Pinocchio
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: December 25, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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7
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4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Little White LiesLillian CrawfordDec 29, 2021
While its success outside Italy remains to be seen, del Toro and Zemeckis will have to pull a lot of strings to better Garrone. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansAug 19, 2020
The source material is a neat fit for the Italian film-maker, who traversed similarly episodic fairytale terrain with 2015’s Tale of Tales. It’s also a critique of society that feels timeless or, rather, timely – and not just for Garrone. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 14, 2020
Pinocchio is a thoroughly bizarre story; Garrone makes of it a weirdly satisfying spectacle. Read full review
75
The Associated PressLindsey BahrJan 7, 2021
It has the makings of a stealth classic. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDan RubinsDec 21, 2020
Matteo Garrone’s adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s story trembles with corporeal strangeness and unpredictability. Read full review
70
ABC NewsPeter TraversDec 23, 2020
Get our your handkerchiefs for this live-action take from Italy on the Disney animated classic, starring Oscar winner Roberto Benigni as Geppetto, the woodcutter who builds a puppet to replace the son he never had. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanDec 23, 2020
Fairy tales have always held the threat of darkness as punishment for misbehavior, and this Pinocchio is no exception. Read full review
60
The New York TimesGlenn KennyDec 24, 2020
This new cinematic imagining of Carlo Collodi’s classic fantasy tale is alternately enchanting and befuddling. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDec 24, 2020
For all its flaws and missteps (more nose growing antics, please), the movie gets under your skin and holds interest, if only to find out not if, but how Pinocchio will reunite with his devoted Babbo (dad) and what the future might have in store for Geppetto’s lovingly crafted creation. Read full review
60
CineVueChristopher MachellAug 14, 2020
There’s little here to surprise anyone with a passing familiarity with the story, and its creepiest elements sometimes feel neutered. It may be heresy, but the body-horror of the Land of Toys and sublime terror of the whale were imagined far more viscerally in the Disney version. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiDec 24, 2020
There is no cumulative emotional resonance to be had here, just a succession of incidents to navigate. Pinocchio’s ultimate transformation from puppet to human boy lacks much of the transcendence inherent in the parable, and thus the film never moves beyond its wooden machinations. Read full review
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