Pinocchio (2002)

In Pinocchio, Pinocchio(played by Roberto Beningi) is made by Geppetto but Pinocchio's curiousness leads him to problems that are later solved by the blue fairy, played by Nicoletta Braschi. Throughout the movie, Pinocchio encounters so many problems that makes the viewer wonder if he will ever become good. The plot is focused throughout the whole movie but some things don't make sense, just like the book.Nicoletta Braschi does a great job at portraying the blue fairy. Her voice emphasized her compassion and unconditional love for Pinocchio throughout the whole film. The fairies costume looks great but the ones that the cat and fox wear look weird and make them look awkward and then there voices get rather annoying after laughing the first time they are seen.The music played whenever the Fairy appears, makes the viewer seem calm and relieved that the fairy finally appeared to help Pinocchio. Pinocchio becomes quite annoying by the end of the film, due to him always seeing to become good. Benigni does a weird but good job at portraying a boy.Overall, the film does a great job at showing how Carlo Collodi's "Pinocchio" would've looked like if it was made into a movie.

Film is no stranger to having a multitude of adaptations based on popular literature and Pinocchio is no exception. So lets begin by understanding that Pinocchio is played by an obnoxious 50 year old man and has the inability to shut his mouth for even one second. Ones hopes for a "so bad its good" experience is quickly slapped across the face after the first 5 minutes once you realize that this "character" is going to be stuck with us for next 2 odd hours or so. In all seriousness however, this film is an endurance round. No movie I have ever seen has made me want to burn down an orphanage and perform a lobotomy on my own self so that neither myself or the orphans will ever have to suffer through the atrocity I have just witnessed. Its films like these that back up the argument made by idiots who have never seen a film before that film is not art and just another medium for humanity to blindly indulge in.Now lets actually talk about what is in the movie shall we? Once again this film casts a 50 year old man as Pinocchio. This is also the most energetic man in existence as he leaps on tables and runs around shouting about every bloody thing he sees. The film proceeds to have Pinocchio run around doing what all middle aged puppets do: causing mischief. Then the movie just seems to go on and on. One moments he is running around like man who has escaped from the mental ward, to becoming somebody's literal guard dog and saying bow wow (I am not even fricking joking), all the way to turning into disturbing looking donkey furry with ears longer than Mark Wahlberg's schlong in Boogie Nights. He eventually turns into a "boy", even though you would have nails in your eyes not to see that he is clearly a 50 year old man on cocaine. We then get to see a glorious shot of his puppet self sitting on a chair that looks more baked than a potato as Pinocchio and his chubby father gaze at it, which was the only funny part of the whole movie. When the movie FINALLY ended I was left wondering if I should jump off the balcony of my house or hang myself from it. But instead I grabbed it and put it in my film collection and realized I had tainted my film collection for eternity and that 2 hours of my life have literally been stolen from me...Overall this movie is awful as you may have already guessed, but the only reason I have not given a 1/10 is the decent art direction and decent cinematography (neither of which should ever save a movie). This movie has left me realizing how good I had it with the 'Twilight' "films" and The Green Lantern. So do yourself a favor and watch a better 2 hour film like Seven or something.

Although far from a great film, this is certainly not the worst thing I've ever seen. I saw without prejudice and enjoyed it although I did find it full of oddities. I was very surprised when I looked it up afterwards and saw all the hate being spewed out, which is why I felt I should write this review. Sure it has some curious ideas such as: The boy Pinocchio played by a 50 year old man. Actually once you get over his age, he puts in a playful joyful performance which reminded me of Danny Kaye at times.Bad dubbing. Not much can be said in defence of this, but the voices used, such as John Cleese and Glen Close are appropriate in themselves, it is just the bad syncing that is annoying.Some rather cheap-looking special effects. This could certainly have been better but it is sad that people can no longer use their imaginations.As said, these detract from an honest attempt to remake the children's classic. But why the hate? As many have said, I think that this is a much less sentimentalised version of the Disney, closer to the original story and some have taken against it.All in all, children of all ages will enjoy this film and probably learn some valuable life lessons from it. See for yourself and make u your own mind.

It stays much closer to the book than the Disney movie, but it doesn't capture the magic of either. The Disney movie's story was different from the book, but it stood as its own version of the story. That version was classic. This film fails to capture any of the charm of the book or movie. All charm and magic is replaced by annoyance, and stupidity. The dubbing is the worst I have ever seen, and the voice actors of the dubbing do a horrendous job. The children are played by adults, and it feels so strange and awkward. I like strange things, but this the kind of strange that makes you scratch your head. The feel is all wrong. If your a big fan of the Disney film like me you will feel hurt watching this movie.0 stars out of 4