Herbie Fully Loaded

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.

A pleasingly retro recycling of "The Love Bug."

Its vibrating crowd scenes and splashy visuals will please the seven-to-12 set.

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.

Herbie: Fully Loaded is, pure and simple, a children's film.

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.

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?

This was a fun and inoffensive feel-good flick. Herbie's antics were never boring or annoying, and Lindsay Lohan in 2005 was beautiful.

Recuerdo que desde niño conocia está película, y me encantaba, ahora soy adulto, y veo que no era la gran cosa. Pero no dudaría en qué el carro es divertido, los actores lo hacen naturalmente, aunque la trama sea parecida a el de muchas peliculas. No sé si disfruto más la película, o a la hermosa protagonista

As a children's movie it's fine But as a motorsport movie it is nonsense. It has a lot of inconsistencies to be considered a "serious" motorsport movie, but it's a lot of fun, and Herbie is one of the cutest characters I've seen in movies :) I give it a 6/10 for not being too harsh with a children's movie.

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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]