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Summary Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi's classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in hi...
Directed By: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
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Summary Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi's classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in hi...
Directed By: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 49 Critic Reviews
79
88% Positive
43 Reviews
43 Reviews
12% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 49 Critic Reviews
79
88% Positive
43 Reviews
43 Reviews
12% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Dec 22, 2022
Though it may not be as iconic as the 1940s version, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is still astounding. Every character is fleshed out and filled with eccentricities lacking in prior versions. Themes of empathy, fascism, dealing with death, and learning to live again run deep within this masterpiece. And for all the complexities, the film is just plain enjoyable.
A film which doesn’t sugar-coat the ache of bereavement, the futility of war or the manifold failures of mankind, but which manages to balance the darkness with sparks of hope, humour and humanity.
User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 318 User Ratings
8.1
87% Positive
276 Ratings
276 Ratings
9% Mixed
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
4% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 318 User Ratings
8.1
87% Positive
276 Ratings
276 Ratings
9% Mixed
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
4% Negative
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
Nov 25, 2025
If you loved Disney's 1940 Pinocchio, you will probably not like this one, as this is actually more faithful to the spirit of the original story. The plot will differ, the setting is not the same, but the essence of Collodi's charachter is portrayed masterfully by Del Toro. Possibly the best adaptation of Collodi's novel.
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Nov 3, 2025
This movie is perfect. I cannot recommend enough and upon second watch I loved this movie even more!
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I feel tempted to say there’s a leaner, stronger film inside this that could have been coaxed out, but in the light of the film’s message about accepting people as they are, maybe we shouldn’t be shaming this film either. It is what it is, and that’s perfectly imperfect.
The film is marked by wild flashes of invention, all born of painstaking craft and devotion.
Unfolding over a faintly indulgent but never dull two hours, this is a rare children’s entertainment that isn’t afraid to perplex kids as much as it enchants them, down to a coda that prompts a certain level of junior existential contemplation (not to mention a mournful tear or two).
Dec 9, 2022
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is clearly not aimed solely at kids, but rather is banking on the fact that adults, too, will be drawn to the striking visuals and mature themes at play.
Dec 9, 2022
It’s evident that the filmmakers wanted to create a different, tougher and putatively more serious Pinocchio than the Disney version that has been lodged in the popular imagination for decades. But the movie’s decontextualized and disturbingly ill-considered use of Fascism is reductive and finally grotesque.
Oct 30, 2023
I have to say how interesting it is that there are 2 Pinocchio movies that I watched this year. I liked Del Toro's touches. It was a good movie. I say that one day I expect a much darker adaptation and keep silent.
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Dec 13, 2022
admirable
[ ad-mer-uh-buhl ] adjective
worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
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Dec 31, 2022
(Mauro Lanari)
Why is del Toro obsessed with the traumatic effect that historical totalitarianisms have had on childhood? I stress: historical totalitarianisms and not current ones. Who cares? Why is he so incapable of broadening his discourse as Don Milani in "L'obbedienza non è più una virtù" ("Obedience is no longer a virtue", 1965)? Why, to condemn blind and uncritical puppet-like obedience, does he parasitize Collodi instead of inventing an original story of his own? Does he exploit the brand? "A woody film" (Valerio Sammarco). "I cannot pontificate about it, but by the time I'm done, I will have done one movie, and it's all the movies I want. 'Hellboy' is as personal to me as 'Pan's Labyrinth'. They're tonally different, and yes, of course you can like one more than the other—the other one may seem banal or whatever it is that you don't like. But it really is part of the same movie. You make one movie. Hitchcock did one movie, all his life" (del Toro, "Twitch Film", January 15, 2013). The problem is all here: I'm used to authors, artists, scholars who follow an intellectual journey and publish only if and when they have something new or different to say. I don't waste time hearing always the same thing, albeit perhaps in changed and modified forms or styles.
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Annie Awards
• 5 Wins & 9 Nominations
