Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio
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Actor: Alessandro Bergonzoni, Bruno Arena, Giorgio Ariani, Mino Bellei, Peppe BarraPrimary Contributor: Nicoletta Braschi
Primary Contributor: Carlo Giuffr?
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 217 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-15
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio
Movie Review: True to Collodi
Summary: 4 Stars
A few weeks after having read an English translation of Collodi's original tale to my four year old daughter, I rented this movie, largely out of morbid interest in its reputation as one of the worst films of the decade. What I found left me flabbergasted - at how far off the mark American reviewers had been with near unanimity. Perhaps one needs to be familiar with the original story, or perhaps the dubbing was indeed a remarkable disaster (I only saw the film in Italian with subtitles), but for my daughter, uncomprehending of Italian and too young to read subtitles yet never lost for a moment, as well as for me, the scenes we beheld respectively carried us through the film in rapt silence. There is no doubt that that the playfulness and allegorical richness of Collodi's work as well as Benigni's reverence for the tale radiate from this film. I fear that so many American reviewers simply lacked the patience to try to find or even guess at its proper context. I hope that some of them will someday venture a reassessment. Watch this film, but only after you've absorbed the original tale.
Summary of Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio
Academy Award(R)-winner Roberto Benigni (Best Actor, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, 1998) brings one of the world's most beloved characters to the screen with this delightful live action adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic story! The enchanting journey begins when the wooden puppet named Pinocchio (Benigni) comes magically to life! Then the fun takes off as -- despite guidance from the beautiful Blue Fairy and the love of his father, Geppetto -- Pinocchio's ever-curious spirit opens the door to one wild adventure after another! Through the irrepressible comic genius of writer, director, and star Roberto Benigni, everyone can share in this fantastic tale of wonder and imagination featurung the voices of Hollywood stars Breckin Meyer, Glenn Close, Queen Latifah, James Bleushi, Regis Philbin, John Cleese, Eddie Griffin, Erick Idle, and Cheech Marin.Nearly abandoned by its distributor and savaged by critics, Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio is an object lesson in the hazards of success. Bolstered by his Oscar?-winning triumph Life Is Beautiful, the popular Italian actor-director-comedian was given carte blanche and chose Carlo Collodi's classic 1885 fairy tale as his next lavish project. This sumptuous production literally glows with traditional Italian craftsmanship, from delightful costumes and storybook sets by the late, great production designer Danilo Donati (whose last film this was) to the radiant palette of Dante Spinotti's masterful cinematography. This is one of the most beautiful of all Italian films, which only makes its shortcomings more conspicuous. At 50, Benigni is utterly wrong as the puppet who yearns to be a real boy, and his wife Nicoletta Braschi is similarly miscast as the Blue Fairy. Even worse, Breckin Meyer's English dubbing for Pinocchio is insufferably shrill, draining the appeal of Benigni's own performance. Pinocchio has many laudable qualities, but genuine enchantment is nowhere to be found. --Jeff Shannon
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