Hollywood’s most famous Volkswagen Beetle returns with Lindsay Lohan at the wheel in HERBIE: FULLY LOADED. After years of success and fame, old number 53’s best years seem behind him. Herbie is set for demolition at the junk yard, but lucky for the bug, Maggie and her NASCAR-racing dad have arrived looking for some new wheels. Maggie selects Herbie just before his destruction, and the two begin their drag-racing match made in heaven.
Herbie is exactly how I remembered him from my childhood years, tame Disney fare that is suitable yet not enjoyable, harmless yet not fun. The players have changed, substituting teen sensation Lohan for former drivers Dean Jones, Cloris Leachman and Helen Hayes, but the same lame concept is intact. Lohan, who was effective in last year’s MEAN GIRLS, and even previously in Disney’s remake THE PARENT TRAP, isn’t terrible, but appears bored with Herbie. The same could be said of Breckin Meyer and Michael Keaton, who seem awkward in racing attire. The one bright spot of the film is Matt Dillon, who goes overboard as egotistical race driver Trip Murphy. Although not nearly as funny as Glen Healy, Dillon shows glimpses of humor reminiscent of his work in THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. Herbie may be fully loaded, but it’s with almost all the wrong parts. Leave this bug in the garage.
Grade: C
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