Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

G

Released Dec 18, 1968

2h 25m

Kids & Family

Musical

Fantasy

Adventure

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While truant from school, young siblings Jeremy and Jemima meet the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), who falls for their widowed father, Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke), and his various oddball inventions, including the family's noisy rebuilt car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. One day at the beach, Caractacus tells Truly and the children a fanciful fable about the villainous Baron Bomburst (Gert Frobe) and his evil designs on the Potts family car.

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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.

Jun 24, 2006

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Renata Adler

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.

May 9, 2005

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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 funny dances and a couple of [scary] moments.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…casting Van Dyke helps diffuse the Britishness of the whole enterprise, but Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an ideal vehicle for him, and for everyone keen to connect with their own innocent youth…

Rated: 3/5

Jul 5, 2023

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Judy Ludlum

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

This is a good one to take the kiddies to before the holidays end. Mom and Pop will find it tolerable and that's all.

Mar 3, 2022

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

Ken Hughes directs in the resolutely bright over- exclamatory tones of someone working hard to make the party go.

Jul 5, 2018

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Blobbo X

Musical have forgetable music! (If saw as kid might like.)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/26/25

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Will G

Still love this film. Escapism pure and simply, for all ages. some reviewers 'notice' hidden messages in this film. It's just how their minds work. Shame on them.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/26/25

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Stephen C

Success in 2 hours and 25 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love when they're singing about their car and playing on the beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Joey G

This is a VERY boring movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Jim P

I can't believe this was written by the guy who invented the James Bond world. And I can't see how it can still be classed as a children's film. "Child catcher" acts like a paedophile, the Baron tries to murder his wife... Yes the songs are good. And this movie probably inspired Wallace and Gromit, and even Grease. But... Meh.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/31/24

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Cameron L

Cheesy, hammy, and corny as it can be. But that’s the point of the movie. The song sequences, the castle with the king is so amazingly beautiful and fun

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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Ken Hughes

Director

Dick Van Dyke

Caractacus Potts

Sally Ann Howes

Truly Scrumptious

Lionel Jeffries

Grandpa Potts

Gert Fröbe

Baron Bomburst

Anna Quayle

Baroness Bomburst

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Synopsis

While truant from school, young siblings Jeremy and Jemima meet the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), who falls for their widowed father, Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke), and his various oddball inventions, including the family's noisy rebuilt car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. One day at the beach, Caractacus tells Truly and the children a fanciful fable about the villainous Baron Bomburst (Gert Frobe) and his evil designs on the Potts family car.

Director: Ken Hughes
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Screenwriter: Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes
Distributor: United Artists, Time-Life Video, Fox, MGM Home Entertainment, CBS/Fox
Production Co: Warfield, Dramatic Films
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Musical, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 1968, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 12, 2017
Runtime: 2h 25m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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