...an unusual slice of big-budget, high concept fantasy...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 29, 2022

Angela Lansbury's zany feature is just as enchanting as it was in 1971 and more radical than some may remember.

| Aug 9, 2021

Charming underrated Disney live action musical

| Sep 15, 2020

David Tomlinson does his English Fred MacMurray act rather well, Miss Lansbury is as watchable as always and the children aren't too awful. It'll take a mint of money, but not mine.

| Feb 11, 2020

[Bedknobs and Broomsticks] would be standard Disney if it were not for a beguiling performance by Angela Lansbury.

| Feb 11, 2020

In its indulgence of extremes, Bedknobs and Broomsticks becomes unwieldy, but also capable of reaching unforgettable heights.

| Dec 22, 2018

[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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2014

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.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 3, 2012

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

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 15, 2010

Delightful Disney charmer may be too long for youngest.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 1, 2010

It's a little uneven but at its best Bedknobs And Broomsticks rivals the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2009

Like Lansbury, the film has aged well and retains almost all of its magic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2009

It's more sophisticated than the usual run of Disney product, but it lacks the inventiveness that could endow it with genuine charm.

| Nov 3, 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.

| Nov 3, 2009

Animation is neatly mixed with live action, and Lansbury, engaging as ever, heads a capable cast.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 3, 2009

Has many moments rooted in movie magic, but there's also a whole lot of filler that brings the movie to a length that's more than bearable.

| Sep 27, 2009

Angela Lansbury shows off her singing, dancing and comic skills -- which I think even overshadow the film's Oscar-winning special effects.

| Sep 7, 2009

It's Disney, and it has magic in it, but for me it's a stretch to call the film 'magical.'

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 5, 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.

| Mar 26, 2009

Must all films for kids be so shoddy, though? The music is appalling.

| Jan 26, 2006