I can't say this enough: This movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies.
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01/03/03
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Pinocchio (2002)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:0
Rotten:53
Average Rating:2.4/10
Consensus: Roberto Benigni misfires wildly with this adaptation of Pinocchio, and the result is an unfunny, poorly-made, creepy vanity project.
Theatrical Release:Dec 25, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $3,627,416
Synopsis: Roberto Benigni (LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL) brings Carlo Collodi's classic children's story to life in this big budget live-action adaptation. Gepetto (Carlo Guiffre), a humble toy maker, fashions a... [More]
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Carlo Guiffre, Nicoletta Braschi, Breckin Meyer
Director: Roberto Benigni
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Reviews for Pinocchio
Top CriticInstead of hiding Pinocchio from critics, Miramax should have hidden it from everyone.
01/03/03
An epic turkey, in a league with this year's Swept Away, that must be seen to be believed.
01/03/03
Top CriticWhile Benigni (who stars and co-wrote) seems to be having a wonderful time, he might be alone in that.
01/03/03
Top CriticThough boasting sumptuous production design, this redundantly plotted vanity project sadly lacks magic or charm.
01/03/03
The so-inept- it's-surreal dubbing (featuring the voices of Glenn Close, Regis Philbin and Breckin Meyer) brings back memories of cheesy old Godzilla flicks.
01/03/03
Audiences can be expected to suspend their disbelief only so far -- and that does not include the 5 o'clock shadow on the tall wooden kid as he skips off to school.
01/03/03
Even Pinocchio himself would pan this flick.
01/03/03
Would Benigni's Italian Pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster?
01/03/03
Top CriticWith Danilo Donati's witty designs and Dante Spinotti's luscious cinematography, this might have made a decent children's movie -- if only Benigni hadn't insisted on casting himself in the title role.
01/02/03
The art direction is often exquisite, and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design, leaving one to hope that the eventual DVD release will offer subtitles and the original Italian-language soundtrack.
12/31/02
What makes the dub particularly egregious is the fact that Italy has entered Pinocchio as its contender for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and we don't get to hear that foreign language.
12/30/02
At times, the movie looks genuinely pretty. Your nightmares, on the other hand, will be anything but. Not even Felinni would know what to make of this Italian freakshow.
12/30/02
I can easily imagine Benigni's Pinocchio becoming a Christmas perennial. Coal isn't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children's stockings.
12/29/02
Absolutely (and unintentionally) terrifying.
12/29/02
Something must have been lost in the translation.
12/28/02
In the spirit of the season, I assign one bright shining star to Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio -- but I guarantee that no wise men will be following after it.
12/27/02
Top CriticUtterly lacking in charm, wit and invention, Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio is an astonishingly bad film.
12/27/02
Best described as slipshod, annoying and quite simply, shockingly bad.
12/27/02
The only way this Pinocchio can have a fairy-tale ending is if you leave in time to get your money back; then you might live happily ever after.
12/27/02
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