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Occupies a peculiar limbo between the sensibility of a children’s movie and a more unsettling adult take.
Full reviewMatteo Garrone, two-time BAFTA-nominated director of Dogman and Gomorra, helms this live-action take on the beloved fairytale of the walking-n-talking wooden child who dreams of being a real boy. Roberto Benigni stars as Geppetto.
Occupies a peculiar limbo between the sensibility of a children’s movie and a more unsettling adult take.
Full reviewA visual feast of candy-coloured circuses and breath-taking practical effects...
Full reviewGarrone’s take on the iconic children’s story is... grounded in a tough and unjust world.
Full reviewBrings genuine emotion to one of the most ambitious film adaptations to date of Carlo Collodi's 1883 kid classic.
Full reviewA child-friendly movie with its fair share of enchantment but curiously lacking in memorable highlights.
Full reviewIn thrall to goodness and kindness, with beautiful creature creations and eccentric humour.
Full reviewGarrone renders the picaresque antics in picturesque tableaux full of elaborate set-dressing and costumery, and delivers a moving denouement.
Full reviewMoving, tender and sumptuous, but bears a sticky queasiness that some may find unbearable.
Full reviewThe salty-sweet taste Garrone confects will perhaps be a little rich for some and the sentimental streak is certainly there. Pinocchio is a thoroughly bizarre story; Garrone makes of it a weirdly satisfying spectacle.
Full reviewPinocchio (2019) is available to stream in Australia now on Stan and Google Play and Apple TV and Binge.
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