It's been about 25 years since the Volkswagen Herbie-- a.k.a the Love Bug-- has stepped out of the race after a string of losses and practically ended up in one junkyard after another, piling up dust over the years. Lindsay Lohan plays Maggie Peyton, daughter of a widowed former sports-car great Ray Peyton Sr., who is given to choose a new car for her college graduation. She ends up choosing a dusty 1963 Volkswagen-- yes, you got guessed it!, but continuing to have heart and emotions. Against her father's wishes, she winds up on the road to NASCAR-- her childhood dream-- and ends up competing with professional driver Trip Murphy.
Family-oriented yarn is filled with music montages that resemble MTV videos of the 1980s (and today's Disney Channel ones as well)-- often to avoid using the film's all-ready corny dialogue-- and the most ridiculous, cliché-filled story one would ever think of. Many of the film's CGI look fake and cartoonish in comparison with those we're so accustomed to see in Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and so forth.
Hoever, the movie still has some good qualities. Lindsay Lohan makes a relatively good performance in what is expected to be her last Disney film, and former Caped Crusader Michael Keaton has surely changed over the years, making him fit for the role of Lohan's father. The rest of the cast-- including Matt Dillon as the villain-- make the most of what the script gives them, and it's good to see The Love Bug blinking and being naughty.
The movie is not very good but it is not bad, either; it's sort of another average, live-action Disney movie. It is not as good as The Champions (which is known as "The Mighty Ducks" in America), but still an effective feel-good movie in the end and the movie is adequate for kids. Nevertheless, it is too by-the-numbers for anyone older.
Family-oriented yarn is filled with music montages that resemble MTV videos of the 1980s (and today's Disney Channel ones as well)-- often to avoid using the film's all-ready corny dialogue-- and the most ridiculous, cliché-filled story one would ever think of. Many of the film's CGI look fake and cartoonish in comparison with those we're so accustomed to see in Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and so forth.
Hoever, the movie still has some good qualities. Lindsay Lohan makes a relatively good performance in what is expected to be her last Disney film, and former Caped Crusader Michael Keaton has surely changed over the years, making him fit for the role of Lohan's father. The rest of the cast-- including Matt Dillon as the villain-- make the most of what the script gives them, and it's good to see The Love Bug blinking and being naughty.
The movie is not very good but it is not bad, either; it's sort of another average, live-action Disney movie. It is not as good as The Champions (which is known as "The Mighty Ducks" in America), but still an effective feel-good movie in the end and the movie is adequate for kids. Nevertheless, it is too by-the-numbers for anyone older.