For a fairy tale based on a nineteenth century Italian children’s book, Pinocchio has garnered a conspicuous amount of attention in Hollywood over the years.
Three adaptations of the story have come out since 2019 alone, and Netflix will release Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated stop-motion version of the story this December.
Nevertheless, the most iconic Pinocchio adaptation is irrefutably Walt Disney’s 1940 animated classic, which came out on the heels of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and remains a groundbreaking cinematic achievement to this day.
By comparison, most of the more recent adaptations have fallen rather flat, failing to capture the same imagination that Disney nearly perfected over eighty years ago.
Perhaps the error in these modern adaptations stems from the fact that they are all trying to emulate or improve upon the cherished Disney movie, despite the Disney movie leaving little to be desired.
It is securely the definitive Pinocchio movie for kids,
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