Dick Van Dyke,
Sally Ann Howes,
Lionel Jeffries,
Gert Fröbe,
Anna Quayle
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One of the stars of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke, is re-united with that film's composer and lyricist, Richard M.Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, in this big budget and bloodless children's... read more
Directed by: Ken Hughes
Release Date: December 18, 1968
Keywords:
family,
dick van,
van dyke,
chitty bang,
bang chitty,
James Bond ,
Dick Van Dyke,
Ian Fleming ,
Chitty Bang Bang
DVD Release Date: November 10, 1998
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November 22, 2011FROM THE VAULTS OF CLASSIC CHILDREN'S MOVIES:
Comes the 1968 comedy-adventure musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Dick Van Dyke(who was Oscar nominated for Best Actor for Walt Disney's Mary Poppins)re-unites with musical composers Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for this ... read more -
November 5, 2011Despite the fact it is excruciatingly long and the songs were so bad that it drags the film down. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a mostly entertaining family film. I'd call it a minor classic in the fantasy genre.Also, I found that the children stars were more annoying than charming ... read more
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July 29, 2011A childhood favourite and a Classic Musical with an adventurous journey. From the whacky inventions to the dreamlike journey, it's a film filled with familiar songs to all with some memorable dance scenes.
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December 11, 2010This is possibly the worst kids movie of the 60s. The story is stupid, there's only one good actor, and it's just too predictably stupid I couldn't stand it.
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September 18, 2009Great film, Dick Van Dyke is brilliant as Mr. Potts as are the rest of the colourful cast. The songs are particularly good too!
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August 17, 2009responsible for one of the most catchy songs in film and a really different concept, chitty chitty bang bang is the stuff of children's dreams
Critic Reviews
May 9, 2005
Renata Adler, New York Times
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang contains about the best two-hour children's movie you could hope for, with a marvelous magical auto and lots of adventure and a nutty old grandpa and a mean Baron and some funn... Full Review
January 1, 2011
Common Sense Media Editors, Common Sense Media
A fantastical car story custom made for kids. Full Review
November 7, 2010
Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews
Ask yourself, would you rather show your kids Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or Marmaduke? I don't want to live in a world where the answer is the latter. [Blu-ray] Full Review
November 7, 2010
James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
ultimately all in good fun, although it's hard to shake entirely the sense that something is slightly askew, which is probably the point Full Review
August 30, 2008
Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com
I'm old enough to have seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang during its original theatrical run, and I've just about recovered. Full Review
May 5, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in Britain for American consumption, but its magic works on kids and adults of any nationality. Full Review
February 23, 2008
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Has become modern classic, but falls so short of great.
June 24, 2006
Tom Milne, Time Out
Ken Adam's sets are inventive, but the special effects are shoddy, the songs instantly forgettable, and the leisurely length an exquisite torture. Full Review
May 23, 2004
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Time has not enhanced its doubtful charms.
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