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Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022

Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson

Animation, Voice: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann ...

7.0

12,012

Animation. Fantasy. Musical. Drama A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.

	Media	Author	Review
		Rafael Motamayor IndieWire	"Guillermo del Toro’s best movie in a decade is a stop-motion triumph (...) A classic tale given new life with exquisite craftsmanship and a poignant story of rebellion.
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"An allegory about 'imperfect fathers and imperfect sons' (...) There are a lot of original inventions in del Toro and McHale’s script that are effective, potent and bright"
		Nicholas Barber The Wrap	"Bold, dark and funny reimagining dances to its own tune (...) Brave children (and brave adults) will embrace this gorgeous and sinister stop-motion version that’s far more del Toro than Disney"
		Hannah Shaw-Williams SlashFilm	"Overall, I wouldn't say 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' is a 'dark' movie so much as it is a challenging one — refreshingly so, with knotty, complex questions and real peril. There's a lot for del Toro fans to fall in love with here"
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Impressively distinctive (...) Manages to balance the darkness with sparks of hope, humour and humanity (...)
		Guy Lodge Variety	After Disney's dismal remake earlier this year, there may be little collective appetite for another Pinocchio film, but del Toro's version is eccentric and imaginative enough to make us hungry again.
		Alistair Ryder The Film Stage	"It might be the finest adaptation yet of the Carlo Collodi classic"
		Josh Wise Slant	"Del Toro has forged a striking film. What stays with you, days later, is its wild flashes of invention, all born of painstaking craft and devotion (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Oli Welsh Polygon	"'Pinocchio' is Guillermo del Toro’s most extraordinary movie since 'Pan’s Labyrinth' (...) Fascism and fantasy collide again in this stop-motion animation achievement
		Damon Wise Deadline	"This sophisticated animation fantasy takes a macabre approach that even Collodi might have found a bit much (...) There are perhaps too many surface details and flourishes when what it really needs is a little more charm"
		Rafaela Sales Ross The Playlist	"The loving relationship between creator and creation imbues the film with the type of contagious excitement that brings one back to the joy of the early days of cinemagoing"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"[It] is a handsomely imagined fable: halfway between Disney and the more faithful — and much more surreal — Italian version that came out in 2020 (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"it’s all plenty inventive and heart-conscious, grim without being punishing and, in its openness about impermanence and humility, could spark some significant parent-child exchanges about love"
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"It’s as emotionally disarming as it is visually resplendent (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Olly Richards Time Out	"It’s also incredibly beautiful, not only visually (...) but in the way it subtly reimagines a story that has been told countless times (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Alex Godfrey Empire	"Guillermo del Toro’s perspective runs through every frame of this unique retelling, which isn’t afraid to tackle troubling themes. A sincere, soulful exploration of what it means to be human (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"What the filmmakers have accomplished with 'Pinocchio' in this stop motion version is beyond impressive (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Hanna Ines Flint IGN	"Filled with heart, humor, and historical grounding, it’s a phenomenal feat of animated cinema"
		Steve Davis Austin Chronicle	"The film’s stop-motion animation is amazingly fluid and almost hyperrealistic (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Patrick Cremona Radio Times	"A wondrous adaptation full of charm and darkness (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paul Bradshaw NME	"Forget Disney, Hollywood's maestro of the macabre has made a stop motion masterpiece (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"What ought to be universally appreciated is the film’s lovely construction: its fluid and clever animation, its deft and soulful voice performances"
		Mark Kermode The Guardian	" A superbly strange stop-motion animation (...) Guillermo del Toro has turned the timeless fable into a magical Mussolini-era parable (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"A family film that continues to go through its own existential crisis, like the world we live in today, that is bittersweet, full of heart, and offers something beautifully hopeful (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Forget Disney’s dead-eyed remake – Tilda Swinton and Ewan McGregor excel in this luminous stop-motion version of Collodi’s tale (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonah Nink Chicago Reader	"[It] excels when it adheres tightly to the vision of its director, but staggers when it allows the successes of other animated films to puppet its decisions"
		Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"Disney’s perfectly fine movie 'Strange World' that’s currently in theaters also confronts the complexity of father-son relationships, but 'Pinocchio' does it with deeper feeling and with real guts (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"Despite its beauty, several of those narrative touches don’t fully work, leaving behind a movie that’s aesthetically lovely but narratively uneven"
		Jordan Hoffman TV Guide	"[It] wins points for being just different enough compared to typical family-friendly fare"
		Mel Valentin Screen Anarchy	"Stunningly realized stop-motion animation (...) The work of an auteur working with the best available talent to turn his decades-long dream of making a stop-motion adaptation of 'Pinocchio'"
		JIMMYO JoBlo	"It’s a moving story that balances humor, heart, and music (...) All the voice actors are perfectly cast, and the songs are sincere and deliberately old-fashioned"
		Alexander Harrison Screen Rant	"It is a lovely piece of work from one of cinema's pre-eminent artists, and that is always something to be thankful for (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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