Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Graced with unusually expressive and seamless voice work by Drew Barrymore and George Lopez, the best of its kind since "Babe."

San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego

Depending on your tolerance for talking Chihuahuas, this could make for a fun family night out.

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

The picture might not be as fresh and clever as it could have been, but its spirited voice cast delivers the whole enchilada.

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

Okay, the concept for the movie is admittedly lame, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with watching a passel of adorable pooches wrinkle their brows and bark while human voices come out of their mouths.

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

This being Disney, wholesome character-building messages abound, but for once they're freshly spun as cautions against stereotyping both ethnic and canine.

USA Today Claudia Puig

Alpo is served with a burrito chaser in Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Disney's fish-out-of-water comedy in which the fish is … well, read the title.

Variety Peter Debruge

A filthy-rich fantasy for these cash-strapped times, Beverly Hills Chihuahua features the voices of Drew Barrymore and much of the industry's top Latino talent in a live-action talking-dog lark that should please young pups.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

It's very slick and small children will enjoy it, but it has little of its model's special magic.

The New York Times Nathan Lee

As multimillion-dollar frivolities about the pets of the ruling class go, Chihuahua is reasonably diverting. As one that happens to be opening in the middle of an economic meltdown, its mere existence feels utterly insane.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole

Barrymore's charm helps make Beverly Hills Chihuahua a congenial family outing.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Performances are rather beside the point in a movie where dogs carry the acting burden, but Perabo is especially bland.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

This is not a movie for anyone who's aged past the "Oh! Cute!" phase of moviegoing. It's paced for little minds with short attention spans.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Coasting on lazy stereotypes, the script basically ends where it started, teaching young viewers that it's really not so bad to be a spoiled bitchy puppy.

Austin Chronicle Margaret Moser

This time the dog wags the tale and proves, at least to Papi, that love really is a bitch.

New York Post Kyle Smith

The film is Beverly Hills Chihuahua. The audience is the fire hydrant.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

It's hard to go wrong with a movie full of talking dogs. But the makers of Beverly Hills Chihuahua sure try.

Film Threat Mark Bell

Isn't nearly as offensive to the senses as I originally thought it would be when first presented with the trailer.

Slate Josh Levin

Isn't terrible. OK, it's kind of terrible, but it's a talking-dog movie, and anyone who goes to a talking-dog movie without being prepared to step in poop deserves to ruin his shoes.

Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen

Despite its superficial lip-service to self-actualization/realization, there has to be more to life than what Beverly Hills Chihuahua is putting out there, which is fit for neither man nor beast.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

While George Lopez, Cheech Marin, and Paul Rodriguez are funny men, it's amazing how boring these Latin-shtick cutups can be when none of them gets a single good line.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Forget the metaphors, why not just make a movie about poor, exploited Mexicans?

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

Even a film as shabby and humdrum as Beverly Hills Chihuahua, which never musters up the wit and beauty of a single frame of "Lady and the Tramp," is not without its pleasures.