[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

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

| Feb 25, 2020

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

Walt Disney has waved his magic wand over Collodi's world-famous fairy story, "Pinocchio," and presto! he has changed it into the most enchanting film ever brought to the screen.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 6, 2016

Although it may lack the heart-tugging appeal of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the consensus among animation fans is that 1940's Pinocchio remains the most perfect animated feature Walt Disney produced.

| Nov 15, 2013

In spirit a classical European fairy tale, full of wonder and terror … a pinnacle of artistic achievement that, after Bambi, classic Disney would never even try to match again.

| Original Score: A+ | Mar 17, 2009

Nope, no perverted subtext here.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 10, 2009

Pinocchio is a substantial piece of entertainment for young and old.

| Sep 3, 2008

The charm, humor and loving care with which it treats its inanimate characters puts it in a class by itself.

| Aug 31, 2008

It still is the best thing Mr. Disney has done and therefore the best cartoon ever made.

| Mar 10, 2008

Probably shows Disney's virtues and vices more clearly than any other cartoon.

| Mar 10, 2008

The moral lessons include a literalization of metaphors about lying and other forms of misbehaving, and the grasp of a little boy's emotions and behavior often borders on the uncanny.

| Mar 10, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 4, 2004

Was there ever a scarier, more exciting animated feature than Pinocchio?

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Not up there with the very top echelon of Disney classics, but Pinocchio will still work its magic on younger viewers.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 1, 2000