In my opinion its an amazing movie.

Convinced that Herbie is an outcast Transformer.

The cast is good enough to get you through the movie. Lindsay Lohan gives one of her better performances. Matt Dillion is perfectly jerky as her racing competition.
Before Michael Keaton’s comeback with Birdman, it was just nice to see him get a role. He’s also good even if he is playing a cliche father who doesn’t want Lohan to race in fear of her getting hurt.
The humor is a bit outdated though. It’s like the same humor you would have seen in the 60’s and 70’s Herbie movies. Herbie is still a harmless good time to view with kids.

Now I am doubting whether or not I actually enjoyed the original run of the Herbie movies when I was a youth in the 70's. If they were cut from the same mold as this tired number, I can't believe I was snookered into watching it again. Everything about this movie just screams cheese. Her graduation ceremony, the way she gets Herbie, the fact that her family even HAS a NASCAR team when they can't even make it around a track in one piece, the coincidence of her friend being a mechanic...If people enjoyed this movie, I would recommend we get together and start writing a script for a Speed Buggy movie... How much of a dive has Michael Keaton's career and to a lesser extent Matt Dillon's to have to take on roles such as these. Lindsey better wake up and stop taking the Disney retread train out of town or she'll be done.