UnowPriceless hyped garbage

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Ginger 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.

adonis98-743-186503 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. Unlike the horrible new Ghostbusters movie this is a film starring a woman and directed by a woman would i have prefer someone else instead of Lindsay Lohan? You betcha. Also the movie has a pretty cool soundtrack i mean common 4.7 is a little bit harsh the acting isn't that bad sure the film is over the top and kinda goofy but don't take it serious and you will love it also i would like Michael Keaton have a bit of bigger role but i'm OK with it also i'm sure they could pick someone better than Matt Dillon as the bad guy but i didn't mind it Herbie Fully Loaded is not a perfect movie but it's not a bad movie also.

SnoopyStyle Herbie the Love Bug Number 53 has fallen on tough times. He's in the junkyard ready to be scraped. Ray Peyton Sr. (Michael Keaton) is struggling with his son Ray Jr. (Breckin Meyer) to pay the bills racing. Sr. takes his daughter Maggie (Lindsay Lohan) out to buy a car from the junkyard. Tomboy former street racer Maggie wants a muscle car but Herbie intervene. She and her old friend Kevin (Justin Long) fix up the Bug. Despite promising her dad never to race again, she gets into a street race with arrogant top racer Trip Murphy (Matt Dillon) as the mysterious Maxx.It's going for the same silly family fun as the originals with limited success. A couple of things bug me. The first is Lohan's constant squealing. It may be cute for some but it gets a little annoying. The second is that everybody goes nuts over Maggie making an offhanded comment about liking Trip's car. The CG Bug isn't quite the same charming old VW Bug. The movie probably needs a good comedian to clown around. This is OK but not that good.

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+

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.