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- 1969
- G
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 48 m
- 1969
- G
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 48 m
Summary A race car driver becomes a champion with a Volkswagen Beetle (Herbie) with a mind of its own.
Directed By: Robert Stevenson
Written By: Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Gordon Buford
- 1969
- G
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 48 m
- 1969
- G
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 48 m
The Love Bug
48
6.9
Summary A race car driver becomes a champion with a Volkswagen Beetle (Herbie) with a mind of its own.
Directed By: Robert Stevenson
Written By: Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Gordon Buford
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
48
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
For sheer inventiveness of situation and the charm that such an idea projects, The Love Bug rates as one of the better entries of the Disney organization.
The entire cast give standout performances, but Herbie steals the show in this well-directed, funny picture.
Herbie and his plucky stunt drivers steal the show in this agreeable family entertainment.
Such a vulnerable movie that if it were a little less sappy, one might feel compelled to protect it, as if it were someone under 7 or over 65 -- that portion of the public for which it is intended.
The outcome of all this is about as predictable as the benumbing succession of autopomorphic gags. Connoisseurs of camp may enjoy watching Tomlinson ranting at the Volkswagen, but The Love Bug is surely the first film in which the actors (Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett) are so meticulously insipid that a car can handily steal the show.
What this autopopathism means in terms of American culture is a subject I neither understand nor wish to.
The first of the silly VW Beetle with a cute personality comedies, is as childish dated and occasionally sweet as the others.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
6.9
67% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
6.9
67% Positive
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25% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Production Company
Walt Disney Productions
Release Date Mar 13, 1969
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating G
Tagline Herbie Will Honk His Way Into Your Heart.
Awards
Laurel Awards
• 2 Nominations
Golden Screen, Germany
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
