Mercifully, I've now completed the fabled "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" trilogy. Odd as this seems to say, I do think that they saved the best one for last, though I would still argue that this is awful. It has one scene that I thought was, at least, passible.
For reasons I never quite understood Sam (Marcus Coloma), Rachel (Erin Cahill) and their various puppies move into a struggling hotel. Sam takes a job as a gardener, Erin as a Chef and Chloe (Odette Annable) as the hotel's mascot. The hotel though has a problem, a more illustrious hotel nearby is poaching their customers . . . . and I'm sure there are other things going on . . . One of the puppies doesn't like puppy school, or something... Honestly, who cares?
That this one has a plot, even one I can't really remember only a few days later already makes this a better film than the risible first sequel. Erin Cahill returns although because of reasons, Rachael moved on from being a socialite, to a . . rain forest researcher (?) . . . And is now a Chef apparently. Sam at least is consistent in his job. Frances Fisher throws a bit of credibility to the rest of the cast, and Kyle Gass shows up in a minor role.
It's mostly dreadful, obviously. The performances poor, the visual effects work on the "talking" is increasingly sketchy and jokes are risible. All except for one scene in which they audition bands for a party (or something... again who cares). The auditioning dogs are puns based on existing bands, and some of them, along with a scattershot list that is ran though afterwards, was occasionally, very nearly, actually amusing.
I'm still not totally done with Disney dog movies, I know, I still have to watch them go into space and a bunch of other terrible ideas, but hopefully, following this dire series, I've earned myself a little respite.
