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.
13 July 1918, Peterborough, England, UK
28 August 1923, Hampstead, North London, England, UK
1932, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
1953, London, England, UK
15 June 1907, Lewisham, London, England, UK
30 January 1951, Chiswick, London, England, UK
7 February 1916, Purley, Surrey, England, UK
10 June 1926, Forest Hill, London, England, UK
5 October 1946, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
25 February 1913, Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany
5 June 1905, London, England, UK
25 February 1912, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, UK
29 September 1920, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [now Malaysia]
30 May 1920, Canada
23 April 1921, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
7 September 1915, London, England, UK
1 March 1906, London, England, UK
26 April 1940, Islington, London, England, UK
23 October 1914, West Ham, London, England, UK
16 March 1926, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, England, UK
13 December 1925, West Plains, Missouri, USA
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]
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.
January 21, 2014
A too cutesy musical.
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.
August 27, 2012
Starring Dick Van Dyke, this pleasant family fable with music was nominated for the Best Song Oscar
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.
February 23, 2008
Has become modern classic, but falls so short of great.
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.
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 23, 2004
Time has not enhanced its doubtful charms.
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.
January 01, 2011
A fantastical car story custom made for kids.
