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It's a lot easier to sympathize with pampered Los Angeles pooch Chloe when you know her voice belongs to America's sweetie-pie Drew Barrymore - all those jewels and high-fashion doggie couture have got to hide a heart of gold. In fact, there is no denying that Disney's live-action Beverly Hills Chihuahua When successful single entrepreneur Viv (Jaime Lee Curtis) has to fly to Europe for a round of meetings and Chloe's regular doggie nanny has her baby three weeks early, Viv is distraught at what to do with her spoiled Chihuahua - she'd languish at a kennel. Enter Viv's equally spoiled (and equally purposeless) niece Rachel (Piper Perabo), who's roped into playing nanny to Chloe while Viv's away. Given the size of Aunt Viv's mansion, pool and grounds, it's not an altogether grueling situation. Nonetheless, Rachel chafes at the endless round of spa treatments and fittings and play dates on Chloe's schedule. Her friends rescue her by whisking her away (along with Chloe) into Mexico for a little overnight vacation. Chloe gets snatched while looking for Rachel at a party, and the movie kicks into high gear as she's thrown into a dogfighting ring against a snarling Doberman named El Diablo (Edward James Olmos). A gruff German Shepherd named Delgado (Andy Garcia) helps Chloe escape, but not before her dognapper spies her diamond collar and decides that she might be worth a pretty ransom to some rich gringo. From there, Chloe and a grudging Delgado are kept on the run from El Diablo and the dognapper while trying to find a way home to Beverly Hills for Chloe. A chastened, newly determined Rachel, Aunt Viv's landscaper Sam (Manolo Cardona), and his Chloe-infatuated Chihuahua Papi (George Lopez) badger the Mexican policía into helping hunt for Chloe. Along the way, Chloe and Delgado get into a dust-up with mountain lions, visit Chloe's ancestral home at an Aztec pyramid in Chihuahua, get conned by a scamming rat and iguana, and meet strays on a train hoping for a new start in America - that's the candy-coating in terms of suspense, action and humor. The main emotional thrust of Beverly Hills Chihuahua The standard DVD and Blu-ray editions share a blooper reel, deleted scenes, audio commentary and a cute, occasionally absurd animated short (a la Ratatouille's |
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