Herbie Goes Bananas

Yes, We Have A Bananza!

1980 • 93 min • Fantasy · Comedy · Family · Adventure

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Synopsis

The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.

Our family guide

Best from age 5

Movie Knight Score

260 reviews

50 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
54 Audience · 258 · 49%

Herbie, the lovable VW Beetle, embarks on a new adventure in Mexico, accidentally getting caught up in a counterfeiting ring. He teams up with a young boy and his friends to foil the criminals, leading to plenty of comedic chaos and a grand chase.

Violence & peril: 2/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 1/10

Heads up

Some slapstick car crashes
Characters are involved with a criminal group
Mild peril during chase scenes

What it models well

Teamwork and friendship
Resourcefulness and bravery
Doing the right thing

Talk about it after

The importance of helping others
How different cultures can be fun to explore
What it means to be responsible

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Top billed cast

Director: Vincent McEveety • Crew: Don Tait

Trailers & clips

Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) Disney Home Video Australia Trailer

Reviewer notes

Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers
Couldn't they just have let poor old "Herbie" go get pampered in a motor museum somewhere? Plenty of Castrol GTX and some luxury screen wash? Nope - we had to drag him along to get involved in some dodgy Mexican counterfeit malarkey. He's been inherited by "Pete" (Stephen W. Burns) who is frankly a little disappointed that he's not a Ferrari. Together with his pal "D.J.…
CinemaSerf, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
**_Madcap misadventures with Herbie in Latin America_** Jim Douglas’ nephew (Stephen W. Burns) inherits Herbie, but has to pick the car up in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with his mechanic friend (Charles Martin Smith) wherein they meet a mischievous little pickpocket that Herbie takes a liking to.…
Wuchak, TMDB Community