Pinocchio2002
Pinocchio (2002)
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Critic 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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Cast
as Pinocchio
as Pinocchio [U.S. Version]
as Blue Fairy
as The Blue Fairy [U.S. Version]
as Lucignolo [U.S. Version]
as Gepetto
as Geppetto [U.S. Version]
as The Talking Cricket
as Mangiafuoco
as Medoro
as Lucignolo
as The Cat
as The Fox
as The Cat [U.S. Version]
as Fire Eater
as The Fire Eater [U.S. Version]
as The Dove [U.S. Version]
as Ring Master
as The Fox [U.S. Version]
as Butter Man
as The Judge
as Man with the Mustache
as Host of the Red Crown
as Pulcinella
as Boy
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Critic Reviews for Pinocchio
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The recut American version is truly awful, but a good 75 percent of the awfulness is attributable to Miramax, the film's distributor.
What can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log?
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.
I can't say this enough: This movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies.
Instead of hiding Pinocchio from critics, Miramax should have hidden it from everyone.
An epic turkey, in a league with this year's Swept Away, that must be seen to be believed.
Audience Reviews for Pinocchio
Criative, strong and the best Pinocchio film that I ver saw.
Super Reviewer
This is not the Disney movie, but rather the 2002 Italian version made by Roberto Benigni. This was savaged in its initial run because of the daft decision to release it in a dubbed version that didn?t even have Benigni doing the voice over. I watched the subtitled version, but this really is still a pretty flawed movie without the dubbing. To the movie?s credit, the production design is quite good and as a whole this is a good visual movie. The story is meant to be a lot closer to the original book, which means there are a lot of, shall we say eccentric, bits of fairy tale silliness throughout. There was something good to be salvaged here but what scuttles the movie is the decision to cast Benigni, a fifty year old man, in the title role; there?s just something creepy about that. It also doesn?t help the Benigni does nothing to make it look like he?s made of wood.
Super Reviewer
Ew. This movie sucked in Italian and the dubbing on the English version was horrible!
Super Reviewer
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