Vintage del Toro, which is to say heartwarmingly sentimental, earnestly heartwrenching, and lavishly made. Del Toro is a sentimental man, but he always balances and in fact enriches those sentiments with his unflinching approach to the dark as well. This film engages kids at their level with simple gags like replacing the words in a song with 'poop' but also by knowing they're smarter than people think. And the animation is just gorgeous, the wood carving look being not just thematically appropriate but so warm and lush. I haven't seen the other Pinocchio film released this year, but I have a hard time seeing it match this.
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Vintage del Toro, which is to say heartwarmingly sentimental, earnestly heartwrenching, and lavishly made. Del Toro is a sentimental man, but he always balances and in fact enriches those sentiments with his unflinching approach to the dark as well. This film engages kids at their level with simple gags like replacing the words in a song with 'poop' but also by knowing they're smarter than people think. And the animation is just gorgeous, the wood carving look being not just thematically appropriate but so warm and lush. I haven't seen the other Pinocchio film released this year, but I have a hard time seeing it match this.