Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries

A wacky inventor creates a super-car that can float as well as fly, and, along with his children, uses it to rescue his kidnapped father from an evil prince.

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59% liked it

22 critics

G, 2 hrs. 22 min.

Directed by: Ken Hughes

Release Date: December 18, 1968

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DVD Release Date: November 10, 1998

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  • October 14, 2009
    classic family tale full of catchy music and adventure.
  • September 18, 2009
    Great film, Dick Van Dyke is brilliant as Mr. Potts as are the rest of the colourful cast. The songs are particularly good too!
  • November 24, 2008
    These songs will get stuck in your head forever. Not even the Sanford and Son theme song can get them out.
  • June 29, 2008
    A family fun fest!!!
  • March 24, 2008
    Amazing movie! I wanna live in Vulgaria! the child-catcher was creepy. Similar to Willie Wonka in several ways. Grandfather was P.O.S.H
  • September 12, 2009
    Never a big fan, i liked the car and that was about it.
  • September 7, 2009
    A good film. Used to scare me when i was around 6 or 7 but its ok now.
  • August 25, 2009
    this movie is so good!!
  • August 18, 2009
    ugh iv had to sit through this for years im sick of it now
  • August 17, 2009
    responsible for one of the most catchy songs in film and a really different concept, chitty chitty bang bang is the stuff of children's dreams

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October 23, 2004
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 funn... full review

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