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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for his children. And now the car has the ability to fly, and takes them and their friend on an exciting adventure.
9 April 1909, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
13 July 1918, Peterborough, England, UK
1 January 1959, Staines, Middlesex, England, UK
15 October 1917, Pancras, London, England, UK
23 April 1921, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
6 October 1932, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
16 August 1914, Manchester, England, UK
25 April 1916, London, England, UK
12 September 1914, Newport, Wales, UK
1 March 1906, London, England, UK
12 March 1908, Brixton, London, England, UK
16 February 1895, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
15 June 1907, Lewisham, London, England, UK
6 August 1937, Shoreditch, London, England, UK
29 September 1920, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [now Malaysia]
20 July 1930, St. John's Wood, London, England, UK
19 November 1899, Lambeth, London, England, UK
30 May 1920, Canada
6 May 1959, Dundee, Scotland, UK
19 September 1910, Islington, London, England, UK
November 07, 2010
ultimately all in good fun, although it's hard to shake entirely the sense that something is slightly askew, which is probably the point
May 05, 2008
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in Britain for American consumption, but its magic works on kids and adults of any nationality.
August 27, 2012
Starring Dick Van Dyke, this pleasant family fable with music was nominated for the Best Song Oscar
May 23, 2004
Time has not enhanced its doubtful charms.
November 07, 2010
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]
February 23, 2008
Has become modern classic, but falls so short of great.
May 09, 2005
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.
August 30, 2008
I'm old enough to have seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang during its original theatrical run, and I've just about recovered.
January 01, 2011
A fantastical car story custom made for kids.
October 23, 2004
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.
June 24, 2006
Ken Adam's sets are inventive, but the special effects are shoddy, the songs instantly forgettable, and the leisurely length an exquisite torture.
January 21, 2014
A too cutesy musical.