The Love Bug is surely the first film in which the actors...are so meticulously insipid that a car can handily steal the show.
The Love Bug (1969)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:11
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Disney family film about a struggling race car driver who begins winning races once he starts driving Herbie, a Volkswagen with human qualities. What the driver does not realize is that it is the... Disney family film about a struggling race car driver who begins winning races once he starts driving Herbie, a Volkswagen with human qualities. What the driver does not realize is that it is the affectionate Herbie who is responsible for the first-place finishes! [More]
Starring: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett, David Tomlinson
Starring: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, Buddy Hackett, David Tomlinson
Director: Robert Stevenson
Director: Robert Stevenson
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Reviews for The Love Bug
The first of the silly VW Beetle with a cute personality comedies, is as childish dated and occasionally sweet as the others.
The entire cast give standout performances, but Herbie steals the show in this well-directed, funny picture.
For sheer inventiveness of situation and the charm that such an idea projects, The Love Bug rates as one of the better entries of the Disney organization.
'Herbie' and his plucky stunt drivers steal the show in this agreeable family entertainment.
Such a vulnerable movie that if it were a little less sappy, one might feel compelled to protect it, as if it were someone under 7 or over 65 -- that portion of the public for which it is intended.
The Boy-Car-Girl movie has some terrific driving stunts, thanks to a 127-man crew and the Porsche or bus engine given to the car with a mind of its own.
For a 35-year-old movie, Herbie's still got an awful lot of love to give.
What this autopopathism means in terms of American culture is a subject I neither understand nor wish to.
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