Herbie: Fully Loaded is a 2005 American sports comedy film directed by Angela Robinson and produced by Robert Simonds for Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Lindsay Lohan as the youngest member of the racing car family, Justin Long as his best friend and mechanic, Michael Keaton as his father, Breckin Meyer as his brother, David Collins as his second brother and Matt Dillon as competing racers. The film features brilliant acting by many NASCAR racers, including Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin. This is the sixth and final installment of the Herbie franchise, following the film The Love Bug (1997) and the only Herbie theater movie since > Herbie Goes Banana (1980). The film serves as a direct sequel to the original movie and ignores the events of the fifth movie The Love Bug . The film was released on June 22, 2005 and earned over $ 144 million worldwide.
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Plot
Maggie Peyton (Lohan) is an aspiring car racer. Maggie's family includes her brother, Ray Jr., and her father, Ray Sr., who are members of their name racing team. Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle, was drawn to the junkyard after losing several races, and Ray Sr. take Maggie to the junkyard to buy her a car as a college graduation gift. After Maggie chose Herbie, she found an anonymous note in Herbie's glove box, possibly written by the old owner Herbie, Jim Douglas (original Herbie owner of The Love Bug (1968) and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo ) which reads: " Please keep Herbie Whatever your problem, he will help you find the answer ". Herbie takes him against his wishes to the garage where his old friend Kevin works as a mechanic. Kevin had Maggie take Herbie to the auto show to buy components for Herbie, but when they arrived, Herbie tricks Maggie into disguising herself in racing clothes and helmets and challenging NASCAR champion Trip Murphy to an impromptu race, to which Herbie wins with both.
This is fun Kevin, who is trying to invite Maggie to race again. However, Ray Sr, who has banned him from racing since he was hospitalized after a road racing accident a few years ago, is worried. This also infuriated Trip, who became obsessed with Herbie. Trip organized a local street racing competition to lure Herbie back for a rematch, which Maggie and Kevin enter. Herbie easily defeated other cars and qualified for the final with Trip, but when Trip talked Maggie in a pink race (where the winner took possession of the opposing car), Herbie became worried over Maggie's desire to win the Trip shares car. In addition to being deeply hurt by Maggie's earlier statement that driving in a Trip car was the best ride of his life, Herbie mistakenly assumed that Maggie would refuse her if she won another car, and also did not realize that Trip only agreed with the game so that she could make Herbie destroyed if he has him. As a result, Herbie deliberately lost the race against the Trip Corvette C6 Z06 which caused Maggie to be humiliated, Herbie towed away by Trip, Kevin was let down by Maggie, and Ray Sr. gave Maggie a lecture for unauthorized races.
However, encouraged by his friend Charisma, Maggie decided to race professionally. He tries to buy Herbie back from Trip, but the journey has entered Herbie in a demolition derby. Desperate to save Herbie from destruction, Maggie goes to the derby, runs to the field while the derby is in progress, begging Herbie to help him, and win the derby.
Meanwhile, Tim Peyton may have to lose his car race-upcoming stocks due to financial problems and two accidents by Ray Jr., one of them leaving him with deep perception problems, making him unable to race. Ray Sr. refused Maggie's bid to drive the team, but Ray Jr. allowing him to replace him and send Tim Peyton's crew to help him and Kevin preparing Herbie for the race. On the track, Maggie and Herbie had a heart-to-heart conversation, and Trip frightenedly warned Maggie that the race would be dangerous.
Herbie started the race slowly, but he finally chased and started passing other cars before Maggie made his first pit stop. While watching the race at home, Ray Sr. decided to watch the race live. On the track again, Herbie was soon locked up by several other cars, but Ray Sr. arrives on the track and pushes Maggie through team radio, and Maggie escapes from the trap by driving directly over Tony Stewart who is in front of him. This damaged Herbie's oil system, so Maggie made another pit stop and Kevin hastily picked up a replacement part of the new Yellow Beetle, which Herbie had observed engrossedly throughout the movie, owned by Sally, one of several sponsors of Tim Peyton. remaining, replace it with Herbie. The jerry-rigged oil system is fragile, and Trip aims to prevent Herbie from winning.
With Maggie, Herbie, and Ray Sr now working together, Maggie and Herbie catch up to Trip. The journey tries to destroy Herbie by pushing him into the track wall as Maggie tries to pass him, but he gasps and crashes into the wall as he slams on the brakes during his next attempt, causing Trip's car to bounce off the wall and crash into Jeff Gordon's car, turning over. Herbie passes Trip's car, now upside down on the track, by climbing onto the fence above the wall and climbing up to the finish line. After landing back on the track, Maggie and Herbie win the race. Maggie was congratulated by her father and brother, and Trip was hospitalized when Maggie and Kevin kissed. Later, Ray Sr. warned Herbie and Sally New Beetle not to dating them too long. Herbie and his love then went into the night, ended the movie and rolled out the credits.
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Cast
- Lindsay Lohan as Margaret "Maggie" Peyton, a young car racer and new owner Herbie.
- Justin Long as Kevin, a mechanic who is Maggie's love interest
- Michael Keaton as Ray Peyton, Sr., Maggie and Ray Jr's too protective dad
- Breckin Meyer as Ray Peyton, Jr., Maggie's brother, driver from Tracker Shop/Bass Pro 56 Chevrolet
- Matt Dillon as Trip Murphy, Chevrolet # 82 Cheetos driver
- Cheryl Hines as Sally, one of the few sponsors of Tim Peyton left
- Jimmi Simpson as Crash, Trip's sidekick
- Jill Ritchie as Charisma, Maggie's friend from college
- Thomas Lennon as Larry Murphy
- Jeremy Roberts as Crazy Dave
- Monica Manning as Monica Armstrong
Many racing professionals appear as themselves in cameo roles. These include broadcaster Allen Bestwick and 1973 NASCAR champion Benny Parsons, and ESPN broadcaster Stuart Scott.
Director Angela Robinson, stated in an interview that she was trying to have Dean Jones re-portray her role as Jim Douglas for a cameo, but because of scheduling problems she could not do it. It circulated false rumors accusing Jones of filming a cameo and the scene was removed.
Various NASCAR drivers in season 2004 and their cars can also be seen, including Dale Jarrett, Dale Earnhardt Jr, (car only) Casey Mears, (car only) Kasey Kahne, (car only) Tony Stewart, (car only) Bobby Labonte, ( car only) Terry Labonte, (car only) Brendan Gaughan, Mark Martin, (car only) Ward Burton, (car only) Jamie McMurray, (car only) Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, (only cars) Scott Riggs, (only cars) Robby Gordon, (car only) and Kevin Harvick. (car only)
Reception
Critical response
In 2015, the film holds a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 140 reviews, with the consensus of critics saying that " Herbie: Fully Loaded is a decent childrens film that's very light for mature audiences."
box office
On its opening weekend, the film grossed $ 12,709,221 million in 3,521 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking # 4 at the box office. At the end of the journey, Herbie: Fully Loaded earned $ 66,023,816 domestically and $ 78,123,000 internationally, for a total of $ 144,146,816 worldwide.
Awards
At the 2006 Kids' Choice Awards, Lindsay Lohan won Favorite Female Actress for her role. The film is also nominated for Favorite Movie but lost to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire .
Marketing
The film is reported to include the use of large product placements. For example, Maggie Peyton is a former reporter for ESPN (owned by Disney) to be a NASCAR racer. A large billboard for Mid America Motorworks (an aftermarket parts supplier for the classic Volkswagen and other vehicles) is spotted in the background of a scene where Murphy tries to sabotage Herbie. In addition, Volkswagen provides Volkswagen Touareg and Volkswagen New Beetle for use in certain scenes.
Race cars on the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series appeared during the NASCAR race at the end, (which proved to be the 2004 Pop Secret 500, which Herbie: Fully Loaded actually filmed for) that has various sponsorship decals on the car. (Car Dale Earnhardt Jr # 8 can be briefly seen, but all Budweiser logos are removed and replaced with his signature to avoid alcohol advertisements in children's movies) In addition, billboards can be viewed on the live screen, some with the NEXTEL logo on them.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack album was released on June 21, 2005. It included Lindsay Lohan's third single, "First", and a remake of classic songs by artist Walt Disney Records including Aly & AJ, Caleigh Peters, Ingram Hill and Josh Kelley, names such as Lionel Richie and Mark McGrath.This album does not, however, contain any of Mark Mothersbaugh's original scores for the film.Mostly, the original recording of the songs' was used in the film while the soundtrack contained a remake.For example, the original Records of the Beach Boys from "Getcha Back" is used for the opening credits of the film, but the cover of Mark McGrath is featured on the soundtrack. "Girls Aloud's Hot Summer Single is planned to be included, but cut from the final of the film.
- Lindsay Lohan - "First"
- Mark McGrath - "Getcha Back" - The Beach Boys cover (1985)
- Aly & amp; AJ - "Walking on Sunshine" - Katrina and the Waves cover (1985)
- Caleigh Peters - "Fun, Fun, Fun" - The Beach Boys cover (1964)
- Pilot - "Magic"
- Josh Gracin - "Working for the Weekend" - Loverboy cover (1981)
- The Donnas - "Roll On Down the Highway" - cover of Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974)
- Sol Seppy - "Good Car"
- Mooney Suzuki - "Born to Be Wild" - Steppenwolf Sarong (1968)
- Ingram Hill - "More Than Feelings" - Boston cover (1976)
- Rooney - "Metal Guru" - T. Rex cover (1972)
- Josh Kelley - "You Are the Woman" - The Firefall Cover (1976)
- Lionel Richie - "Hello"
- Mavin - "Welcome to My World"
- Black Smoke Organization - Herbie: Full Remix
- Black Smoke Organization - "Herbie vs. NASCAR"
Video game
References
External links
- Official website
- Herbie: Full Loading on IMDb
- Herbie: Loaded Full in the TCM Movie Database
- Herbie: Full Loading in AllMovie
- Herbie: Fully Loaded in Rotten Tomatoes
- Herbie: Fully Loaded in Mojo Box Office
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