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Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) Rank 3 Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
With "Mean Girls" sex kitten Lindsay Lohan in the starring role, and a title that's one action verb away from a porn movie, "Herbie: Fully Loaded" is a Disney film in disguise.
But the first few minutes -- with a clever flashback credit sequence and ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan) has just graduated from college and soon, she will leave home and head to New York. Her father Ray (Michael Keaton) runs a racing team that has hit hard times, a win is needed badly, as sponsors have been scarce of late. As ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
Draven99's Musings (Chris Beaumont)
Yes, I took the bullet so that you don't have to, unless you have young children. Simply put, this is a bad movie anyway you try to cut it. Personally, I don't think that this franchise should have been revived at all. I remember liking the original Love ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Draven99's Musings (Chris Beaumont)
filmcritic.com
A car with a mind of its own meets a screenplay with no mind to speak of in Herbie: Fully Loaded, Disneyâs brainless but painless effort to reintroduce its overhauled Volkswagen Bug to a new generation of gearheads. And while party gal Lindsay Lohan is ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at filmcritic.com
Moviehole
âSo youâre telling me this filmâs set in a world where cars are aliveâ? Thatâs my wife, a little uncertain about the film sheâs about to watch. Being a Lindsay Lohan fan, one would assume that the Disney starlets latest, "Herbie : Fully ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Moviehole
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Herbie, for those of you who donât know, is a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle who has a mind of his own. Maggie (Lindsay Loohan) Peyton is from a family of NASCAR winners. Her dad played by Michael Keaton is determined to keep her away from the family ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
Una muy agradable sorpresa veraniega que bien vale la pena disfrutar con la familia, con una buena bolsa de palomitas y, lo más importante, con alma de niño ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Moviola (Jorge Avila Andrade)
E! Online (--)
Make no mistake, the VW's latest incarnation is your typical Disney stuff: sweet in spots, way too syrupy most of the time -- but somehow it works. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at E! Online (--)
FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)
Everyone has a love-hate relationship with their car. They're incredible and personal - they're friends. We're convinced of their personalities. That if we treat them poorly, they'll be hesitant to serve us. It's an odd human thing. The magic of Herbie ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)
FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
It's formula with a capital F, but the high-energy ridiculousness propels it to victory. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
BumsCorner.com Review (Scraps)
Say what you will about Disney as a corporation, there are two things that they do very well; marketing their products, and cranking out great family films. Sure, some are absolute dogs, but some theatrical releases would make Uncle Walt proud.
Herbie ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at BumsCorner.com Review (Scraps)
About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
The Return of the Lovable Bug
Disney’s trying to revive a long-slumbering franchise with their latest kid-targeted comedy, “Herbie Fully Loaded.” The adorable Volkswagen Bug that captured the imagination of audiences during the 60s and ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
It's hard to believe that a franchise centred around a magical Volkswagen is still going strong after 36 years, but Herbie is still very much alive. Herbie: Fully Loaded teams the number 53 VW bug with current teen queen Lindsay Lohan, herself an old ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Every time Lindsay Lohan and Disney join forces to update a kiddie movie from the studio's slap-dash period of the 1960s and '70s, they've come away with a winner.
1998's remake of "The Parent Trap" showed a savvy sense of humor where the original was ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Boston Herald (Tenley Woodman)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
All ends well, everyone gets what's coming to them, and any 9-year-old girl who does not stand on her seat cushion and cheer has remarkable self-control. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Herbie: Fully Loaded isn't painful, and, considering the possibilities, that's saying a lot. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
How you feel about Herbie: Fully Loaded may depend on what your thoughts are about Herbie's updated ability to create facial expressions. The Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of his own can now blink and rotate his headlights, giving the impression of ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
I feel a certain closeness with Herbie. Perhaps because when I was a kid my mother and father took me to see one of the original films based on this lovable VW bug. Or maybe because kids just naturally like cars with human-like behavior. In either case, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Here's an idea--give Lindsay Lohan the keys to a car and see what wreckage comes of it. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
(Director Angela) Robinson keeps the automotive antics to an acceptable level most of the way, although pushing things a notch too far in the finale. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
While you won't care about the human characters, you may find yourself pulling for Herbie . ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan)
Herbie is the kind of funny, frenetic family movie that really does offer something for everyone. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan)
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
Herbie gives by far the most endearing and convincing performance in the film. We love Herbie because he has a heart and soul. The movie has neither. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
A door-swinging, oil-spurting, horn-honking, all-pistons-firing 'performance' that will be sure to enrapture a whole new generation of Herbie fans. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
The Movie Chicks
Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan) comes from a long line of racecar drivers, but her father, Ray (Michael Keaton), doesn't want her to have anything to do with the much-too-dangerous-for-a-girl sport. He prefers leaving the driving legacy to his son, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at The Movie Chicks
Radio Sargam Online
Herbie: Fully Loaded is the remake of the 1960s comedy about a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own. Herbie is a living car that raced through his own run of movies through the â70s to the â90s. It is a fast paced, breezy ride for the summer. The ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Radio Sargam Online
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Taking the whole remake thing one step too far is "Herbie: Fully Loaded" a new movie in a series that I don't think anyone was too badly wanting to see continue. The film stars Lindsay Lohan, who, despite being cast in the upcoming Robert Altman movie, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Entertainment Insiders (Eric Lurio)
This is the year of the remake. Almost no one seems to have any new ideas anymore I'm not sure why. Have people run out of things to say? Has the story gene suddenly turned itself off? I don't know.
So let's look at some of the symptoms, shall we. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Eric Lurio)
411 Mania (Matthew Craggs)
Meet Maggie Peyton, played by Lindsay Lohan. Maggie is part of a stock car racing family. She is recently graduated and has a mere month before she moves cross country to New York to take an entry level position with ESPN.
Meet Ray Peyton SR, played ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at 411 Mania (Matthew Craggs)
Comingsoon.net
Maggie Peyton has just graduated from college and is preparing to head to New York. She's the first member of her stock car racing family to earn a degree. Despite loving to race, she respects her father's wishes that she not race. She instead accepts a ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Comingsoon.net
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
The friend I took with me the other night to the screening of âHerbie Fully Loadedâ decided the Disney update of the â60âs favorite was missing two things. The first was the presence of Buddy Hackett, the wisecracking good-hearted mechanic ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Look. What's that up in the sky, up there, floating away in the heavens? It's, it's, yes, it's a movie! "Herbie: Fully Loaded" is so lightweight, so insubstantial, the softest breeze is enough to send it off into the clouds.
The Disney folks are ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Blogcritics - DVD review (Matt Paprocki)
A basic children's film, Herbie Fully Loaded picks up where the last film left off. It's a direct sequel over 20 years later, and while Herbie may be entertaining, the movie is not. It's an updated take on an old story, and only the youngest kids will ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Blogcritics - DVD review (Matt Paprocki)
7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
Herbie the Love Bug is one of those characters from my childhood that I always loved. He wasnât hugely influential on my life, but Iâll always remember Herbie. Whatâs funny is that after I saw the film, I checked out the loveable car on IMDb and ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at 7M Pictures (Kevin Carr)
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Disney has gotten a lot of mileage out of the magical white Volkswagen Beetle -- with its trademark number "53" and plucky "personality" -- since it first drove onto the screen in 1969, including several lesser sequels and television movies.
Set in ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Latino Review
I don't mean to toot my own horn but I predicted Lindsay Lohan's popularity very early on. Even before I started writing reviews, back when I saw "The Parent Trap" several years ago I knew this young lady would score big, not just for her beauty and ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Latino Review
DVD Verdict (Joel Pearce)
Herbie's marketing wheels are turning so fast, you can practically see them spinning on the screen. Disney's goal with Herbie: Fully Loaded was clearly to aim at as many audiences as possible, then market like mad for an early summer smash hit. To appeal ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at DVD Verdict (Joel Pearce)
Hoosier Revue
Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan) has just graduated from college and is about to happily embark on her new life as an ESPN writer. Her father (Michael Keaton aka The Dark Knight) and late grandfather own Peyton Racing, a NASCAR team in which her brother, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Hoosier Revue
Aced Magazine
During one of the first outings between Maggie and Herbie, he takes control of the reins and picks a fight with a famous race car driver, Trip Murphy (Matt Dillon), resulting in a televised street race that Herbie wins. Maggie's father (Michael Keaton) ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Aced Magazine
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Nate Meyers)
I realize that the idea of a Volkswagen Beetle coming to life and performing wild antics is not meant to appeal to adults as much as to children. Unfortunately, there are many family films superior to Herbie: Fully Loaded. As Maggie Peyton, Lindsay Lohan ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Nate Meyers)
filmdeculte.com (Christophe Chenallet)
On dit des studios de production américains quâils nâont plus dâidées et quâils sont obligés de produire à la pelle de nombreux remakes et/ou suites sans aucun intérêt. Et la vision de La Coccinelle revient ne va pas démentir ces dires. En ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at filmdeculte.com (Christophe Chenallet)
Bina007 Movie Reviews
Whatever the tabloid image, I believe that Lindsay Lohan is an entertainer of great merit. I find that the common thread to all of her movies is that she is charming and engaging: you genuinely want to spend time with her. I am happy to report that her ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Bina007 Movie Reviews
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
It may speak of the filmâs utter disposability that I spent a lot of my time while watching trying to determine if the DVD copy I had rented was the original theatrical version (which I had read featured digital touch-ups to reduce the size of Lindsay ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Entertain Your Brain! (Shawn McKenzie)
I recently wrote in my review of the movie The Perfect Man that Hilary Duff should get the same agent as Lindsay Lohan, so she can stop making such bad movies. Herbie: Fully Loaded, despite being rated G (I had said Duff should try to be in movies above ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Entertain Your Brain! (Shawn McKenzie)
Pajiba (Jeremy C. Fox)
When I was a freshman in college, I was obsessed with a sketch comedy show called âThe State.â On MTV weeknights at 10 oâclock Central, it was pretty much the last procrastination point of the evening before I had to actually sit down and study. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Pajiba (Jeremy C. Fox)
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Ever see one of those movies where you're moaning "crap... crap... crap... crap" through the first two-thirds and then it starts gripping you in the end so that you by the time it's over, you're thinking it's not so awful after all? Herbie: Fully ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Reel.com DVD review (James Plath)
The teenybopper cinema set probably did a double-take when they saw Herbie: Fully Loaded in the theatersâand not just because the Lindsay Lohan vehicle has her reviving, then racing Disney's old Love Bug (1968). Earlier in the year, Warner Brothers ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Reel.com DVD review (James Plath)
Time Out
Disneyâs original âLove Bugâ movie was a huge success that went on to spawn a spate of sequels and even a TV show. Thirty seven years on, very little has changed: this modern mutation (also by Disney) joins the same conventional dots as the ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Time Out
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
It sure was nice enough of Disney to include an instruction on how adults should properly watch this movie for maximum enjoyment, as you'd have to be "fully loaded" to be thoroughly entertained by it. Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, as the film does ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Haro Online
At first glance, a remake of the old Herbie movies seems like an odd choice. After watching the finished product, it still seems like an odd choice. Herbie: Fully Loaded is the kind of movie that knows it is completely implausible. Yet it still goes ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Haro Online
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There are two audiences for "Herbie: Fully Loaded": children who will happily swallow the notion of a VW Bug with a mind of its own, and the baby sitters they drag along, who can busy themselves by charting Lindsay Lohan's growth pattern. At the end of ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
DVD MovieGuide
Am I the only one who read a probably unintentional double entendre in the title of Lindsay Lohanâs latest, Herbie: Fully Loaded? And am I also the only one who finds it surprising that the burgeoning sex symbol/party girl still does Disney family fare ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at DVD MovieGuide
New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Just like the can-do VW Beetle of the title, "Herbie: Fully Loaded" succeeds adorably despite the obstacles in its path.
The most glaring oil slick this innocent children's film faces may be the not-so-innocent image of its increasingly mature star, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Dallas Morning News (Nancy Churnin)
Herbie maintains a special place in the heart of legions of little-boys-turned-men who love their cars like extensions of themselves. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Dallas Morning News (Nancy Churnin)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The movie? Oh, it's fine. Harmless, witless, unoriginal, uninventive, mildly entertaining and not liable to do any permanent damage to anyone who watches it. Remember, the movie didn't get made because someone had a great story in mind, or a great ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
In the spirit of honesty, I was ready to write a scathing review of Herbie: Fully Loaded. I had witty quips at the ready such as Herbie: Fully Bad or "Lohan hits a new low". But none of them actually fit. You see, shockingly, Herbie wasn't half bad. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
FilmStew.com (Susan Michals)
Disney Photo
Her third Disney retread
Starring in not one, not two, but three recent Disney vehicles (pun intended), Lindsay Lohan has become the Burbank, CA conglomerateâs resident âItâ girl. And until recently, she also represented the ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at FilmStew.com (Susan Michals)
TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)
A remake-sequel-revitalization of the four-part Disney series that began with 1968's "The Love Bug" and ended with 1980's "Herbie Goes Bananas," "Herbie: Fully Loaded" isn't the cataclysmic disaster or laughing stock that the kitschy, over-the-top ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at TheMovieBoy Review (Dustin Putman)
Houston Chronicle
Inspired by 1968's The Love Bug, Herbie: Fully Loaded isn't a remake so much as a retread. Its credits recap the decline and neglect of the sentient Volkswagen, unearthed and restored years later by a new owner. Herbie then revs through familiar paces of ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Houston Chronicle
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Lindsay Lohan is getting lots of mileage out of her paparazzi-car-crash story. It's her favorite story to tell while she's sashaying from talk show couch to talk show couch to flack her new movie, Herbie: Fully Loaded. That, and the other story, the one ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Chart Magazine
For those of you who didn't spend youthful Sunday evenings sitting in front of the television, watching The Wonderful World Of Disney, Herbie is a living, old-school Volkswagen Beetle that raced through his own run of movies through the '70s to the '90s. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Chart Magazine
Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
As a graduation present, he takes her to the local junkyard where she can pick out any car, and for seventy-five bucks she ends up choosing an old, beat-up Volkswagen Bug. Unaware that the Beetle is a former racing champion from decades earlier with a ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
eFilmCritic Reviews
Who knew that I would find such a deep sense of nostalgia for the new Herbie movie? I mean it didnât seem so long ago that I was a young man having fun at the skill on display of making young boys smile everywhere. How it would take those hard curves ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Moviepie.com
Say what you will, but I love me a good Lindsay Lohan Disney flick. Oh, sure, sheâs become the stuff of tabloid fodder of late, and is getting a little long-in-the-tooth to be playing the young heroine of a Mickey-stamped movie, but Iâll take âem ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Moviepie.com
The Sydney Morning Herald
The ultimate underdog, Herbie is back to save the world. Or at least to save Maggie Peyton, a college graduate who has reluctantly forked out $75 to buy Herbie's neglected hulk from a junkyard. "Please take care of Herbie," says a note that falls out of ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald
FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Herbie was first brought to the big screen in 1968's The Love Bug. The lovable, expressive car won over audiences and numerous Herbie adventures followed. Never failing to dig deep for a movie idea, Disney has brought Herbie back to the cineplex in ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
BBC Films
After 30 odd years in the junkyard, everybody's favourite VW returned to the racetrack in Herbie: Fully Loaded. With D.E.B.S. director Angela Robinson and It girl Lindsay Lohan doing the driving, this traditional adventure took on a "feisty charm," which ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at BBC Films
The Trades (R.J. Carter)
None of these autonomous automotive marvels captured my younger self's attention with the same sense of wonder as did that '63 beetle, Herbie. A magical car with a sense of self and a heart for racing. Yes, racing, ever the underdog even though he was ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at The Trades (R.J. Carter)
IndependentCritics.com (TC Candler)
No one is ever going to accuse this film of greatness. It is merely an entertainment vehicle (pun intended) for Lindsay Lohan to prove yet again that she has the charm and charisma required to be a major movie star over the next decade. "Herbie: Fully ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at IndependentCritics.com (TC Candler)
Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Just a couple of weeks ago, the mainstream critical establishment collectively dumped tanks of excrement on Robert Rodriguez' The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl 3-D, calling it "ugly," "messy," "thrown-together," "jumbled," and other such ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
In updating the classic Disney franchise âHerbie,â the production has wisely hipped up this latest installment with a little Lindsay Lohan, NASCAR, and a lot of CG Volkswagen Beetle antics. The pacing is a smidge off, but thereâs fun to be had with ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Who knew that I would find such a deep sense of nostalgia for the new Herbie movie? I mean it didnât seem so long ago that I was a young man having fun at the skill on display of making young boys smile everywhere. How it would take those hard curves ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Film e Dvd
Nuovo proprietario per il maggiolino più pazzo del mondo, é Maggie Peyton, una bella e intraprendente ragazza che con la sua fantastica auto decide di partecipare al campionato NASCAR..
Torna al cinema la macchina più dispettosa della storia del ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Film e Dvd
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Herbie: Fully Loaded marks the sixth cinematic appearance (including the bizarre television incarnation that featured no less than Bruce Campbell in a starring role) of that demonically-possessed Volkswagen Beetle, Herbie the Love Bug. This time around, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
SearchSA.com.au (Christina Bruce)
Maggie enlists the help of childhood friend and now mechanic extraordinaire Kevin (Justin Long) to restore Herbie to a respectable level, all the while not totally realising that this is no ordinary car. Still with his original stripes and racing number ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at SearchSA.com.au (Christina Bruce)
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
The original The Love Bug (1968) was one of the seminal films of my childhood, and I loved the three 1970s sequels in decreasing levels as I realised that they were just getting sillier. Or maybe I was growing up. So a return to the character was ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Plugged In
Herbieâs on the road again. It's a brand new century for the famous 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, and after vanishing into the depths of a junkyard for a spell, he's ready for another rowdy ride.
The fourth Herbie sequel, Fully Loaded, chronicles the ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Plugged In
eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
As a distaff version of Christine for the 10-and-under set, Herbie: Fully Loaded is pretty creepy. The titular VW has an anthropomorphic grille that approximates human expressions but, unfortunately, it's usually leering at star Lindsay Lohan or other, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
The Stranger (Andrew Wright)
This intoxicating film by Lucrecia Martel (La Ciénaga) stars MarÃa Alche, a young Argentine actor, and I'm tempted to say she's all the reason you need to see the movie. It's impossible to take your eyes off her, not because she's beautiful, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at The Stranger (Andrew Wright)
Movie-Vault.com (Avril Carruthers)
The Disney live action fantasy Herbie series about a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle with a mind and a personality of its own began in 1968 with The Love Bug directed by Robert Stevenson. That was followed in 1974 by the superbly surreal and absurd Herbie Rides ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Avril Carruthers)
The Onion A.V. Club
Not since David Cronenberg's Crash has a movie about cars been as sex-obsessed as the allegedly wholesome Disney live-action vehicle Herbie: Fully Loaded, in spite of Lindsay Lohan's PG-13-rated breasts being digitally reduced to a G. Anything set in the ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Disney drove its "Love Bug" franchise into the ground with four sequels of ever diminishing quality. But, lest we forget, the 1969 original was a family classic of sorts, and a genuinely charming movie.
HERBIE: ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Fantastica Daily (Ron Morales)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's the Disney credo when it comes to one of its most successful brands.
Herbie, the 1964 VW Beetle with a stubborn streak, is sort of like a cookie-cutter gingerbread man. Kids love it and couldn't care less that ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Herbie, the lovable VW Bug who has starred in four theatrical films, one TV movie and a TV series, returns to the big screen again for the first time since 1980. After a successful racing career, Herbie goes to the junkyard, where a recent college grad, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
In Film Australia
Yes you know its dire times when the grand old icon of animation Walt Disney (now beset upon by the likes of hip competitors DreamWorks and Pixar) decides to rework its own product by souping up the 1969 live action âkids classicâ The Love Bug and ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at In Film Australia
ReelTalk (Betty Jo Tucker)
Lohan (Mean Girls) brings her trademark energy and comic timing to the role of Maggie Peyton, the youngest member of a famous car racing clan. Maggie's problem? She loves racing, but her father (Michael Keaton) wonât let her drive, placing his faith ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at ReelTalk (Betty Jo Tucker)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
I have to be honest with you here. I actually expected a far worse movie, given the outdated source material and the credentials behind almost all of the makers of the movie. Director Angela Robinson had just come off of the juvenile lesbian spy flick, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Entertainment Insiders (Rusty White)
I really expected to hate this movie. After all, I had read Eric Lurio's review at EInsiders when the film was released to the theaters. He sure hated it. What a nice surprise to find that "Herbie Fully Loaded" was a sweet, funny film with another ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Rusty White)
filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
A car with a mind of its own meets a screenplay with no mind to speak of in Herbie: Fully Loaded, Disney’s brainless but painless effort to reintroduce its overhauled Volkswagen Bug to a new generation of gearheads. And while party gal Lindsay ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
Planet Sick-Boy
Any rumors of Disney spending millions of dollars to digitally reduce the cup size of Lindsayâs Lohans can quickly be put to rest within the first few minutes of Herbie: Fully Loaded. Thereâs a lot of PG-13 jiggling going on here, but Iâm not sure ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Planet Sick-Boy
Hollywood Jesus
Thoughts while sitting in a Fatherâs Day screening of Herbie: Fully Loaded with my wife and two daughters, who are on opposite ends of the filmâs tween target audience. Although neither girl had seen any of the original âLove Bugâ series (as I ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Hollywood Jesus
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Disneyâs apparently trying to cover all bases with this revival of the old âLove Bugâ franchise, which started in 1969 and was last seen (on TV) in 1997. The script, credited to no fewer than five writers, aims to appeal to as many demographic ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
I think Herbie Fully Loaded came just 1 year too late. Had it come out immediately following Lohan's success in Freaky Friday, the movie probably would have been better -- and done better. Instead, a few hits in the tabloids (tales of drinking, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Empire Movies (Liam Cullin)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
For no good reason, I actually somewhat enjoyed Herbie: Fully Loaded. Don't get me wrong, it's a pretty bad movie and I probably shouldn't have enjoyed it, but call it nostalgia or whatever, but I was able to overlook enough of its flaws to guiltily ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Film 247.net
Sticking with the original themes of the friendly and emotional loveable car âsaving the dayâ, Herbie: Fully Loaded is far from a remake, with a new and somewhat enjoyable plot seeing Maggie set out to be the âfirst woman toâ (now where have I ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Film 247.net
Bullz-Eye.com
Thereâs something to be said for not messing with a classic, but it is something else entirely to turn a blind eye to the rapid evolution of family entertainment. âHerbie: Fully Loadedâ doesnât thoroughly ruin the idea of a âHerbieâ ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Fulvue Drive-in
The rest would be obvious formula filmmaking, but the film still has fun with mixed results of bringing the car back to life and putting it on new adventures. Remembering the fun of the original films in their time as the fun, smart family films they ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Fulvue Drive-in
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
As family films go, Herbie: Fully Loaded is adequate fare. Children will probably enjoy it and most parents will be able to tolerate it. It's a breezy affair that doesn't overstay its welcome, and there are plenty of '80s songs on the ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
For those of you with daggers out forLindsay Lohan, trying to trip up the tabloidfriendly teen as she bops from movie to movie in between bouts of partying, I have disappointing news for youHerbie Fully Loadedis actually not all that bad. Granted, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
MovieWeb (J.P. Mangalindan)
Herbie: Fully Loaded is, like so many others (Proof of Life, Mr. & Mrs. Smith), one of those films more notable for its off-camera shenanigans than its on-camera antics. Granted, Lindsay Lohan and Justin Long didnât have a torrid relationship (not that ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at MovieWeb (J.P. Mangalindan)
Tiscali UK
One significant difference between this contemporary version and the previous Herbie films is the use of computer graphics to enhance the performance capabilities of the lovable bug. Its use is too obvious to be convincing and succeeds only in ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Tiscali UK
kids-in-mind
Lindsay Lohan stars as a college graduate headed to NY for her first job. What she doesn't realize is that her heart is still in car racing, and she finds the perfect car when she meets Herbie, a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of his own. Also with ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at kids-in-mind
The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Cranky knows it all comes down to whether or not you have preteens to treat to a movie experience. We date to the first Herbie movie and without kidlets to lug, were it not our job, we wouldn't plant for the love bug. Even if we were still getting stoned ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
Philadelphia Inquirer
If nothing else, you have to give Disney credit for timing. With Danica Patrick-mania reigning, this is an ideal moment for the studio to strap Lindsay Lohan into a crash helmet for a female remake of its old racetrack romance, The Love Bug. ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Herbie: the car that won't die. I suppose there are worse ways to spend a summer evening than in the company of this cast and the R2D2-like automobile, but hasn't the day of Herbie come and gone? The Love Bug first made its appearance in the 1968 film, ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
ully Loaded is the perfect example of how a visually energetic film can be utter dullsville to watch. Once Maggie learns that the car that she picks out is actually named Herbie and possesses extreme racing power, the movie takes to cliché. Maggie and ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
"Herbie: Fully Loaded," the latest edition to "The Love Bug" series, is innocuous G-rated family entertainment. So there's that.
But despite having a screenplay by Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Alfred Gough and Miles Miller that is drawn ...read the complete Herbie Fully Loaded movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
User Reviews
by D. Carmichael "mo... on September 10, 2009
Having loved the Herbie movies as young child, I picked up this movie, thinking it would be fun to watch it with my 5 year old daughter. And I was right! We had a great time, watching this movie. I love that the bad guy was "bad", but not scary. ...
by Khaled Altaher "K... on August 10, 2009
Lindsey Lohan is a naturally born car racer, who received a special birthday gift from her father, which is the car "Herbie". Now Herbie is a funny, emotional, and intelligent car. It can basically do the driving for you and communicate with you too! ...
by Kayzrazz on January 15, 2009
This movie is one of my all time favorites!
It is heartwarming and a joy for all members of the family.
Lindsey Lohan really hit the nail with this ...
by R. Winkler "R W" on May 30, 2008
As a kid, I loved the Herbie movies, and so I saw this when it first came out in 2005. I highly enjoyed it, and I felt like they stayed true to the character (as much as you can for a car). Highly recommended for families, Volkswagen fans, and kids of ...
by Ed "Prophecy Read... on August 19, 2007
This movie is well worth watching. I have the original four classics and thought they were great. I don't own this one yet but this movie is well worth adding to the ...
This movie is awesome. My older sister has it, so everytime I go to visit her I have to watch Herbie. Finally I decided I would get my own DVD of Herbie. It just came today, so I was very excited. The Music video of Lindsay is cool. Lindsay looks really ...
by MomInTEX on March 18, 2007
We've owned this since it first came out & we love it. It's a movie that parents & kids can watch together. It's perfect for older kids who are 'too grown up' (lol!) for cartoons and yet whom you don't want watching movies with cursing & adult content. ...
by razz murray on January 17, 2007
My daughter begged and begged for this movie and I gave it to her for Christmas. She loved it and has watched it several time already. Cute ...
by H. Bala "Me Too C... on August 28, 2006
As a kid, I was weaned in large part on classic Disney cinematics such as The Absent-Minded Professor, the teen Kurt Russell flicks, the magical Herbie films, and also on the Pippi Longstocking series. The original The Love Bug is still the best of the ...
by Monty Moonlight on March 09, 2006
Seemingly long past his prime, little Herbie, the once famous Volkswagen bug with a mind of his own, has finally made his way to Crazy Dave's junkyard and is about to be turned into scrap! Luckily for him, a beautiful, young college grad named Maggie ...
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