Pinocchio spends much of the story filled with anxiety about finding something to eat. On his very first day, after he has gotten Geppetto arrested, he experiences “a hunger so real it could be ...

The story of the magically animated wooden puppet who just wants to be a real boy is understandably tempting for directors. From Pinocchio’s rickety, loose-jointed dancing to the dark chaos of ...

Looking down at his newly crafted puppet, kindly old Geppetto makes one wish, that Pinocchio could be a real boy. The Blue Fairy appears that night and brings Pinocchio to life, telling him that ...

carrying, digging, etc) to help his father recover, and to help the kind fairy, who is also ill. Waking from a dream, Pinocchio has become a real boy…and everyone dances for joy!

This is the question that protrudes from the wooden heart of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, like a splinter we're meant to be snagged on. The miracle here is the eponymous little wooden boy ...

Gepetto, the normally loving elderly father figure to Pinocchio in just about every other version of the story, is mourning ...