Pinocchio

Name: Pinocchio
Genre: Fantasy, Family, Adventure, TV Movie
Released: 1984-05-14
Rating: 5.2

FantasyFamilyAdventure52m

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Tomatometer

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34%

Popcornmeter

5.2

TMDB

Storyline

A lonely wood-carver named Geppetto wishes for a son one night before going to bed. The Blue Fairy comes while he sleeps and partially grants the wish by turning his latest puppet, Pinocchio, into a living marionette. Pinocchio can himself fulfill Geppetto's wish of a real human son if he can prove himself to be a good soul. However, the road to becoming a real boy seems to never end, since his innocence continuously causes a problem, especially when the Evil Gypsy and his two goons want to exploit him. Not to mention, every time that he misbehaves or lies, his nose grows...

Details

DirectorPeter Medak

ReleasedMay 14, 1984

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.