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Pinocchio

  • 20022002
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  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
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Pinocchio (2002)
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Despite guidance from the Blue Fairy and the love of his father, a wooden puppet's curious spirit leads him into one wild adventure after another.Despite guidance from the Blue Fairy and the love of his father, a wooden puppet's curious spirit leads him into one wild adventure after another.Despite guidance from the Blue Fairy and the love of his father, a wooden puppet's curious spirit leads him into one wild adventure after another.
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
8.3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
13,108
3,988
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    • Director
      • Roberto Benigni
    • Writers
      • Roberto Benigni(screenplay)
      • Vincenzo Cerami(screenplay)
      • Carlo Collodi(novel)
    • Stars
      • Roberto Benigni
      • Nicoletta Braschi
      • Carlo Giuffrè
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Roberto Benigni
    • Writers
      • Roberto Benigni(screenplay)
      • Vincenzo Cerami(screenplay)
      • Carlo Collodi(novel)
    • Stars
      • Roberto Benigni
      • Nicoletta Braschi
      • Carlo Giuffrè
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 99User reviews
    • 69Critic reviews
    • 11Metascore
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 24 nominations

    Videos1

    Pinocchio (2002)
    Trailer 1:18
    Pinocchio (2002)

    Photos35

    Roberto Benigni in Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni in Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni and Franco Javarone in Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni in Pinocchio (2002)
    Nicoletta Braschi in Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi in Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni in Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
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    Top cast

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    Roberto Benigni
    Roberto Benigni
    • Pinocchio
    Nicoletta Braschi
    Nicoletta Braschi
    • Blue Fairy
    Carlo Giuffrè
    Carlo Giuffrè
    • Geppetto
    Mino Bellei
    • Medoro
    Peppe Barra
    • The Talking Cricket
    Franco Javarone
    Franco Javarone
    • Mangiafuoco
    Max Cavallari
    • The Cat
    Bruno Arena
    • The Fox
    Corrado Pani
    Corrado Pani
    • Giudice
    Kim Rossi Stuart
    Kim Rossi Stuart
    • Lucignolo
    Luis Molteni
    Luis Molteni
    • Omino di burro
    Alessandro Bergonzoni
    • Ringmaster
    Alfredo Cavazzoni
    • Carabiniere 1
    Vincenzo Bonanno
    • Carabiniere 2
    Marco Tullio Cau
    • Carabiniere 3
    Michele Mazzanti
    • Carabiniere 4
    Claudio Bellante
    Claudio Bellante
    • Fruttivendolo
    • (as Claudio Bellanti)
    Massimo Bianchi
    • Vinaio
    • Director
      • Roberto Benigni
    • Writers
      • Roberto Benigni(screenplay) (story by)
      • Vincenzo Cerami(screenplay) (story by)
      • Carlo Collodi(novel)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      This was the most expensive production in Italian film history, with a budget of about $45 million.
    • Alternate versions
      The Italian version with English subtitles was screened to most critics, before a last-minute English dubbed version using English-speaking celebrities was used, including Breckin Meyer, Glenn Close, John Cleese, Eric Idle, David Suchet, Cheech Marin, Eddie Griffin, Topher Grace, Erik Bergmann, Queen Latifah, James Belushi, Kevin James and Regis Philbin.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Cinema Snob: Zombi 7: Zombie '90 - Extreme Pestilence (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      La Fata Turchina
      By Nicola Piovani

    User reviews99

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    Top review
    4/10
    May be truer in spirit to the book, but lacks the heart, magic and charm the book and Disney film have
    I will say Pinocchio(2002) is not a terrible film and I personally wouldn't put it on my worst movies ever list. However, it wasn't particularly good in my opinion either. It may be truer in the spirit of the wonderful book by Carlo Collodi, that I did appreciate, though I am not a purist by all means. But in the process, while some scenes worked especially with the lovely Nicoletta Braschi as the Blue Fairy(Glenn Close in the dubbed version), this Pinocchio lacks the heart, magic and charm the book and the Disney film, which is still one of Disney's finest hours and had an appealing yet somewhat risqué sense of darkness, evidently have.

    Roberto Benigni is a major part of the problem, he is very miscast in the title role, he is too old and also overacts to an embarrassing degree. Of the supporting cast only Braschi acquits herself well and likewise with Close in the dubbed version. The dubbing in general is awful, with the actors either trying too hard(Jim Belushi), are wasted(Eric Idle) or don't fit at all with the character(Cheech Marin), while the facial expressions on screen feel forced and overdone and the lip synching is sloppy. The story has its memorable scenes, but narrative wise it is rather clumsy, while the dialogue tries hard to be earnest and funny yet comes across as annoying, the direction is over-eager and the pace is rushed.

    However, while the nose growing looks rather hokey, the special effects are decent and at least try to bring some magic on screen. The scenery and sets are suitably sumptuous, the cinematography and editing are not as slip-shod as one might think and the costumes are very colourful. The soundtrack is quite jaunty and energetic too.

    So overall, it does have its big problems and is not that good a movie but it is not as bad as I had heard. 4/10 Bethany Cox
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    • Mar 14, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio
    • Filming locations
      • Malta Film Studios, St. Rocco Street, Kalkara, Malta
    • Production companies
      • Melampo Cinematografica
      • Cecchi Gori Group Fin.Ma.Vi.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,684,305
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,151,463
      • Dec 29, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $44,310,395
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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