Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jan 29, 2022 3/5

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

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Rebecca Long Observer Aug 9, 2021

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

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Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) Sep 15, 2020

Charming underrated Disney live action musical

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Derek Malcolm Guardian Feb 11, 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.

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Dilys Powell Sunday Times (UK) Feb 11, 2020

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

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Karen Han Polygon Dec 22, 2018

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

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Dustin Putman TheBluFile.com Aug 14, 2014 2/4

[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.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Apr 3, 2012 B-

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.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Dec 15, 2010 7/10

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

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Oct 1, 2010 4/5

Delightful Disney charmer may be too long for youngest.

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Richard Luck Film4 Nov 3, 2009 4/5

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

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Ian Nathan Empire Magazine Nov 3, 2009 3/5

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

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Dave Kehr Chicago Reader 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.

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Jay Cocks TIME Magazine 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.

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Ryan Cracknell Movie Views Sep 27, 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.

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Betty Jo Tucker ReelTalk Movie Reviews Sep 7, 2009

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

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James Plath Movie Metropolis Sep 5, 2009 6/10

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

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Variety Staff Variety Mar 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.

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Pete Vonder Haar Film Threat Oct 28, 2005 3/5

If Jessica Fletcher was a witch all along, you think she could've kept Cabot Cove a little safer

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Vincent Canby New York Times May 9, 2005 2.5/5

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.

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