Pinocchio

Name: Pinocchio
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1971-01-01
Rating: 4.7

It's not his nose that grows!

ComedyFantasy1h 19m

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34%

Popcornmeter

4.7

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Storyline

A bawdy burlesque version of the famous fairy tale, Geppeta is a frustrated and nubile young virgin. She carves Pinocchio as a gorgeous young hunk. Geppeta's fairy godmother magically transforms the young stud into a living man, who is quickly brought to work in the local whorehouse as a prize stud and exhibitionist.

Details

DirectorCorey Allen

ReleasedJan 1, 1971

StatusReleased

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

0 fresh · 6 rotten

Critics consensus

“Roberto Benigni misfires wildly with this adaptation of Pinocchio, and the result is an unfunny, poorly-made, creepy vanity project.”

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

RTChicago ReaderJan 5, 2007

The recut American version is truly awful, but a good 75 percent of the awfulness is attributable to Miramax, the film's distributor.

Edward Guthmann

RTSan Francisco ChronicleJan 3, 2003

What can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log?

Mark Peranson

RTVillage VoiceJan 3, 2003

What remains is a variant of the nincompoop Benigni persona, here a more annoying, though less angry version of the irresponsible Sandlerian manchild, undercut by the voice of the star of Road Trip.

Matt Brunson

RTFilm FrenzyDec 18, 2019

Joyless, idiotic, annoying, heavy-handed, visually atrocious, and often downright creepy.