I'm old enough to have seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang during its original theatrical run, and I've just about recovered.
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08/30/08
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:13
Rotten:9
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Van Dyke's charming as a daydreaming inventor who fixes up an old jalopy and, with the vivid imaginations of his two children and a lady friend, it is transformed into a flying, floating wonder car... [More]
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill
Director: Ken Hughes
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Reviews for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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07/22/08
Top CriticChitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in Britain for American consumption, but its magic works on kids and adults of any nationality.
05/05/08
Top CriticHas become modern classic, but falls so short of great.
02/23/08
Ken Adam's sets are inventive, but the special effects are shoddy, the songs instantly forgettable, and the leisurely length an exquisite torture.
06/24/06
No review available.
08/14/05
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.
05/09/05
Top CriticNo review available.
01/27/05
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.
10/23/04
Top CriticTime has not enhanced its doubtful charms.
05/23/04
No review available.
03/24/04
Tedium incarnate.
03/18/04
No review available.
12/29/03
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.
12/14/03
It's some fresh circle of hell to revisit childhood favourites only to inevitably discover that, as a child, one is almost indubitably an idiot.
12/03/03
...if children can stay awake long enough, they will undoubtedly find much of it entertaining.
11/02/03
The film is too long at well over two hours, but the effects are impressive for the time and the musical numbers zippy.
11/02/03
No review available.
10/17/03
Something of an oddity doubtless. But memorable for its visuals and its creepy, evil baddie.
08/19/03
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