Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

Cast

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

as Cricket (voice)

David Bradley

David Bradley

as Geppetto (voice)

Gregory Mann

Gregory Mann

as Pinocchio / Carlo (voice)

Burn Gorman

Burn Gorman

as Priest (voice)

Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman

as Podesta (voice)

John Turturro

John Turturro

as Dottore (voice)

Finn Wolfhard

Finn Wolfhard

as Candlewick (voice)

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

as Spazzatura (voice)

Tim Blake Nelson

Tim Blake Nelson

as Black Rabbits (voice)

Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

as Count Volpe (voice)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Set against the rise of Mussolini, this adaptation of the Collodi story draws parallels with the adventures of the eponymous puppet and the fascist's coming to power in Italy. The stop-motion animation is vibrant and simply gorgeous as the old carpenter "Geppetto" lives happily with his young son "C...

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-spoiler-free-review "Pinocchio retells the famous tale of the wooden puppet through visually lovely stop-motion animation, featuring several bold narrative changes that make this remake more human, em...

Chris Sawin

Guillermo del Toro has crafted a darker yet equally emotional version of _Pinocchio_. It is exquisitely and intricately animated with rich textures, gorgeous lighting, and mostly welcome character reinventions. The transition to Fascist Italy fits del Toro’s vision well, but the changes remove and a...

Per Gunnar Jonsson

I didn’t even know that Guillermo del Toro had made an adaptation of Pinocchio until my daughter and oldest son told me they wanted to watch it during our traditional movie evening yesterday. Wow, that was a different take on Pinocchio indeed. Pinocchio, the original, is not surprisingly, one of ...

r96sk

It's good, even if I wouldn't say it's anything better or worse than its Disney animated counterpart - at least it is a marked improvement on that aforementioned company's remake, mind. The big win of <em>'Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio'</em> is the stop-motion animation, which is extremely nice ...

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