Herbie Fully Loaded
Herbie Fully Loaded
G | 22 June 2005 (USA)
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Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

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Raetsonwe

Redundant and unnecessary.

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Bea Swanson

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

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Griff Lees

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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Guillelmina

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Python Hyena

Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005): Dir: Angela Robinson / Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Matt Dillon, Michael Keaton, Justin Long, Breckin Meyer: New generation update of the Love Bug known as Herbie. Family film about reaching full potential as Lindsay Lohan graduates from college and pursues racing, against her father's wishes. A trip to the junk yard leads to the purchase of Herbie and the realization that this car has a mind of its own. Story is thread bare but director Angela Robinson transcends the feel of earlier films. This is a tremendous decline for Lohan after her high point in Mean Girls. Here she takes a backseat to special effects, which is an insult to an actress who is beyond this tribe bullshit. Matt Dillon plays competitive champion Trip and the role is total cardboard. Michael Keaton plays Lindsay's father in a huge career decline. Justin Long plays Lindsay's mechanic friend. Breckin Meyer plays her brother whose driving record is about as bad the media incidents surrounding the film's star. A cast of this nature should be involved in a movie deserving of their talent and this isn't it. The car's ability is never explored but that has been a consistent issue with all of these films. We are just expected to accept the idea that this car can think. Perhaps it could have came up with a better screenplay than what is given here. It is an unnecessary update that deflates like bad tires. Score: 3 / 10

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Wuchak

This 2005 Herbie sequel is one of the most entertaining in the ongoing Herbie series. Lindsay Lohan stars as the young racer who picks a ready-to-be-compacted Herbie out of the junkyard. Brecklin Meyer plays her mechanic sidekick and Michael Keaton is her father, who never wants her to race. Matt Dillon is simply great as the villainous pro-racer Trip Murphy.The scene where Herbie exuberantly tries to get Lohan's attention when she's deciding which car to buy out of the junkyard is hilarious! Also the first race with the arrogant Trip Murphy on the streets is thrilling.The Herbie series is as follows: The Love Bug (1968); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980; Herbie, the Love Bug (TV Series) (1982); The Love Bug (1997); and Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) You'll note this list includes the 1997 TV film "The Love Bug," featuring Bruce Campbell. Don't miss out on this flick because it introduces the DARK Herbie, "Horace" (lol!).As you can plainly see, the long-running Herbie series is perhaps second only to the renown James Bond series.It just so happens that the very same day that I saw "Herbie Fully Loaded" I also viewed "Christine" (1983), which is a great film by the way. Anyway, I couldn't help but wonder which car would win if Herbie and Christine duked it out. I'd have to go with Herbie. How about you? If you think Herbie would win pick "Helpful" below.GRADE: B+

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Ali Catterall

If you were asked to sit down and make a list of your favourite Disney movies, it's probably fair to say the Herbie franchise wouldn't come anywhere near pole position. Simply by dubbing a Volkswagen Beetle 'The Love Bug' in no way guarantees spontaneous affection. If that were the case, Love Story would be up there with Some Like It Hot. So it's to a mixed reception, ranging from mild nostalgia to complete apathy, that 2005's model trundles into the multiplexes, a tootlin' and a winkin' and a parpin'. Lindsay Lohan plays Maggie, daughter of Michael Keaton's racing driver, who pits herself against champion racer Trip Murphy (Dillon) in this adequate but undemanding no-brainer. And anyway, the only people who properly understood the value of a VW were The Beastie Boys.

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vip_ebriega

My Take: Silly excuse for humor derails any opportunity to dust off a few bits of nostalgia. If you want to get as close to the classics starring the No. 53 Volkswagen Beetle car in this silly, no-brained 2005 revisit, don't miss the opening, which features a montage of Herbie's finest moments from his previous adventures. As a matter of fact, if nostalgia is the only reason you wanted to see the new HERBIE: FULLY LOADED, watch the opening scenes then silently leave the room for a awhile and make sure you be back for your kids later. Because HERBIE: FULLY LOADED, though old-fashioned, is still a distant cousin to the screwball classics. Despite a few good-hearted giggles, this one's more of a vehicle (no pun intended) for Lindsay Lohan than a long-delayed tribute of a sequel.Lohan plays Maggie Peyton, a would-be racer who wants to take her shot at the racetrack, but is discouraged by her protective dad (Michael Keaton). Instead, her brother (Breckin Meyer) does all the racing. Things change for Maggie when she buys a busted old bug who happens to be everyone's favorite little-car-that-could. Pretty soon, she's competing with a fascist race driver (Matt Dillon) and winning every race she's in. But is winning really everything? Or is it the friendship with that witty little automobile? We've heard the moral of this story before.HERBIE: FULLY LOADED is the third of a set of redone Disney classics (the others being PARENT TRAP and FREAKY Friday) starring Lohan. But of the three, it seems that she's most inappropriate in HERBIE, making it more obvious that this wasn't really meant to relish back those memories but more to introduce Disney's new pop star. How else could you explain the music video? Besides that, even with the consideration of silly sight gags that might sprout a few giggles from the little tykes, HERBIE: FULLY LOADED is a completely silly but not in a fun way comedy, with no real characters to relate to, except maybe the car of the title but even he (or it) gets boring real fast. The "comedy" relies heavily on funny-looking special effects that are more silly than really funny. No one really laughs at oil being spilled on coats anymore! Unless you are a really devoted fan of Herbie, and there's no other choice of a babysitter for an hour or two, HERBIE: FULLY LOADED might make a decent rental. Otherwise, drive away! Rating: ** out of 5.

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