Pinocchio

1940

Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Horror / Musical

101
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 64 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 170912 170.9K

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Plot summary

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.

Director

Wilfred Jackson Photo
Wilfred Jackson

Top cast

Candy Candido Photo
Candy Candido as Puppets
Evelyn Venable Photo
Evelyn Venable as The Blue Fairy
Frankie Darro Photo
Frankie Darro as Lampwick
Mae Questel Photo
Mae Questel as Puppets
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
700.89 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 40
1.62 GB
1452*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 88

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Prince-P 7 / 10

To Wish Upon a Star

The Italian novelist Carlo Collodi wrote "The Adventures of Pinocchio" back in 1881. But Collodi's wooden puppet was quite different from the brave young kid we know today. In the book, Pinocchio is a selfish, ill-mannered petty criminal. When his external conscience - a moralizing little cricket - tries to point this out, he is squashed with a mallet. And Pinocchio himself ends up being hanged from a tree. Not exactly material for a typical Disney film, in other words.Fortunately, Walt Disney thought differently. In 1936 he bought the rights to the story with a view to making his second cartoon feature. Disney then assigned his team of writers to transform Pinocchio into a likable and well-intentioned character. But that turned out to be easier said than done. As a puppet brought to life, Pinocchio remained wooden and expressionless. And the talking cricket - now named Jiminy - was still an unattractive little bug.Walt Disney was utterly dissatisfied. So, in the middle of 1938 he stopped the whole project. Six months of work was discarded and the animation team re-focused on making the leading characters more engaging. Twelve guys now dealt exclusively with Pinocchio himself and they worked for eighteen months to give him a more "rounded" human quality. Another group took on little Jiminy Cricket. The result was a diminutive, deeply charming creature who would croon the newly written theme song "When You Wish upon a Star".In the end, perfectionist Walt Disney threw out more than 2,300 feet of footage (700 meters) because the content didn't live up to his great expectations. But despite all those efforts, the movie was something of a financial disappointment. The outbreak of World War II, just months before the film had its world premiere, had a negative effect on the box office. Today, though, most agree that "Pinocchio" is one of the company's greatest cultural achievements.
Reviewed by mitsubishizero 8 / 10

A classic

I grew up watching this as a kid and watching it now, it really brings back great memories. You probably know the story but for those who don't it's about a woodcarver Geppetto who creates a puppet who comes to life and yearns to be a real boy.Helping him is a talking cricket named Jiminy Cricket(Cliff Edwards). Through trials and tribulations he becomes a better and wiser person. Will he finally be a real boy? The answer's yes. It's amazing how this movie adapted yet made the story its own. If you've read the original you'd know that Pinocchio is a mischievous kid who gets everyone around him into trouble including himself.Here it's toned down to make him likable but then again he's a kid and it's interesting to see him want to do bad stuff. Jiminy Cricket's enjoyable to watch. I really like his songs "Give a little Whistle" And his rendition of "When You Wish Upon A Star". That's so timeless. Pinocchio's a timeless classic and one of Disney's best. This's a movie for both kids and adults and I highly recommend it. See for yourself.
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