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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Love will give you life.
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.
- Original title
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Revenue
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Crazypiglady
Jun 2, 2023 · via TMDB
More true to the original vibe of the story than the Disney version but the parallels of the Italian fascists could have had more of an impact. The family tragedy did have an impact though which was very moving. The idea of 'Love will give you life' is great but as we all know, isn't true which hindered any inspiration. It would be great if there were good and (fairly) evil spirits (and if there were I'd like mine played by Tilda Swinton please) but there aren't - that shouldn't take away from the story but it doesn't work as a life lesson. The darkness was great but needed more fascism (not a phrase I use that often!) I liked the film but it seemed to evade all age groups; too scary for under 12s, too slow for 12 - 15, not gripping enough for 15-18 and not enough parallelling with the rise of fascism or Tilda Swinton for over 40s. Lovely score, lovely stop motion which we don't see enough of nowadays. Lots of potential not quite reached in terms of Ewan McGregor and plot. Cutting room floor: inside the whale and (unless you're going to do it as a main theme), the fascist element. Lovely score, lovely animation.
badelf
Apr 10, 2023 · via TMDB
I'm not sure why everyone compares this to Disney's version. They both stole the main characters from Carlo Collodi's 19th century book. My father used to read it to me. Sure, Guillermo took a much bigger artistic license than Disney. So what? What modern director even attempted to be completely faithful to a book except Peter Jackson? That said, there quite a few logic holes in Guillermo del Toro's version that took me right out of suspended disbelief. Takes it out of Oscar territory for me, but I don't vote LOL. Aside from that, the artistic effort was superb.
r96sk
Jan 2, 2023 · via TMDB
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 indeed. As for everything else? Nothing leaps out of my mind if I'm honest, even within 30mins of watching it. I personally found the design of the titular character to be 'just' OK, same goes for Sebastian J. Cricket & Co. I did like the casting of Ewan McGregor and David Bradley, particularly the latter. Christoph Waltz, meanwhile, is alright in his role. The more serious vibe of the film is a positive, though I don't think it comes across as deep as it intended (e.g. that last line from Cricket isn't, in my opinion, as effective as the film seems to think it is). As for the music: fine but forgettable, for me. Again, it's passable. I just unfortunately didn't overly care as much as I wanted to for this story and its characters. The 1940 film did it slightly better, fwiw.
Dark Jedi
Dec 21, 2022 · via TMDB
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 the movies I watched as a kid and which is quite dear to me. A movie from the time when the name Disney actually meant something and when they made actual family movies instead of woke crud for the small but loud-mouthed and fanatical minority. Needless to say I have not even contemplated to watch Disney’s latest remake of the original. But then, Guillermo del Toro movies I often like and, well, the kids (who are also very anti-woke) wanted to watch it so I did not have much choice but to watch it. I do indeed have some reservations about the theme used in the movie but overall it was a good movie. The movie is more geared towards adults or at least young adults than Disney’s original. It is much more dark and less humorous. But then, with Guillermo del Toro at the helm that is not really a surprise is it? Since I did not know anything about this movie until I started to watch it I sat through the entire movie wondering if it was done with stop-motion figures or CGI made to look like stop-motion. It turnes out that it is indeed stop-motion and damned impressive stop-motion at that. Really well done. The story, which has little to do with the original Disney one to be honest, is not bad but here we come to my main gripe with the movie. I did not really like the setting in fascist Italy with a lot of the movie preaching about fascism. It is really beating a dead horse and it made the movie darker than it had to be. I know Pinocchio is an Italian story so they could not really have set it in communist Russia, even though that would have been much more relevant if they really wanted to have some background bad guys. Still, I just wished they would have found some other theme. The ending is also nothing like the original Disney movie. It is not entirely a tragic ending but it is certainly not an overly happy one either. It is a good ending but, again, more an adult ending than a children’s story ending. Overall though, I liked the movie. It was a good movie and an intelligent and technically very well done adaptation of the Pinocchio story.
Chris Sawin
Dec 14, 2022 · via TMDB
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 alter enjoyable story elements that are surely missed. _Pinocchio_ is absolutely a contender for this year’s best-animated film, but it is a film that I hoped to adore and yet only deeply appreciate. **Full review:** https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/12/12/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-review-familiar-fantasy-branches-into-wondrous-stop-motion-and-the-horrors-of-war/
Manuel São Bento
Dec 7, 2022 · via TMDB
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, emotional, and thematically profound than so many other adaptations. Unforgettable dialogues about loss, love, and being the best version of ourselves elevate an adventure of self-discovery. The voice cast couldn't have been better, while the (new) music manages to be both playful and lyrically rich. Guillermo del Toro simply cannot fail." Rating: B+
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Ewan McGregor
Cricket (voice)
David Bradley
Geppetto (voice)
Gregory Mann
Pinocchio / Carlo (voice)
Burn Gorman
Priest (voice)
Ron Perlman
Podesta (voice)
John Turturro
Dottore (voice)
Finn Wolfhard
Candlewick (voice)
Cate Blanchett
Spazzatura (voice)
Tim Blake Nelson
Black Rabbits (voice)
Christoph Waltz
Count Volpe (voice)
Tilda Swinton
Wood Sprite / Death (voice)
Tom Kenny
Mussolini / Right Hand Man / Sea Captain (voice)
Alfie Tempest
Carlo / Pinocchio Additional Voices (voice)
Anthea Greco
Podesta's Wife / Twin Daughter 1 / Parishioner Woman (voice)
Francesca Fanti
Twin Daughter 2 / Old Woman / Street Sweep (voice)
Rio Mangini
Milliner / Soldier / Carnival Worker (voice)
Benjamin Valic
Confident Boy / Laughing Boy (voice)
Sky Alexis
Young Girl (voice)
Ariana Molkara
Older Girl (voice)
Peter Arpesella
Carnival Worker (voice)
Anthony Stacchi
Additional Storyboarding
Karla Castañeda
Art Designer
Karla Castañeda
Production Design
Samantha Levine
Set Decoration
Frank Passingham
Director of Photography
Alexandre Desplat
Executive Music Producer
Luis Téllez Ibarra
Supervising Animator
Guillermo del Toro
Director
Mark Gustafson
Director
Ken Schretzmann
Editor
Mary Hidalgo
Casting
Mary Hidalgo
Casting Director
Melanie Coombs
Co-Producer
Guillermo del Toro
Producer
Lisa Henson
Producer
Walt Perez
Production Assistant
Melanie Coombs
Production Supervisor
Steven Gizicki
Music Supervisor
Alexandre Desplat
Original Music Composer
Alexandre Desplat
Songs
Scott Martin Gershin
Sound Supervisor
Cameron Baity
Animation
Brian Leif Hansen
Animation Supervisor
Antony Elworthy
Lead Animator
Kristien Vanden Bussche
Lead Animator
Anthony Scott
Senior Animator
Cesar Diaz Melendez
Senior Animator
Kim Keukeleire
Senior Animator
Luis Téllez Ibarra
Senior Animator
Matias Liebrecht
Senior Animator
Tim Allen
Senior Animator
Carlo Collodi
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Guillermo del Toro
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Patrick McHale
Lyricist
Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay
Patrick McHale
Screenplay
Guillermo del Toro
Screenstory
Matthew Robbins
Screenstory
Graham Annable
Story Artist
Keely Propp
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