Pinocchio

Pinocchio (2002)

  • 0% of critics liked it
    (55 reviews)

  • 36% of users liked it
    (8,592 ratings)

Academy Award-winner Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio. In his usual fashion, Benigni directs and stars, this time as the little puppet boy made out of wood. The familiar story begins as a log of pinewood falls out… More

G, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By
Roberto Benigni
Written By
Roberto Benigni
Genres
Kids & Family, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Jul 15, 2003
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    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, San Francisco Chronicle

    What can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log?

  • Mark Peranson, Village Voice

    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.

  • Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

    I can't say this enough: This movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies.

  • Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

    Instead of hiding Pinocchio from critics, Miramax should have hidden it from everyone.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lucas M


    Criative, strong and the best Pinocchio film that I ver saw.

  • Lafe F


    Gosh, what a piece of pretentious guffaw-inducing celluloid. Benigni doesn't fit the Pinocchio role well. He's not cute or funny - he's a bit of a buffoon. There's no magic here; move along!

  • MJS M


    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… More

  • Sunil J


    Ew. This movie sucked in Italian and the dubbing on the English version was horrible!

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