Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
by Vincent McEveety
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Actor: Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Jacques Marin, Julie Sommars, Roy KinnearDirector: Vincent McEveety
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Movie Reviews of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Movie Review: Jim the serious romantic and Wheely the funny comedian, a recipe for laughter and entertainment.
Summary: 5 Stars
Herbie #53, a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle deluxe ragtop sedan painted with L87 pearl white, with wide racing tires, falls in love with a 1977, Lancia Monte Carlo #7 name Giselle. Giselle has Herbie Moonstruck and both Giselle and Herbie are distracted from getting qualifying times. Herbie animatronics allow him too Waltzes in front of Giselle, blink his headlights, open and close his hood, and move his wheels horizontal in a expression of awe as he watches Giselle tie his record breaking time for the course. Herbie is determined to impress Giselle by washing himself in a water font, bringing flowers to her, and serenading her down the waterfront. Herbie wins the Giselles heart after rescuing and extracting the car from the lake shoreline. Diane Darcy tells Jim, Wheely, and Herbie "win the race for them". Herbie wins the race and Jim and Wheely are famous again.
Herbie has an engine with the ability of tachometer readings of 7,000 rpm making him faster than the Black Pantheria driven by Claude Gilbert and the Laser 917 GT coupe driven by Von Stickle. Jim Douglas and Wheely Applegate have returned to race after 12 years. Jim and Diane are high-spirited and both enjoy a good fight. Diane gets the better end of the argument, as she manages to throw a vase, picture, and books at Jim keeping him dodging the projectiles. Diane thinks Jim is against her being a woman racer. Jim is just bullhead about Diane and thinking she is treacherously trying to disqualify him. Later Diane apologizes and the couple end up kissing each other. Von Stickle is the antagonist bully and Claude is his aid. Von Stickle car push Herbie off the road on numerous occasions. However, Von Stickle does not employ an devious strategies to put Herbie out of the race.
The villain, agent X is the Inspector Bouchet. Etoile de Joie managed to steal a large diamond, escape the museum where the diamond was protected, and hide the diamond in Herbies gas cap. The police surround the around but are unable to find the diamond, after thoroughly search all parties. Herbie foils all the thieves' attempts to recapture and acquire the diamond. Jim eventually discovers the diamond during a race through the Alps. The thieve misdirect Jim and Wheely into taking a trail towards a high mountain pass, where Wheely causes a rock slide; the thieves appear and demand the diamond; another rock slide by Wheely allows Herbie to escape. Inspector Bouchet fortune improves as Jim approaches him at the police station seeking protection for Herbie. The Detective Fontenoy intervenes and accidently messes up Agent X attempt to acquire the diamond. Detective Fontenoy imprisons Herbie in a Armoured truck and makes Herbie late for the race. Wheely convinces Giselle does not love her and that Herbie has other cars and Jim verifies Wheely. Giselle revs up her engines and starts the race. When Herbie arrives he is looking for Giselle and Wheely uses a similar no love tactic to engage Herbie into the race. The route to Monte Carlo and in Paris include the scenic sites: Esplanade du Trocadero, Eiffel Tower, Place de la Concorde, Place Vendome, Place d'Iena, Arc de Triomphe, and down the Champs-Elysees The race through Paris was filmed at high speeds and the thrill of the race and its sounds and sharp corner turns are amazing.
Summary of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 03/28/2008 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: GDean Jones, star of The Love Bug, came back to the fold for this third lap around the block, which finds him racing in Monte Carlo while thieves plant a stolen diamond in Herbie's gas tank. The plot is forced and conventional, but the cast is the thing: the excitable Don Knotts (The Apple Dumpling Gang) and the tormentable Roy Kinnear (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) are good men to have in a potboiler such as this. --Tom Keogh
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