Pinocchio

Name: Pinocchio
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family, Musical
Released: February 23, 1940
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 99
Cast: Charles Judels, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Don Brodie, Frankie Darro

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Movie Details & Credits

RKO Radio Pictures | Release Date: February 23, 1940 | Passed

Starring: Charles Judels, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Don Brodie, Frankie Darro, Marion Darlington, Mel Blanc, Stuart Buchanan, Walter Catlett

Summary: A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.

Director: Ben Sharpsteen and Bill Roberts and Hamilton Luske and Jack Kinney and Norman Ferguson and T. Hee and Wilfred Jackson

Genre(s): Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Family, Musical

Rating: Passed

Runtime: 88 min

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100

Dave Kehr

Perhaps the most perfect of the great Disney animated features-the most expressively animated, the least pretentious, the best balanced between horror and joy, adventure and comedy. Read full review

100

Josh Larsen

The original Scared Straight! Read full review

100

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Along with Dumbo, which immediately followed it, this 1940 classic, the second of the Disney animated features, is probably the best in terms of visual detail and overall imagination as well as narrative sweep. Read full review

100

Steve Daly

Among all of Disney’s endangered-tot stories, including Cinderella and 101 Dalmatians, only Pinocchio plucks the heartstrings with such incomparable resonance. Why? One reason is that this movie consistently sprinkles adorable comedy relief (has there ever been a more endearing sidekick than guardian Jiminy Cricket?) over scenes of malice, dismay, and outright horror. Read full review

100

Frank S. Nugent

It still is the best thing Mr. Disney has done and therefore the best cartoon ever made. Read full review

100

Charles Solomon

Every element in Pinocchio shimmers with the energy of young artists reveling in their newly discovered powers of creation. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Pinocchio, in fact, probably shows Disney's virtues and vices more clearly than any other cartoon. Read full review

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UncleWillard

Mar 12, 2019

Classic Disney at its finest. Not my favorite Disney movie (reserved for Fantasia), but it's a close second. The animation is lush and the story is charming. It's a wild adventure about what it means to be human and be loved. What more could you ask for? I've heard the source material isClassic Disney at its finest. Not my favorite Disney movie (reserved for Fantasia), but it's a close second. The animation is lush and the story is charming. It's a wild adventure about what it means to be human and be loved. What more could you ask for? I've heard the source material is much darker, but I choose this Pinnocchio.… Expand

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sdumers

Oct 10, 2020

Pinocchio remains a pure representation of believing in your dreams “when you wish upon a Star”.