DISNEY - HERBIE FULLY LOADED(2005)
After many years of a lay off, Herbie comes back in this
film with Lindsay Lohan. I can gaurentee that if you don't
like the original "Love Bug" movies, you won't like this!!
However if you did like at least the first two("The Love
Bug" and "Herbie Returns") then there's a good chance that
you'll find this enjoyable! Not as good as the first, but
pretty close to the second! Lindsay is not a great actress,
but she's backed up with Michael Keaton(Batman[duh], The
Flash[2022], Spider-Man Homecoming, The Other Guys) and
Matt Dilan(There's Something About Mary, Wild Things, Little
Darlings, The Outsiders)(who do quite well here)! Not The
Sound Of Music by no means, but fun to watch!! B+
From a reviewer at Amazon.com
The simple pleasure of watching a living car squirt oil in a
villain's face just never goes away. Disney, in their effort to
revitalize the Herbie franchise, has made the wise choice
of not trying too hard--aside from a small bit of skateboarding
action, just about every element of Herbie: Fully Loaded would
fit right into the 1963 original (groovily titled The Love Bug)
or its various sequels. Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan, the
fiery-tressed starlet of Mean Girls and Freaky Friday) wants
to join her family's dynasty of race car drivers, but her father
(Michael Keaton, Batman Returns) worries that she'll get hurt.
Instead, as a college graduation gift, he buys her a junked-out
Volkswagen Beetle--which turns out to be Herbie, a car with
a mind of its own. Soon Maggie and Herbie are racing against
an arrogant racing champion (Matt Dillon, Crash, There's
Something About Mary) and duking it out with monster trucks,
eventually hoping her father's heart will change. Herbie: Fully
Loaded is formulaic fluff, but executed with cheerful enthusiasm;
everyone involved has clearly embraced the mix of slapstick
hijinks and light family drama. There's even a handful of cameos
by NASCAR drivers. The result is every bit as ridiculous yet
entertaining as its forebears. --Bret Fetzer