Hills Chihuahua series. It is directed by Raja Gosnell and was released on October 3, 2008. The films stars Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis and Manolo Cardona as the human leads and Drew Barrymore, George Lopez and Andy García in voice-over roles. The plot centers on a female Chihuahua named Chloe, who gets dognapped in Mexico and has to escape from an evil Doberman, El Diablo, with help from a lonely German Shepherd, Delgado and a hyperactive male Chihuahua, Papi, who has a desperate crush on her. A sequel, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, was released direct-to-DVD on February 1, 2011, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! was released on September 18, 2012.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRaja Gosnell
Screenplay byAnalisa LaBianco
Jeff Bushell
Story byJeff Bushell
Produced byDavid Hoberman
Todd Lieberman
John Jacobs
Ricardo Del Río
Starring
CinematographyPhil Méheux
Edited bySabrina Plisco
Music byHeitor Pereira
Production
companies
Walt Disney Pictures
Mandeville Films
Smart Entertainment
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • October 3, 2008 (2008-10-03) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$149.3 million

Plot


In Beverly Hills, California, wealthy businesswoman Vivian "Viv" Ashe leaves her richly pampered pet chihuahua, Chloe, with her irresponsible niece, Rachel, while she embarks on a business trip for ten days. Papi, the landscaper Sam's pet Chihuahua, has an unrequited crush on Chloe, by which she is disgusted. On a whim, Rachel decides to go to Mexico with her friends and brings Chloe along. When Rachel leaves Chloe alone in the hotel room to go dancing at a club, Chloe goes looking for her, but gets dognapped as she tries to find Rachel and is sent to the dog fights in Mexico City. There, she meets a street-smart German Shepherd named Delgado. Rachel comes back to the hotel and is frantic when she finds Chloe missing.

Chloe is picked to fight in the pit against El Diablo, a fierce Argentinean-Bolivian Doberman Pinscher. Delgado helps her escape the dog fights, unleashing the other dogs from their cages and unlocking the ring to allow both Chloe and himself to flee. After several arguments, he then decides to return her to Beverly Hills safely. Meanwhile, Rachel and Sam go to the Mexican police and offer rewards in an effort to find Chloe. El Diablo is sent by the dog fight ringleader, Vasquez, to capture Chloe and obtain the reward.

Chloe and Delgado split up when Delgado goes to get help to return Chloe to Beverly Hills. While he is gone, Chloe saves a pack rat named Manuel from being eaten by an iguana named Chico. Manuel gratefully offers to take Chloe's collar to a ship for the captain to read it, and Chloe accepts. When Delgado returns and finds out what happened, he explains that it was all a con to steal Chloe's expensive collar, and that in reality, iguanas are vegetarians.

The dogs reach the border by train, but they're caught when the conductor wanders back to the place they and the other dogs are hiding. They're forced to jump out, eventually arriving in the barren deserts of Chihuahua, where Delgado explains that he was a former police dog; he was retired after he lost his sense of smell during a raid and a sneak attack from El Diablo. Chloe and Delgado are attacked by a group of mountain lions, but are rescued by a group of Chihuahuas led by a long-haired Chihuahua named Montezuma. Montezuma teaches Chloe that Chihuahuas are a "tiny but mighty" breed, and tells her to find her bark. He offers Chloe to stay with them, but she declines, saying that someone could be waiting for her at home. She realizes she loves Papi, but was never able to give him a chance.

Rachel and Sam are in Puerto Vallarta and find that Chloe was spotted in the state of Chihuahua. After tracking Chloe and Delgado from Mexico City, El Diablo arrives in Chihuahua and attempts to capture Chloe. Papi saves her and ends up getting captured in a cage inside an abandoned Aztec temple. Delgado encounters Manuel and Chico with Chloe's collar, and Manuel frantically explains that they wanted Delgado to smell the collar to find Chloe. Delgado responds that he can't, but Manuel convinces him to try. Delgado smells the collar, and is finally able to track Chloe's scent, taking the collar with him. Chloe rescues Papi, but Delgado discovers that El Diablo had vanished. Rachel finds Chloe, and Vasquez is arrested by the police.

Chloe returns safely to Beverly Hills without Vivian finding out what happened and accepts a romantic relationship with Papi, as well as Rachel with Sam. The characters' fates are later revealed: Delgado returns to being a police dog in Mexico; El Diablo is recaptured by Delgado and is adopted by a rich lady who "had a passion for fashion"; Chico and Manuel move to Beverly Hills and become rich; and Papi and Chloe have their first date.


Cast



Voices



Production


Chloe was named after writer Analisa LaBianco's dog, a 4-year-old Chihuahua.[2]


Visual effects


The Cinesite studio used their specially developed pipeline for creating digital muzzle replacements, animated the many talking dogs. The in-house visual effects supervisor was Matt Johnson, and the animation supervisor was Alexander Williams. The chihuahua regularly changes throughout the film.[clarification needed] Tippett Studio was also used for the visual effects and helped with Manuel and Chico.


Music


The film score was written by composer Heitor Pereira, who recorded the score with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros.[3]


Reception



Critical reception


Beverly Hills Chihuahua received mixed reviews from critics. As of June 2020, the film holds a 40% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 99 reviews with an average rating of 5.10 out of 10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Despite hitting some sweet notes, Beverly Hills Chihuahua is little more than disposable family entertainment".[4] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 41 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[6]

Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times wrote in his review, "One could try to overlook the film's view of Mexico as an either-or land of resort poshness and street-level poverty, chiefly populated by criminals and hustlers of all stripes, except that view forms the entire film, driving the narrative impulse by which the spoiled puppy makes her journey". Olsen also wrote, "Think of it as the Paris Hilton Complex, that idea of young people as little princesses and princes who get what they want, and what they want is easy pickings and a life without engagement".[7] Walter Addiego of the San Francisco Chronicle gave a positive review, writing, "the film combines the themes of dignity and empowerment  'We are tiny, but we are mighty', says the leader of a vast Chihuahua pack  with a story of a spoiled rich canine who learns not to be so high and mighty, the film hits all the typical Disney notes. There's even a politically correct message at the end advising would-be dog adopters to make sure they know what they're getting into".[8]


Box office


Beverly Hills Chihuahua was a commercial success. The film grossed $29,300,465 on its opening weekend from 3,215 theaters, averaging about $9,114 per theater, and ranking number 1 at the box office for that weekend.[9] On its second weekend, the film arrived number 1 again with $17,502,077.[10] As of May 10, 2009, Beverly Hills Chihuahua has grossed $94,514,402 domestically and $54,767,204 in other territories leading up to a total of $149,281,606 worldwide.


Home media


Beverly Hills Chihuahua was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on March 3, 2009 in the US and May 25, 2009 in the UK on Disney DVD and Blu-ray. As of November 1, 2009, the DVD has sold over 3 million copies generating $59,918,764 in sales revenue.[11]


Sequels


A direct-to-video sequel was released for DVD and Blu-ray on February 1, 2011 by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.[12] It was filmed in October 2009 in Los Angeles and George Lopez returned as the voice of Papi. Jamie Lee Curtis, Piper Perabo, Manolo Cardona, Drew Barrymore and Andy García didn't reprise their roles.

Another direct-to-video sequel was released for DVD and Blu-ray on September 18, 2012, with Lopez once again reprising his role as Papi, making him the only actor from the original film to appear in the sequels.[13]


References


  1. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) - Financial Information".
  2. Samuel (2010-09-26). "The Disney Flame: "'Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2' DVD"". Thedisneyflame.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  3. Dan Goldwasser (2008-09-23). "Heitor Pereira scores Beverly Hills Chihuahua". ScoringSessions.com. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  4. "Beverly Hill Chihuahua (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  5. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua - Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  6. "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  7. Olsen, Mark (2008-10-03). "This dog is nobody's best friend". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  8. Addiego, Walter (2008-10-03). "Movie review: 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  9. "Weekend Grosses from 10/3-10/5". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  10. Barnes, Brooks (2008-10-13). ""Chihuahua" Is Top Draw at Box Office". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  11. "Top Selling DVDs of 2009". The-numbers.com. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  12. Shallenberger, Samuel (2010-09-26). The Disney Flame: "'Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2' DVD" Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine TheDisneyFlame.Blogspot.com. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  13. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3". Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.



На других языках


[de] Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Beverly Hills Chihuahua ist ein US-amerikanischer, computeranimierter Familien- und Abenteuerfilm. Die Filmkomödie von Raja Gosnell ist eine Walt-Disney-Produktion und hatte seine Weltpremiere am 25. September 2008 in Australien.
- [en] Beverly Hills Chihuahua

[es] Un chihuahua de Beverly Hills

Un chihuahua de Beverly Hills (en inglés: Beverly Hills Chihuahua) es una comedia de Estados Unidos de la productora Disney dirigida por Valentina Osorio, estrenada el 3 de octubre de 2008. El protagonista es una prepotente chihuahua de Beverly Hills que se pierde en México mientras que su cuidadora está de vacaciones en el país. Con actores y actrices (algunos de ellos solo prestan sus voces) como Jamie Lee Curtis, Andy García, Plácido Domingo, George Lopez (Papi) o Drew Barrymore (Cloe). Edward James Olmos (El Diablo) y Cheech Marin prestan sus voces para interpretar personajes de la historia. El elenco está integrado además por los actores Nick Zano (Bryan), Marguerite Moreau (Blair), Michael Urie (Sebastián), Ali Hillis (Angela), Maury Sterling (Rafferty), Julie Claire (Claire), Manolo Cardona (Sam), Mike Faiola (Josh) y José María Yazpik (Vásquez), que no serán personajes de animación, sino reales. “Un chihuahua de Beverly Hills” (título en España) se rodó en formato de 35 milímetros, para su realización contó con 60 entrenadores y 200 animales y fue producida por David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman y John Jacobs, mientras que el guion corrió a cargo de Analisa LaBinco y Jeffrey Bushell.[1]

[ru] Крошка из Беверли-Хиллз

«Кро́шка из Бе́верли-Хиллз» (англ. Beverly Hills Chihuahua) — американская комедия, вышедшая в кинопрокат 3 октября 2008 года. Сюжет развивается вокруг разбалованной чихуахуа из Беверли-Хиллз по имени Хлоя (в оригинале озвучивает Дрю Бэрримор), которая теряется в Мексике. Чихуахуа по имени Папи, влюблённый в Хлою, пытается спасти её от добермана-злодея Эль Дьябло с помощью полицейской овчарки Дельгадо.



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