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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

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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 fantasy musical, based on the children's book by James Bond author Ian Fleming. Van Dyke plays Caractacus Potts, a failed inventor who lives in a big house with his two children -- Jemima Heather Ripley and Jeremy Adrian Hall -- and eccentric father Lionel Jeffries. Potts has to raise 30 shillings

G, 2 hr. 22 min.

Kids & Family, Musical & Performing Arts, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Ken Hughes

Written By: Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes, Richard Maibaum

In Theaters: Dec 18, 1968 Wide

On DVD: Nov 10, 1998

United Artists

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Cast

Dick Van Dyke
Caractacus Potts
Sally Ann Howes
Truly Scrumptious
Lionel Jeffries
Grandpa Potts
Gert Fr�be
Baron Bomburst
Anna Quayle
Baroness Bomburst
Benny Hill
Toymaker
James Robertson Justice
Lord Scrumptious
Robert Helpmann
Child Catcher
Heather Ripley
Jemima
Barbara Windsor
Blonde
Davy Kaye
Admiral
Bernard Spear
Second Spy
Alexander Dore
First Spy
Stanley Unwin
Chancellor
Peter Arne
Capt.of Guard
Desmond Llewelyn
Coggins
Victor Maddern
Junkman
Arthur Mullard
Big Man
G. Ross Parker
Chef
Gerald Campion
Minister
Felix Felton
Minister
Monte de Lyle
Minister
Larry Taylor
Lieutenant
Max Bacon
Orchestra Leader
Max Wall
Inventor
John Heawood
Michael Darbyshire
Gerald Taylor
Inventors
John Baskcomb
Chef
Adrian Hall
Jeremy Potts
Totti Truman Taylor
Duchess
Richard Wattis
Secretary at Sweet Fact...
Kenneth Waller
Sadie Corre
Field Worker

Critic Reviews for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (12) | DVD (20)

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.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Renata Adler

New York Times

Top Critic

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 [scary] moments.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

A fantastical car story custom made for kids.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Common Sense Media Editors

Common Sense Media

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]

November 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

ultimately all in good fun, although it's hard to shake entirely the sense that something is slightly askew, which is probably the point

November 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

I'm old enough to have seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang during its original theatrical run, and I've just about recovered.

August 30, 2008 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in Britain for American consumption, but its magic works on kids and adults of any nationality.

May 5, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Has become modern classic, but falls so short of great.

February 23, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Ken Adam's sets are inventive, but the special effects are shoddy, the songs instantly forgettable, and the leisurely length an exquisite torture.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Tom Milne

Time Out

an over-the-top musical with forgettable tunes (apart from the title song)

August 13, 2004 Comment

James Plath

Reel.com

Time has not enhanced its doubtful charms.

May 23, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Tedium incarnate.

March 18, 2004 Comment

Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS) Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

Given that the film runs almost two-and-a-half hours, it's fairly clear that a substantial amount of trimming would have been appropriate.

December 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

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A family fun fest!!!

March 22, 2007

John Manard

Super Reviewer

FROM 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 huge big budget spectacle that was

November 22, 2011

Mister Caple

Super Reviewer

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