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Positive Reviews
42
Negative reviews
2
Average Rating
4.3
/5
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1.5
Sadly, watching it is like watching someone try to sculpt a masterpiece out of Silly Putty.
Av Club
5.0
The movie is genuinely exciting and romantic, great to look at, and timeless.
Rogerebert
4.5
This isnt a movie that demands prolonged mythological explanations for the magic at hand.)
Indie Wire
4.5
Pinocchio is a substantial piece of entertainment for young and old.
Variety
1.5
Then theres McGregor himself who, as fans of films like Christopher Robin and Trainspotting know already, has quite a graveling and mature voice.
We Got This Covered
4.5
The beloved tale of a wooden puppet longing to be human and his epic journey to fulfill that wish, Pinocchios saga imparts all the key wisdoms to indo ..
Austin Chronicle
4.5
Probably shows Disneys virtues and vices more clearly than any other cartoon.
Time Out
4.4
A wolf whistling cricket conscience.Snappy dressing predators looking for a fast buck at the expense of talented stage brats.
4.0
Prod co: Melampo Cinematografica; Medusa & Mario, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Miramax Films.
Screen Daily
4.5
The second is the familiar one facing any film pitched at primary school kids thats not an animation.
Screen Daily
5.0
The brush artistry of Pinocchio is superb, with many passages of enthralling beauty.
The Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Instead, theres a lot of grime, struggle and despair, and a much grittier story.
Telegraph
5.0
Not up there with the very top echelon of Disney classics, but Pinocchio will still work its magic on younger viewers.
5.0
Technically, Disneys latest production is far superior to anything he has ever done.
Ny Daily News
3.0
Can be enjoyed by both the young and old for its fine detailed craftsmanship and pleasing fairytale story.
Sover
5.0
A marvel and a joy to behold, its the real thing. Its the stuff that dreams and nightmares are made of.
Tv Guide
5.0
Its still amazing to watch the sheer delight in movement and the sheer joy in decorating the frame with colors and shapes.
Combust Ible Celluloid
5.0
Review Our Score by Tony Sloman Some films you think you know well, until you revisit them, and are struck all over again by that sense of wonder that ..
Radio Times
5.0
Of course, part of the films pleasure is its visual appeal, having been brought to life with some of the most beautiful animation ever committed to fi ..
Q Network
5.0
Overflowing with charm, this timeless classic childrens tale about the little wooden puppet boy who dreams of becoming a real boy is as delightful tod ..
5.0
The charm, humor and loving care with which it treats its inanimate characters puts it in a class by itself.
Time
4.0
Three year task Horror fiends Bloody Disgusting talked to del Toro and squeezed out the detail that the movie will take about three years to make, whi ..
Total Film
4.5
Three year task Horror fiends Bloody Disgusting talked to del Toro and squeezed out the detail that the movie will take about three years to make, whi ..
Total Film
5.0
But adaptation is its own art, here requiring seven screenwriters for seven directors.
Groucho Reviews
5.0
PINOCCHIO (88 minutes) G This 1940 Disney adaptation of Carlo Collodis novel about a puppet yearning to be a real boy is one of the great animated fil ..
The Age
4.5
Stunning artistry and catchy tunes compliment the sublime character designs, each receiving so much humanity that its easy to forget that theyre merel ..
5.0
If Westbrook Pegler could write (as he did write in January, 1938) that Walt Disneys Snow White was the happiest event since the armistice, we can rep ..
Ny Times
5.0
One of the crown jewels of American cinema, and arguably the most beautiful animated movie in history.
Antagony & Ecstasy
5.0
Pinocchio, the greatest, most terrifying film in the Walt Disney Animation Studios canon, celebrates its 75th anniversary this week, so let us now mar ..
Movie Mezzanine
4.5
A witty, touching, beautifully composed fable with strong biblical undertones.
Film 4
5.0
The animation itself is refined to the point of virtual perfection.
La Times
3.0
In spirit a classical European fairy tale, full of wonder and terror a pinnacle of artistic achievement that, after Bambi, classic Disney would never ..
Decent Films
4.5
The moral lessons include a literalization of metaphors about lying and other forms of misbehaving, and the grasp of a little boys emotions and behavi ..
Chicago Reader
4.5
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs may have proven that Walt Disney could make a feature length animated film, but it was Pinocchio that showed the mediu ..
Mac Guff
5.0
Important Disney movies like this dont need villains to cause the darkness.
Cinema Phile
4.5
Walt Disney and his small army of adaptors, animators, and lyric and music writers made the characters of a famous story so captivating and enchanting ..
OutWeek
4.4
There is certainly flesh to spare, but Biller isnt letting the audience off the hook here.
From the Front Row
4.0
Sure, it wears these themes right on its sleeves, but its a film for kids, so you cant expect them to be planted very deeply into the narrative.
The Blus Pot
3.0
Its kind of funny that the Blue Fairy doesnt help them any more but I guess Pinocchio wouldnt have learned to be brave.
rachelsreviews.net
4.5
The animation is, of course, superb, finely detailed and masterful in execution the Monstro whale sequence a standout.
Los Angeles Free Press
3.0
The brilliantly beautiful Technicolor film, regarded as the most technically proficient of Disneys films, had remarkably detailed images for its serio ..
Film Site
4.5
In just the companys second venture into cartoon features, theres a playful and experimental feel to it, like one of exploration.
Movie Views
3.0
Some of the animationlike the hot coals from the hearthstill seems rudimentary, but for the most part Pinocchio is Golden Age Disney at its best.
Family Home Theater
4.5
Pinocchio is above all a cautionary story of the dangers that lurk beyond the comforting arms of the family.
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