Synopsis
In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.
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Cast
- Federico IelapiPinocchio
- Roberto BenigniMister Geppetto
- Marine VacthFata Turchina
- Gigi ProiettiMangiafuoco
- Massimo CeccheriniVolpe
- Rocco PapaleoGatto
- Alessio Di DomenicantonioLucignolo
- Marcello FontePappagallo
- Davide MarottaGrillo Parlante
- Paolo GraziosiMastro Ciliegia
Recommendations
- 80
The Guardian
Pinocchio is a thoroughly bizarre story; Garrone makes of it a weirdly satisfying spectacle. - 80
The Observer (UK)
The source material is a neat fit for the Italian film-maker, who traversed similarly episodic fairytale terrain with 2015’s Tale of Tales. It’s also a critique of society that feels timeless or, rather, timely – and not just for Garrone. - 75
Slant Magazine
Matteo Garrone’s adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s story trembles with corporeal strangeness and unpredictability. - 75
The Associated Press
It has the makings of a stealth classic. - 70
ABC News
Get our your handkerchiefs for this live-action take from Italy on the Disney animated classic, starring Oscar winner Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, the woodcutter who builds a puppet to replace the son he never had. - 63
Washington Post
Fairy tales have always held the threat of darkness as punishment for misbehavior, and this Pinocchio is no exception. - 60
CineVue
There’s little here to surprise anyone with a passing familiarity with the story, and its creepiest elements sometimes feel neutered. It may be heresy, but the body-horror of the Land of Toys and sublime terror of the whale were imagined far more viscerally in the Disney version. - 60
Los Angeles Times
For all its flaws and missteps (more nose growing antics, please), the movie gets under your skin and holds interest, if only to find out not if, but how Pinocchio will reunite with his devoted Babbo (dad) and what the future might have in store for Geppetto’s lovingly crafted creation.
