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Director
Ken Hughes
Cast
Dick Van Dyke,
Sally Ann Howes,
Lionel Jeffries,
Gert Fröbe,
Anna Quayle,
Benny Hill
Genre
Adventure,
Comedy,
Family,
Fantasy,
Music
An eccentric professor and single father, Mr. Potts, invents wacky machinery but can't seem to make ends meet. When he develops a revolutionary car to appease his children, a foreign government becomes interested in it and will use any means necessary to get their hands on it.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a wild film to say the least. Dick Van Dyke is entertaining as ever dancing, singing, driving, and flying his way through the film. With the many zany characters and twist and turns, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the perfect movie to experience with the whole family.
Empire
The film is too long at well over two hours, but the effects are impressive for the time and the musical numbers zippy.
Empire by Neil Jeffries
The film is too long at well over two hours, but the effects are impressive for the time and the musical numbers zippy.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
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 funny dances and a couple of moments when you've just GOT to cover your face and peek between your fingers, it's so scary.
The New York Times
A fast, dense, friendly children's musical, with something of the joys of singing together on a team bus on the way to a game.
The New York Times by Renata Adler
A fast, dense, friendly children's musical, with something of the joys of singing together on a team bus on the way to a game.
TV Guide Magazine
Based on an Ian Fleming book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in Britain for American consumption, but its magic works on kids and adults of any nationality.
TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)
Based on an Ian Fleming book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in Britain for American consumption, but its magic works on kids and adults of any nationality.
Variety
Howes goes through the romantic motions with Van Dyke and the maternal ones with the kids, but there is no real sentiment between players.
Variety by Staff (Not Credited)
Howes goes through the romantic motions with Van Dyke and the maternal ones with the kids, but there is no real sentiment between players.
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.
Time Out by Staff (Not Credited)
Ken Adam's sets are inventive, but the special effects are shoddy, the songs instantly forgettable, and the leisurely length an exquisite torture.
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