- Release Date: 1969
- Runtime: 107 min
- Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
- Starring: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson, Buddy Hackett ... see all
- Director: Robert Stevenson
- Plot: Herbie is a car - but no ordinary car. The story follows the Volkswagon Beetle with a mind of its own from the showroom to the race track, with various... Read more
User Reviews
Herbie springs to life!
Jul 02, 2005
TheXanadu - imdb.com
Jul 02, 2005TheXanadu - imdb.com
After you've watched The Love Bug, you will notice 2 things: 1) You will not be able to get that infectious calypso tune out of your head for at least a week and will be whistling it everywhere you go! 2)... Full review
Herbie, the little VW with a mind of its own
Dec 22, 2004
tvnutt - imdb.com
Dec 22, 2004tvnutt - imdb.com
This is a true Disney Classic, in fact Walt Disney had a hand in developing the story but, sad to say, never lived to see it hit the big screen. In the film, we learn rather quickly that race car... Full review
A Car that Will Win You Over
Nov 03, 2003
Jenny - imdb.com
Nov 03, 2003Jenny - imdb.com
Since, I was three years old I have loved Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of his own. The Love Bug is a wonderful film for the family. Filled with adventure, comedy, and sweetness it is perfect for kids... Full review
The Love Bug will drive it's way into your heart
Jul 19, 2003
mrbluto - imdb.com
Jul 19, 2003mrbluto - imdb.com
The Love Bug is one of my favorite Disney movies. A movie about a car with a mind of it's own, a vw beetle with a heart, how could you not love a movie like that. Among all the great... Full review
Fun and occasionally sad live-action cartoon
Feb 03, 2003
vchimpanzee - imdb.com
Feb 03, 2003vchimpanzee - imdb.com
Dean Jones plays a race car driver who meets a pretty young woman (Michelle Lee) he sees working in the window at a fancy car dealership. He pretends to be interested in a car, but the dealer has nothing he... Full review
Disney's Adventure of a VW Beetle Come to Life!
Nov 19, 2001
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Nov 19, 2001- imdb.com
[MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS] Jim Douglas is a race car driver who isn't having much luck in racing. He always get's into accidents. He goes to stay with his spiritual friend, Tennessee. Next day he goes to a local car... Full review
the best one in the series
Aug 22, 2001
michael - imdb.com
Aug 22, 2001michael - imdb.com
Definitely this one is the best in the whole Herbie series. The characters are excellent. I found Dean Jones (Douglas) the most interesting to watch. At the beginning of the movie, he is totally dependent upon himself, not thinking the... Full review
It's Silly, but Fun
Nov 01, 2000
Craig Burkhart - imdb.com
Nov 01, 2000Craig Burkhart - imdb.com
OK, this movie isn't high art. It's a silly comedy for kids or families. But if that's what you're looking for then this is a good one. Some of the performances are goofy, some of the images are goofy, but... Full review
Well Balanced and Multi-Layered (** SPOILERS **)
Jul 19, 2000
jls2698 - imdb.com
Jul 19, 2000jls2698 - imdb.com
The search for identity and acceptance among peers is consistently a popular allusion in film scripts. "The Love Bug," despite its misleading genre of "children's comedy," expertly disguises a propensity toward examining the identity theme with many of the significant... Full review
Best of the series
May 13, 2000
kbyerly - imdb.com
May 13, 2000kbyerly - imdb.com
What if things really do have an inner life? What if the machines we take for granted as being under our control have an essence, a life force, a soul that needs only to be cultivated to be brought out... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Feb 03, 2009Telegraph, UK
the special effects look dated, the plot is thuddingly obvious....The reason for this is The Love Bug is one of the most blatantly manipulative films that has ever been released..... ... Full Review
| May 22, 2003DVD MovieGuide
Much of The Love Bug appears dated, especially in its goofy treatment of the San Francisco hippie scene, and too much of the comedy seems broad and silly.
Surprisingly, the studio worked their magic equally effectively in a live action flick with 1968's The Love Bug .
... Full Review
Qwipster's Movie Reviews
The Love Bug is not a great film
Although it does run a little longer than the subject matter warrants, The Love Bug still crosses the finish line well enough to be declared a winner.
... Full Review
News
The Plot
viewlondon.co.uk –
2005-02-08
The film opens with a respectful homage in the form of a montage of clips from the previous Herbie movies (The Love Bug, Herbie Rides Again, Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo etc) as well as an amusing cameo by KITT... ... Full Article
"Absurd" is a word that comes up in dialogue during the running time of The Love Bug . And there's bo better way to describe this story, which features a VW Beetle named Herbie that takes it on itself to... ... Full Article
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. ... Full Article

The Love Bug Trailer Australian VHS release
Fell In Love With A Girl - The Love Bug
Herbie the Love Bug TV Intro
Herbie The Love Bug Clip from Disney docummentary Age of Believing Dean Jones Walt Disney

