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'Herbie: Fully Loaded' races to a first-place finish
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

If you're already sick and tired of being reminded how, well, fully loaded Lindsay Lohan is, Herbie: Fully Loaded may not sound like a promising vehicle (ho, ho). Given LL's (say, shouldn't she be a Superman love interest?) annoying and ubiquitous media presence, the killer Plymouth, Christine, would seem a better choice as a costar than Herbie, the pure-of-heart Volkswagen Bug who first drove on screen in 1968. But against all expectations and laws of loathsome overexposure, Herbie is a lot of fun. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
In this retelling of Disney's 1968 "The Love Bug," Herbie — a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own — has a new owner puts the bug through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

FILM FACTS ...

Walt Disney Pictures

'Herbie: Fully Loaded'

Director: Angela Robinson
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, Breckin Meyer
Run time: 101 minutes
Release date: June 22, 2005
Rating: G
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On the web
Official movie site
View the trailer
Trailers require Quicktime

READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
"... basically a variation on every girl-and-her-horse movie you've ever seen, except Herbie honks his horn and blinks his headlights instead of snorting through his nostrils and whisking his tail."