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  • 1968
  • G
  • United Artists
  • 2 h 24 m
  • 1968
  • G
  • United Artists
  • 2 h 24 m

Summary A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.

Directed By: Ken Hughes

Written By: Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, Richard Maibaum, Ken Hughes

  • 1968
  • G
  • United Artists
  • 2 h 24 m
  • 1968
  • G
  • United Artists
  • 2 h 24 m

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
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Summary A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.

Directed By: Ken Hughes

Written By: Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, Richard Maibaum, Ken Hughes

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
64
50% Positive
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
64
50% Positive
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
The film is too long at well over two hours, but the effects are impressive for the time and the musical numbers zippy.
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75
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 moments when you've just GOT to cover your face and peek between your fingers, it's so scary.
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70
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.
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60
Based on an Ian Fleming book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was made in Britain for American consumption, but its magic works on kids and adults of any nationality.
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50
Howes goes through the romantic motions with Van Dyke and the maternal ones with the kids, but there is no real sentiment between players.
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40
Ken Adam's sets are inventive, but the special effects are shoddy, the songs instantly forgettable, and the leisurely length an exquisite torture.
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
29% Positive
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43% Mixed
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29% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
29% Positive
2 Ratings
43% Mixed
3 Ratings
29% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Dramatic Features, Warfield
Release Date Dec 18, 1968
Duration 2 h 24 m
Rating G
Genres
Tagline The most fantasmagorical musical entertainment in the history of everything!
Website https://www.instagram.com/chittychittybangbangofficial/
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Laurel Awards
• 1 Nomination

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