Either Walt Disney wished upon a star to make such a gorgeous film, or he was just insane enough to work hard at it; I’m thinking it was both.

| Jun 18, 2024

[It's] a delight and at times will take your breath away, for the limits of the animated cartoon have been blown so wide open that some of the original wonder of pictures - wonder and terror too, as when that train roared up into the camera - is restored.

| Dec 26, 2023

...it’s not difficult, ultimately, to see why Pinocchio has endured over the years.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 2, 2023

One of the studio’s genuine masterpieces, Pinocchio is unique in the annals of Disney animation in that it’s the studio’s only toon movie in which evil is never punished.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 21, 2023

It’s difficult to say what "Pinocchio" will mean to today’s jaded kids, but adults may well find much of it disturbing.

| Original Score: A+ | Aug 30, 2022

While a technical marvel, it is clear that the film needed a better screenplay to fully hold up as an all out masterpiece.

| Original Score: B | Aug 28, 2022

To some people the didacticism of the picture may seem a bit overpowering. But how marvelous the invention is throughout!

| Aug 8, 2022

When Geppetto weeps with desperate pride at his imperfect offspring, it captures the bittersweet madness of parenthood as eloquently as any work of art ever has.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 3, 2022

Walt Disney and his small army of adaptors, animators, and lyric and music writers [have] made the characters of a famous story so captivating and enchanting that the picture is certain to charm children of all ages from 6 to 60 -- and over.

| Jan 27, 2021

On the technical front, the animation is nothing short of masterful, using elaborate perspective shots that would be unique even in live-action filmmaking.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 14, 2020

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs may have proven that Walt Disney could make a feature length animated film, but it was Pinocchio that showed the medium reaching high art.

| Jul 11, 2020

The animation is, of course, superb, finely detailed and masterful in execution -- the Monstro whale sequence a standout.

| May 27, 2020

Taken as a whole, the picture is a masterpiece which sets another milestone along the road of screen entertainment.

| Feb 25, 2020

Pinocchio (1940), Disney's second feature-length animated film followed after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), and was produced during Disney's heyday from 1937-1942 of animated classics...

| Original Score: A+ | Sep 29, 2019

The story... is delightful, entertaining, and moving. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 10, 2019

A beautifully animated work whose enduring message of simple goodness continues to resonate, anchored by some of the most endearing characters and sidekicks that Disney ever created.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 4, 2019

Pinocchio is visually gorgeous with good, if heavy-handed moral teachings.

| Original Score: B+ | May 9, 2019

This 1940 Disney adaptation of Carlo Collodi's novel...combin[es] comedy, pathos and nightmare in a free, rapid, genuinely imaginative way.

| Sep 21, 2018

Both a classic and underrated Disney film, if that's possible.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 16, 2018

With its marvelous mixture of an engaging story, beautiful animation, loveable characters, and unforgettable music, Pinocchio remains a grand adventure that both kids and adults can still enjoy today.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 30, 2017