STORY
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical film that centers around a crackpot inventor and his children. The inventor fixes up an old race car and the family goes on an adventure. I can't say much more than that without spoiling the plot. But I can say this movie is most definitely geared toward a younger demographic. The stuff that happens in the movie make no logical sense, so leave the ole brain-pan at the door. The pacing is pretty slow. The first half of the movie is essentially setup, which can sometimes be a good thing. In this case, it really isn't.

ACTING
The acting was decent for the most part. Dick van Dyke is good as the…

A classic piece of family musical film from director Ken Hughes and producer Albert R Broccoli, taken from the source novel by author Ian Fleming.

Originally a failure at the box-office amongst a time where spy thrillers, farcial comedies and gritty crime action as doing the business in the box-office, this has grown to be a well loved and greatly familiar film and musical thanks to the wonderfully escapist story, the bright and colourful characters and sets, the catchy musical numbers and, of course, the iconic car, Gen 11.

Dick van Dyke stars in his second musical role following on from 'Mary Poppins' as loving father of 2 and wacky inventor Caracatus Potts who restores an old motor racing car…