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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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The Love Bug is surely the first film in which the actors...are so meticulously insipid that a car can handily steal the show.

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03/09/09
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The first of the silly VW Beetle with a cute personality comedies, is as childish dated and occasionally sweet as the others.

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05/05/08
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine

The entire cast give standout performances, but Herbie steals the show in this well-directed, funny picture.

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05/05/08
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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.

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05/05/08
Variety Staff
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Variety
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'Herbie' and his plucky stunt drivers steal the show in this agreeable family entertainment.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Suffers now from dated special effects, but still cute.

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12/24/05
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

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08/21/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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.

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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
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Carol Cling
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03/23/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

I'm a hopeless sucker for live-action '60s Disney, and this one is a classic.

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11/06/03
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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.

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05/24/03
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For a 35-year-old movie, Herbie's still got an awful lot of love to give.

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05/10/03
Christopher Null
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05/08/03
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
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What this autopopathism means in terms of American culture is a subject I neither understand nor wish to.

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05/07/03
Dave Kehr
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