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Herbie: Fully Loaded
EMAILPRINTBuena Vista Pictures / Walt Disney Pictures

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 31 critic reviews
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Based on 70 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure | Comedy | Family/Kids | Fantasy | Romance
Written by:
Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant (also story)
Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
Mark Perez (story)
Gordon Buford (characters)
Directed by: Angela Robinson
Release Date:
Theatrical: June 22, 2005
DVD: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 101 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Matt Dillon, Breckin Meyer, Justin Long, Cheryl Hines, Jimmi Simpson, and Jill Ritchie
Herbie, the most beloved car of them all, is back and Lindsay Lohan's got him in Disney's all new revved-up comedy adventure. (Disney)
Also On Metacritic
FILM: D.E.B.S.
MUSIC: Lindsay Lohan: A Little More Personal (Raw)
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Just like the can-do VW Beetle of the title, Herbie: Fully Loaded succeeds adorably despite the obstacles in its path.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
For those newbies, this update, starring peppery Disney re-do queen Lindsay Lohan as wannabe car racer Maggie Peyton, is as serviceable an introduction as any to the notion of a sentient set of wheels.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
Matt Dillon almost runs away with the movie as a preening, conniving NASCAR champ who may be dumber than a box of rocks but realizes there's something up with the VW.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
A perfectly silly movie for a silly season that in recent years has forgotten how to be this silly. Directed by Angela Robinson, this latest installment in the movie-television franchise about a tiny car named Herbie with a will of its own and the temperament of a rambunctious 7-year-old knows exactly what it is and what it isn't.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
It may be by-the-numbers, but it knows that under the right circumstances those numbers can lead to a fair amount of fun.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
The exception is Matt Dillon, who goes all-out to be arrogant and despicable. Indeed, building on his scary performance earlier this year in "Crash," he's shaping up to be quite the movie villain: definitely someone you love to hate.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
The movie is pleasant but unspectacular, and at times it borders on being too cute.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Anyone who isn't charmed by the idea of a Beetle crossing the finish line first is either chronically churlish or isn't trying.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand
This remake is about half of a very likable film. But in movies (as in auto races) it isn't how you start, it's how you finish. And Herbie should have kept something in the tank for the late going.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nona Willis-Aronowitz
Its vibrating crowd scenes and splashy visuals will please the seven-to-12 set.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Utterly predictable, but pleasant enough for its young target audience.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Adds up to little more than a cynical marriage of marketable commodities -- Lohan, NASCAR and the durably profitable Bug himself.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
The acting is adequate, though Lohan looks more like someone who has just gotten out of high school than college.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Though not much of a movie, Loaded probably will bring fleeting satisfaction to audiences who don't know Dean Jones from Spike Jones.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie is pretty cornball. Little kids would probably enjoy it, but their older brothers and sisters will be rolling their eyes, and their parents will be using their iPods.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Peter Debruge
One of the great pleasures of the original Love Bug comes in watching all the live-action stunts, and CG just isn't the same.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Though Lohan doesn't embarrass herself in a film in which she appears in virtually every frame, this tepid tribute to girl power hardly represents a step forward from Lohan's breakthrough roles in "Mean Girls" and the remake of Disney's "Freaky Friday.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
It's a kids' movie from a better time, with a few small concessions to modern audiences.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Herbie: Fully Loaded is, pure and simple, a children's film.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Angel Cohn
Only those who really love the Bug will be willing to put up with the loose plot and over-the-top action scenes.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
The film is depressingly wholesome. In that respect, it accomplishes what it sets out to do, which is to distract the children of America from the horror of their eventual futures for a couple more hours.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman
Sort of annoying, and it doesn't do what you want it to do, but you know, it's so scrappy and persistent that it seems kind of cute in spite of itself.
Read Full Review >Empire Helen O'Hara
This strict adherence to formula is wearing for anyone over ten, but worse is Lohan.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
Herbie without the herb has never been my cup of tea.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder
If "Mean Girls" was Lohan's debutante ball, "Herbie" sits her back at the kiddie table. She's matured, and no longer fits in the Disney mold.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
In reviving the beloved Disney property, Robinson attempts to resuscitate the fast-motion shots and sub-Three Stooges physical comedy of classic Herbie, but the new model seems distantly related to the innocent, peppy little car of old.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
To damn Herbie: Fully Loaded as soporific crap, as lazy profiteering, as yet another needless and cynical remake in a season populated by such con artists, would be as pointless as the movie itself.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
For anyone old enough to cross the street without holding hands ... the movie's a reconditioned lemon trying hard to hide its flaws.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Here, by its cooperation with the Disney factory, NASCAR says it's also warm 'n' cuddly, and that if you love your magic bug, it'll repay you with victory. Why does it allow itself to be co-opted by a story that diminishes the skills, experience and talent it takes to win?
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.8 (out of 10) based on 70 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Matthew R. gave it a7:
65% This is Herbie?! It was a nice idea to make it more modern day but it completely spoils the series. There were porr directing and scriptwriting and did not attempt to try and ge back its classic 'love bug' spirit.
Matthew P. gave it a10:
This movie is really loaded with some cool stuff. i'm just giving it a 10 because i want to get the rating up higher. but i would really give it an 8!
Wally S. gave it a6:
It has the style, it has the score, and it has the charm, but the material is flacid and the moments are so cliché, that you can't help but not like this movie. Its a reall shame, because it could have been sweet.
Sam gave it a1:
It's a dreadfully bad, bland, and boring sequel to the classic Love Bug series. Not only does it use one of the worst lines in cinema history (it's in my blood!), but Lindsay Lohan's character was whiny and dislikable, same with that Trip guy. I Kevin, her dad, and brother were decent, though, and Herbie was still immensley likeable, but I still truly despised this movie. The poor director tries to make it like one of those classic, inspirational sports movies (Coach Carter, Friday Night Lights ETC.) even when it knows it's a crappy, goofy movie for 6-year old girls and 8-year-old guys. Terrible, terrible movie, and it's probably the worst of the year.
george a. gave it a0:
Wow u would have thought that lindsay lohan would have learn't by now that she can't act and should give up, shes nearly as bad as hilary duff (there both wannabe rock stars, it's neva gonna happen girls so let it go). They have totally ruined the rest of the herbie films for me as i just think of this one and how dissapointing it turned out to be.
colleen and delaney m. gave it a10:
Exalant!!
stanely h. gave it a10:
Excellent movie,one of the best that have come out yet.wish thier was more movies this good.
