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What a timely release, three weeks after
Danica
Patrick takes 4th at the Indianapolis
500, Herbie: Fully Loaded is released. And,
Danica Patrick attends the premiere.
In the movie, Maggie (Lindsay Lohan) has been
forbidden from pursuing her dreams of racing by her
overprotective father and former NASCAR champ
(Michael Keaton). He lost his wife and doesn't want
to take the chance of losing his daughter, too,
thought he doesn't have the same fear for his
racing son (Breckin Meyer).
Family fare: Maggie
shares her love of racing with her
dad.
Dads everywhere. This is a flick to take your
daughter to. It is a kid's movie that goes to that
time when girls start thinking about horses or
go-karts. (It's recommended for 8 and up but it's
G rated and many of the 260 women
racers we've listed started in go-karts
well before 8.)
Kids-in-mind.com
rates it 3.3.2 on a scale of 0 - minimal to 10 -
maximum in three categories: Sex
& Nudity, Violence & Gore, and
Profanity. See www.kids-in-mind.com/h/herbiefullyloaded.htm
to understand why each number is the way it is.
Admittedly, Lindsey's body is played up for the
teenage segment, and Herbie gets a erect radio
antenna from seeing a brand new yellow Beatle, but
that's pretty light by today's standards on your
local news channel.
Kids-in-mind.com
recommends the following discussion topics: Death
of a parent, death of a spouse, over protective
parenting, car racing, pursuing a dream, sexism,
disappointment, jealousy, lying, dishonesty.
Movie
Mom
recommends talking about why Ray had different
views on letting his son and daughter race. How did
Ray feel when he found out that Maggie lied? How
did Herbie feel when Maggie talked about driving
Trip's car?
The book Turn
Signals are the Facial Expressions of
Automobiles
shows us how the way cars are designed is in part a
reflection of our willingness to see them as having
emotions.
Other reviews:
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
,
Enterainment,
New
York
Times
,
Seattle
Post ,
USA Today
Movie
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