2022 · animation · drama
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Directed by Mark Gustafson, Guillermo del Toro1h 57m2022
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
Our read: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive animation · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured animation / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- inventive
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“You want handcrafted stop-motion myth that treats mortality, war, and fatherhood seriously.”
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