Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio review: Is the new Netflix movie worth a watch?
A long-gestating passion project for the director, this new take onyou know. Along with award-winning stop-motion animator Mark Gustafson, del Toro has delved back into Carlo Collodi's 1883 novelStructurally, this version does hit the beats you'd expect as woodcarver Geppetto creates the titular wooden boy , who then learns what it means to be alive with the guidance of a talking cricket .
But by setting it in 1930s Italy against the backdrop of fascism , this is a richer and more emotional version of the oft-told story.out from the others: it's been brought to life in stop-motion animation. Even if you still end up feeling that the story is too familiar, you'll be able to appreciate the craftmanship and spectacular design of the world.
Inspired by Gris Grimly's designs in the 2002 edition of Collodi's novel, our favourite wooden boy has never actually looked so rough, carved by Geppetto in a drunken rage at the loss of his son. In a striking design, Pinocchio is missing an ear, has nails sticking out of him and when his nose grows, unwieldy branches grow out of it.
You won't be able to miss del Toro's fingerprints all over the visuals either, to the extent that even if you didn't know he was involved, you'd know anyway. The strongest new element sees Pinocchio go to a kind of limbo whenever he dies, occupied by Death , a majestic and dark fantastical creature that could not be more del Toro.Pan's Labyrinthwhich Pinocchio forms an unofficial trilogy with.
What will end up surprising you most about the movie though is just how much it affects you. For the most part, you'll fool yourself into thinking that everything is brilliantly done yet not fully involving, until a thoughtful coda that crushes your heart and redefinesIt's an affecting finale that'll leave you weeping into the credits and ensureshas both substance and style. Pinocchio might not be a real boy, but there's nothing wooden about this adaptation.
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