
Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish for Pinocchio to be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's "conscience" and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.... (Full plot summary below)
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Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish for Pinocchio to be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's "conscience" and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.
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| Entertainment WeeklySteve DalyAmong all of Disney’s endangered-tot stories, including Cinderella and 101 Dalmatians, only Pinocchio plucks the heartstrings with such incomparable resonance. Why? One reason is that this movie consistently sprinkles adorable comedy relief (has there ever been a more endearing sidekick than guardian Jiminy Cricket?) over scenes of malice, dismay, and outright horror. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrPerhaps the most perfect of the great Disney animated features-the most expressively animated, the least pretentious, the best balanced between horror and joy, adventure and comedy. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayFor all its Jiminy Cricket optimism, Pinocchio is a potent illustration of how people can only improve because they’re so lousy to begin with. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is genuinely exciting and romantic, great to look at, and timeless. |
| New York Daily NewsKate CameronWalt Disney has waved his magic wand over Collodi's world-famous fairy story, Pinocchio, and presto! he has changed it into the most enchanting film ever brought to the screen. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseExpertly balances whimsy, adventure, terrifying perils, music, comedy, and warmth on the way to a reassuring worldview of moral order, of virtue rewarded and the bosom embrace of familial figures. [Blu-ray] |
| Movie MezzanineJosh SpiegelPinocchio is the greatest, most terrifying film in the Walt Disney Animation Studios canon. |
| Los Angeles TimesCharles SolomonEvery element in Pinocchio shimmers with the energy of young artists reveling in their newly discovered powers of creation. |
| Empire MagazineAlan MorrisonNot up there with the very top echelon of Disney classics, but Pinocchio will still work its magic on younger viewers. |
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterIt's an exciting and sometimes, for younger kids, scary adventure. |