{"id":3465,"date":"2023-05-23T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3465"},"modified":"2023-03-06T22:11:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T05:11:56","slug":"movie-guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/23\/movie-guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GuillermoGuillermo del Toro\u2019s Pinocchio
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2022
\nRating: PG
\nLength: 117 minutes \/ 1.95 hours<\/p>\n

Disney has dominated the fairy tale adaptation for so long that it\u2019s refreshing to see something like Guillermo del Toro\u2019s Pinocchio<\/em> (2022) take a different approach to the story of Pinocchio<\/em> instead of merely copying the 1940 version. Fittingly enough, using stop-motion for this movie was a great way to be creative as well as align with the whole \u201ctalking wooden puppet\u201d motif. And while the time jump into World War II Italy obviously doesn\u2019t make this a faithful adaptation of the original work, it\u2019s at least grittier than the more colorful animated versions have come to represent.<\/p>\n

I appreciate all the work that goes into stop-motion animated movies. I enjoyed Aardman\u2019s Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit<\/em> (2005) and Laika\u2019s Kubo and the Two Strings<\/em><\/a> (2016), so it\u2019s nice to see other animation companies like ShadowMachine enter the feature-length movie realm with their work. That being said, the human characters felt a bit off in this, sometimes looking more like the puppets from Team America: World Police<\/em> (2004) than characters distinctly different from the titular character who is supposed to be a puppet. Despite this, the animation itself is smooth and has Guillermo del Toro\u2019s distinct visual style.<\/p>\n

Story-wise, this version of Pinocchio<\/em> has some interesting elements that take the idea of a living, sentient puppet to a few logical conclusions. The consideration of Pinocchio\u2019s immortality (or at least tree-like longevity) was a plot point I wasn\u2019t expecting, even if it worked quite well. And while I understand del Toro\u2019s obsession with including fascists as villains in almost every movie he directs, it feels a bit tiring here (probably because of real-life fascists being in the news all the time). Still, in a year that saw three separate Pinocchio<\/em> movies, Guillermo del Toro\u2019s version definitely elevated itself above the rest.<\/p>\n

A visually distinct and uniquely told stop-motion take on Pinocchio<\/em>, I give Guillermo del Toro\u2019s<\/em> Pinocchio<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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