I recently saw this film on video -- the first time I had seen it since my father took me to it on its initial release. I now realize what love it must have taken to sit through this stinker with me back then. This is one of the most inept, bloated films to have come out of that terrible period when Hollywood had no clue how to adapt to changing times. Dick Van Dyke is wonderful in his TV shows but not in this. Sally Ann Howes obviously was chosen because Julie Andrews wouldn't appear in this tripe. As others have said, the songs are atrocious. And it just goes on and on and on for what seems like days.
Review of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
