Herbie: Fully Loaded (PG)

Rating:	★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

People! Start your engines...again! Herbie is back! I caught the old Herbie movies on TV when I was a kid...can't remember nutz about them...but that doesn't matter because Herbie: Fully Loaded has nothing to do with them beside the O'Bug himself.

Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan - Toin' Toin'~ *n'uff said~*), the new owner of Number 53 – the free-wheelin' Volkswagon bug with a mind of its own. Very conveniently, Maggie is the daughter of Ray Peyton Sr (Michael Keaton) - an over the edge & over protective Nascar race team Captain...who in the end needed someone to race for him...preferbly a Peyton.

This is a light & entertaining movie & that's it...well...not really "it" if you appreciate Lindsay LOO~han's on screen & 1 size too small T-shirt charisma.

Lindsay Lohan appeared to be a very plain girl next door, yet strong headed character. Hence her freckled face & simple wardrobe. Well, I'm not complaining.

The inter-relationship between the characters were so loose that everybody else beside Maggie & the Bug were just passersby. Her father, brother, competitors, best friend, squeeze were all not worth mentioning...

ILM did the visual EFX...*sigh~*...nothing impressive...I'd rather they omit the SFX & pay Lindsay Lohan to flash her...er...erm...nevermind...*hangover from Lindsay~*

Maybe it's just me...but most of the gags & jokes were kinda old school. I think I need a stronger dosage to tickle me. Then again, their targeted audience are kids. Having kids in mind, if you're a race car fan, don't expect too much.

Director: Angela Robinson
Writers: Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant and Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Lindsay Lohan, Matt Dillon, Lindsay Lohan, Breckin Meyer, Lindsay Lohan, Justin Long, Lindsay Lohan, Cheryl Hines, Lindsay Lohan, Jill Ritchie, Lindsay Lohan

1 star for Lindsay Lohan, 1 for her left Toin'~, 1 for her right Toin'~, 1 for her eyes, 1 for her tight tees & -3 for me being sober again.

A little on the side. I saw this Bug parked opposite our New National Library this morning. Fan or Promoter?