The Love Bug (1997)

Directed by

Peyton Reed

Genre

fantasy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 153 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A magical Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie helps his new owner win races and battle a sinister black car called Horace. This TV movie mixes a fresh story with elements from earlier Herbie films.

lightheartedwhimsicalnostalgicplayfuldarkly comicfast-pacedfun

What happens

The Love Bug is a 1997 American adventure comedy television film directed by Peyton Reed and written by Ryan Rowe. The fifth installment in the Herbie film series, the film is part remake and part sequel, in that the events of the original 1968 The Love Bug film are repeated while the storyline plots to follow Herbie Goes Bananas (1980). It premiered on ABC in the anthology television series The Wonderful World of Disney on November 30, 1997. The film stars Bruce Campbell and includes a special appearance by Dean Jones, star of the original The Love Bug, tying it to the previous films, while introducing an evil, black Volkswagen Beetle named Horace, the Hate Bug, giving the film a much darker tone than the other films. The film marks the first appearance of Herbie in fifteen years, following the television series Herbie, the Love Bug (1982), which ran for five episodes. The Love Bug was followed by the theatrically released Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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