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- 1980
- G
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 40 m
- 1980
- G
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Our favorite little VW beetle helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
Directed By: Vincent McEveety
Written By: Don Tait, Gordon Buford
- 1980
- G
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 40 m
- 1980
- G
- Buena Vista Distribution Company
- 1 h 40 m
Herbie Goes Bananas
55
6.5
Summary Our favorite little VW beetle helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
Directed By: Vincent McEveety
Written By: Don Tait, Gordon Buford
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Metascore
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A cheerful, four-cylinder children's movie, though its car jokes aren't good for much mileage. Herbie the Volkswagen, last seen in Monte Carlo, is now in South America, as the title may or may not indicate. This allows him to get into a bullfight, for the movie's most inspired episode, and to fall into the sea and get rusty, for its saddest. His adventures aren't much more far-flung than this, but fortunately they move fast. [12 Sept 1980, p.C8]
In one scene -- a costume ball on his ship -- Korman wears an archaic naval uniform and explains that is is an exact copy of "the uniform worn by Lord Nelson when he defeated the Spanish Armada." That's very funny, but one wonders whether anyone who understands why it is funny could enjoy the rest of the picture. [11 Aug 1980, P.B3]
If you can stomach the lovey bits, the film has a lot of good car stunts, some innuendo for the adults, and the ultimate accolade for the Chaplinesque Herbie - a chance to play opposite a cute Mexican orphan.
Strictly for the young ones.
User Score
Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
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Production Company
Walt Disney Productions,
Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
Release Date Jun 25, 1980
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating G
Tagline Ole! It's south of the border disorder when.... [UK Theatrical]
Awards
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 2 Nominations
