Robert Zemeckis’ “Pinocchio” is getting panned by critics. Not that shocking. I screened it last week and turned it off after about an hour. It’s pretty bad.
A 40 on Metacritic (based on 23 reviews). It wasn’t supposed to be this mediocre. This is getting worse reviews than “Don’t Worry Darling.”
Zemeckis is not a bad filmmaker, he’s technically brilliant and can churn out the odd good movie here and there. Plus, you have Tom Hanks starring in if. What happened? The film feels misguided the minute it starts.
This very nicely paves the way for Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” to make a major splash in December. Its world premiere is set in October at the BFI London Festival. Set in 1930s fascist Italy, with war and bigotry at the forefront, Del Toro’s stop-motion version is said to be far less cutesy than the Zemeckis.