This is the only new addition to this version of the story that seems worth the time. Fabiana is a dancer with a clockwork leg brace working for sideshow honcho Stromboli (Giuseppe Battiston) who throws her voice ventriloquist-style to puppeteer ballerina marionette Sabina, who becomes the only character Pinocchio can truly engage with on the same level (everyone else either exploits or coddles him). Kyanne Lamaya’s supporting role is also an interesting one. Disney must also be praised for wisely staying faithful to Pinocchio’s iconic design from the animation, while Benjamin Evan Ainsworth voices him with vigour.
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It was a cunning bit of casting to have Tom Hanks, everyone’s favourite movie dad, play one of Disney’s most lovable parents too, because nobody likes to see Hanks upset and, therefore, we all hope Geppetto’s life is going to get much happier sooner rather than later. Joseph Gordon-Levitt knocks it out of the park with his Jiminy Cricket vocal delivery all cheer and old-timey gentlemanly charm masking neuroses and self doubt.
So let’s start with the positives, because sadly there aren’t too many of them… After wishing upon a star, Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) comes to life and sets out on an increasingly dangerous adventure with the help of his nominated conscience Jiminy Cricket (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in an effort to become a real boy. Loosely based on Carlo Collodi’s “The Adventures of Pinocchio”, we follow lonely carpenter Geppetto (Tom Hanks) who has carved himself a wooden son out of grief for the child he has lost.
Now Disney have remade yet another of their beloved classics in a hybrid of live-action and CG-animation to a particularly uninspiring, straight-to-Disney+ result. It was received rapturously and was held as a high watermark for vibrant, detailed and expressive animation for decades afterwards. In 1940 Walt Disney Productions released Pinocchio, the studio’s second animated feature following the smash hit that was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Starring: Tom Hanks, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cynthia Erivo, Luke Evans, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Kyanne Lamaya, Keegan-Michael Key, Lorraine Bracco, Giuseppe Battiston, Sheila Atim, Jamie Demetriou, Lewin Lloyd Screenwriters: Robert Zemeckis, Chris Weitz
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