Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

If this movie won't make you want to storm out in a rage and burn a litter of puppies, you're a better (wo)man than me. Totally unrelated, but does anyone know how to get the smell of charred puppy out of your clothes?

First, I had to watch this movie in parts, not able to finish it in one watch. So awful. Second, my boyfriend quotes (quoted) this movie all the time. Now he's somewhere deep beneath my house.. somewhere.. I guess..?

The movies starts with a weddi---NO IT'S A DOG WEDDING, PSYCHE! Remember, you knew this was gonna be dogshit (no pun... y'know fuck it, pun intended) from the moment you decided to watch it. But on the plus side, it's a good thing they didn't waste any money on, y'know, people that can act. Or decent writing. They can't even do their own jokes well, the attempted little "quick puns" that can be really effective in flicks like this are terrible. Tack on transparent emotion and BAM - stinker.

This film is not as boldly offensive as the first, despite the introduction of some puppies, because it was a straight to DVD affair and not released in the cinema. The most irritating part is Papi teaching his puppies about what it is to be a Chihuahua with one eye looking at the camera making sure that we understand that we're supposed to pick these up as morals, but I don't think we do much with "We're a breed of fierce fighting dogs" as a moral code but thanks all the same.

Thank goodness for the cute doggies! Glossy sequel is nevertheless a contrived mess from the get-go – we get the tour bus version of the modest B & A listers from Part 1 (Jamie Lee Curtis becomes Susan Blakely?) and the film struggles to find an interesting story or angle to take with these characters, confecting a half-hearted fashion show combined with some blatant padding with HOME ALONE style crooks. It could well have been worse – good natured enough to get over the "pass" line.