Review of Pinocchio (1940) by Joshua C — 25 Jul 2015
With polished and simply brilliant, realistic animation, wonderful songs and an admirable tone which smoothly shifts from sweet and endearing to dangerous and dark, Pinocchio truly is the most unique Disney film ever made as the studio never did anything like it again.
The highlights include the Monstro scenes as well as Pleasure Island with the transformation scenes being so effective and scary even for adults. The film teaches children about the importance of being a good man through a couple of strikingly scary scenes and is thus important for every child to watch at least once.
It also features superbly developed, wonderful characters along with very realistic and menacing villains. The fact that they entirely get away with their crimes is the films' most admirable achievement.
It succeeds as a terrific, realistic and very moving drama with great fantastical elements to it. For all of those reasons, Pinocchio is not only Walt Disney Animation Studios' magnum opus, but also the very best animated film of all time, period.
This review of Pinocchio (1940) was written by Joshua C on 25 Jul 2015.
Pinocchio has generally received very positive reviews.
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