Pinocchio (2022)

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The latest adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio and a live-action remake of the classic Disney animated movie, endlessly ruined by activists, journalists, and politicians, director Robert Zemeckis’s film begins with woodworker Geppetto, yearning for a replacement for his long-lost son, granted a wish to make the eponymous puppet come to life, after which the wooden boy’s virtues, with a little help from Jiminy Cricket, constantly come to the test, thanks to characters such as the vulpine Honest John and his silent feline companion Gideon, as the woodcarver seeks his revenant creation. Honest John in my opinion was pretty much the high point of the film, although his and Gideon’s fates, as in the original animated version, remain unresolved, Pleasure Island and the villains are Bowdlerized compared to prior adaptations, and the ending is a bit of a letdown.