Bedknobbs And BroommSticks
Set in wartime England, Eglantine Price is a would-be witch who hopes to use her newly acquired conjuring powers to forestall a Nazi invasion. Saddled with three surly kids who've been evacuated from London, Lansbury wins over her charges by performing various and sundry feats of magic. And, yes, she manages to foil a few Germans along the way.
13 March 1913, Cardiff, Wales, UK
4 January 1905, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
13 January 1903, Illinois, USA
15 November 1928, Lambeth, London, England, UK
11 October 1892, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
26 December 1892, Ashland, Oregon, USA
17 January 1905, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
December 2, 1905 in Hollywood, California, USA
28 May 1920, Hull, Humberside, England, UK
1962
20 May 1917, USA
2 April 1904, New York, New York, USA
29 December 1904, Delaware, USA
1 October 1907, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
23 August 1907, New York, USA
3 October 1898, Mamaroneck, New York, USA
8 April 1909, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
29 April 1935, The Bronx, New York, USA
26 February 1935, New York, USA
19 July 1891, Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
23 July 1901, Rolfe, Iowa, USA
10 March 1891, New York City, New York, USA
6 April 1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1956, Ireland
23 September 1926, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
July 23, 1920
May 30, 1941 in Beaumont, Texas, USA
28 December 1928, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
7 May 1917, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
24 September 1927, Lee-on-Solent, England, UK
October 01, 2010
Delightful Disney charmer may be too long for youngest.
November 03, 2009
It's a little uneven but at its best Bedknobs And Broomsticks rivals the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins.
November 03, 2009
Like Lansbury, the film has aged well and retains almost all of its magic.
April 03, 2012
Disney's multi-Oscar nominated musical is not as good as Mary Poppins to which it's often compared, but Angela Lansbury is well-cast and most of the visual effects, which won the Oscar, are impressive.
January 26, 2006
Must all films for kids be so shoddy, though? The music is appalling.
August 14, 2014
[Blu-ray Review] Some movies from childhood hold up when they are seen as an adult, and others do not, trapped only in the nostalgia of the time in which they were first watched. Recommended for fans, but temper expectations.
May 09, 2005
I suspect the movie will be something of a long, uninterrupted sit for the very children for whom it's intended, and an even longer one for those parents and guardians (both adults and teen-age) who will probably accompany them.
November 03, 2009
The fantasy is earthbound, the score by Richard and Robert Sherman (who also wrote music and lyrics for Mary Poppins) is forgettable, the special effects lackadaisical.
December 15, 2010
A fun, fairly intelligent, unexpectedly witty example of cinema for children at a time when that genre was at one of its lowest-ever ebbs
March 26, 2009
It is when the film [based on the book by Mary Norton] dives deeply into the realms of fantasy that it is most enjoyable.
October 23, 2004
The Disney organization is worst when it makes "family entertainment" and best when it sticks to pure, simple, charming fantasy.
November 03, 2009
It's more sophisticated than the usual run of Disney product, but it lacks the inventiveness that could endow it with genuine charm.
