Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Netflix | Release Date: November 9, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
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Generally favorable reviews based on 49 Critic Reviews
Positive:
43
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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60
CNNBrian LowryDec 9, 2022
Despite its beauty, several of those narrative touches don’t fully work, leaving behind a movie that’s aesthetically lovely but narratively uneven. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Radheyan SimonpillaiDec 8, 2022
The movie bites off way too much. It lumbers inelegantly between confrontations with grief and fascism. The performed seriousness of it all stifles most attempts at having fun, which makes this an even harder prospect for young audiences. Read full review
60
The New YorkerAnthony LaneDec 5, 2022
To be honest, del Toro has thrown too much into the mix. For no compelling reason, for instance, and to unresounding effect, the movie also happens to be a musical. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 29, 2022
It certainly has its moments of poignancy and sadness and McGregor’s droll tones as the longsuffering cricket provide some grace notes of fun.
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New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottDec 5, 2022
To be fair, del Toro’s “Pinocchio” does, indeed, get a lot of things right. It’s got a nice sense of humor, for example. It is ambitious. It has heart. Where it falters, however, is in its near-total absence of charm. Read full review
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The New York TimesManohla DargisDec 9, 2022
It’s evident that the filmmakers wanted to create a different, tougher and putatively more serious Pinocchio than the Disney version that has been lodged in the popular imagination for decades. But the movie’s decontextualized and disturbingly ill-considered use of Fascism is reductive and finally grotesque. Read full review
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