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Herbie: Fully Loaded [2005]


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Pleasant car caper
Review date: 2007-06-25 Rating: 8 out of 10

This movie was incredibly entertaining. The cast, which included Matt Dillon, Lindsay Lohan, and Michael Keaton (not bad!), were all in top form here; nobody dropped it down a level just because they were working on a Disney movie about a spunky Volkswagon. The plot was interesting, and not overdone, as many family flicks can be. There was plenty of real conflict and real emotion to drive the story. The soundtrack was a lot of fun too. Best of all, they didn't fill the movie with a bunch of cartoonish effects on Herbie's part...they toned down his 'tricks' and made them sparse enough that it was actually cool when you saw them, and not cheesy.

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Formulaic in the best tradition of Disney.
Review date: 2007-03-13 Rating: 6 out of 10

I don't know I have met anyone who claims that any of the Herbie movies were their favourite... they just seem to hold a kind of cosy communal memory of a certain era of Disney family movies.
This movie will certainly not change that - it is pretty derivative and formulaic. However, on the plus side, it is faithfully based on a formula which has been shown to work pretty well.
Herbie is a '63 Volkswagen Beetle, with a life and heart of its own. It's glory years apparently over (as seen through a montage of previous movies over the titles), Herbie is at the scrap heap when bought for tomboy racer Lindsay Lohan, by her father Michael Keaton. I'm not a Lohan fan, but the casting works rather well. She plays the woman in a man's world of racing quite convincingly, and Keaton hardly stretches himself but adds a little credibility to the movie just by being there. Matt Dillon plays the panto villain with ease. Justin Long plays the obligatory PG-friendly love interest.
The stunts and effects are everything you expect from a Herbie movie, with a dash of cgi effects thrown in for good measure. The cgi is used sparingly, keeping the flavour of the original movies, but where it is used it is done well. Best use has to be when Herbie `pulls a face' in Ted Avery style when Matt Dillon looks away. Slapstick moments are present and correct to keep the young `uns happy (oil in the face, hubcap in the shin, that sort of thing).
So what's it actually about? Not much - Lohan is at first unwillingly dragged back into racing with Herbie's help, only to realize it is her true calling, and of course convincing her dad along the way. In terms of tone, the slapstick is kept to the beginning of the movie, then towards the middle things get `serious', then we have Herbie's redemption at the end with some actually rather good racing scenes.
It won't break records for imagination, but it has faithfully kept to a winning formula, and as such passes muster. Kids should enjoy.


good film
Review date: 2006-07-24 Rating: 10 out of 10

This film is good, I dont think i have ever seen Lindsay Lohan this good since Parent Trap.

It is inprovement on the old Herbie films.

top film
Review date: 2006-03-20 Rating: 10 out of 10

This is good all round family entertainment. My children saw this at the cinema and wanted to watch it again - just as good as the first time!

Fully loaded fun!
Review date: 2006-03-11 Rating: 8 out of 10

Herbie Fully Loaded is an old classic brought up to date. I hired it for the kids, but ended up enjoying it too! The original Herbie slapstick is still here (squirting oil, hitting people with the bonnet etc.)and it is still good fun. Lindsay Lohan was surprisingly good and played the tom-boy racer well. Very entertaining Saturday night stuff!

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Lindsay Lohan
Michael Keaton
Matt Dillon
Justin Long
Breckin Meyer

Creators:
Lindsay Lohan (Primary Contributor)
Matt Dillon (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
EAN: 8717418048143
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2005-11-28
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 97 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2005
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Portuguese (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Portuguese (Dubbed)
Language: Spanish (Dubbed)

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