Ah yes: the Volkswagen Beetle, the only car design still on the roads to be personally and enthusiastically endorsed by Adolf Hitler. Herbie rides yet again in this excruciatingly unlovable sequel to the not-particularly-treasured Disney movies from yesteryear about the super-fast VW Bug called Herbie with a mind of its own.
Michael Keaton emails in his performance as the has-been racing-driver, whose speed-mad daughter Maggie (Lindsay Lohan) chances across Herbie in a junkyard. Our mischievous little auto is always demonstrating his smiling expression and then his frowning expression. (Two more expressions than Lindsay Lohan.) And when people bend down to check out his rear-positioned engine, he does not scruple to squirt oil into their faces to a honking orchestral accompaniment which says: funn-eee. It's every bit as hilarious as it was in 1968.
![Article image](https://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/arts/2001/11/29/mouse.gif" alt="Mickey Mouse" width="128" height="128" class="gu-image" /> <figcaption> <span class="element-image__caption">'A move to Derby you say? Hmm, I'd have to ask Minnie.'</span> <span class="element-image__credit">Photograph: Public domain</span> </figcaption> </figure>.jpeg)
