“Absolute masterpiece” So beautiful that the hearts of Netflix subscribers race for one of the best films of the year

news culture “Absolute masterpiece” So beautiful that the hearts of Netflix subscribers race for one of the best films of the year

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio: a very long-standing project

14 years old. This is the time that elapsed between the announcement of the project Pinnochio by Guillermo Del Toro and its November 24, 2022 release on Netflix. This Pinnochio has indeed been announced in 2008, with Gris Grimly and Mark Gustafson director and Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins. In 2012, the director announced that he had taken over, then, in 2017, Patrock McHale was announced as co-screenwriter. That same year, Guillermo del Toro declared that he had need funding of 35 million dollars, otherwise the project would be cancelled, 9 years after its announcement. Ultimately, Netflix comes to the rescue of Pinnochiobuying the distribution rights.

Beginning in 1916, Pinnochio starts on the death of Geppetto’s son, victim of a bombardment. The carpenter then plants a pine cone and, years later, he decides to cut down the tree to sculpt a puppet resembling the deceased son. As the story goes, one night, a fairy comes to bring the puppet to life, now named Pinnochio. The latter must learn to live like a little boy but, unfortunately, the first magistrate of the city hears make it a weapon for Benito Mussolini and the fascist army.

Produced in Mexico, the United States and France, Pinnochio is set to music by none other than Alexandre DesplatOscar winner for his work on the soundtracks of The Grand Budapest Hotel and of The Shape of Water. It is also found in the credits of Marseille, Godzilla (Gareth Edwards) Invincibleor like beasts. He was also to sign the soundtrack of Star Wars: Rogue One, but he was forced to hand over three months before the release of the feature film. In the casting (vocal), we find Ewan McGregorDadiv Bradley, Ron Perlman, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz but also Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson or John Turturo.

“One of the best films of the year”. The critics and the unanimous spectators

The film intrigued at first, but the obvious quickly imposed itself on the public and the critics: Pinnochio is a brilliant animated film, which tackles the themes of death, mourning, totalitarianism and disobedience in a very interesting way. In any case, these are the arguments that emerge most often, accompanied by mention of the production and the aesthetics of the film, of which filming lasted 940 days. On Twitter, Netflix followers are raving about the film:

Too many emotions for this Pinocchio, it’s complex and sublime. Bravissimo del Toro, says Silypop

Won over by this new vision of Pinocchio, more mature and brutal than the Disney classic. This film is a total success, both artistically and musically. Stop motion works wonders there, adds Carborata

Won over by this new vision of Pinocchio, more mature and brutal than the Disney classic. This film is a total success, both artistically and musically. Stop motion works wonders there, says LeGrasduGeek.

Other users, like CharleyJamesD, insert Pinnochio into a larger trilogy based on the treatment of fascismand started with Devil’s Backbone and the Pan’s Labyrinth. “An animated film whose production is goldsmithing. It’s tender, beautiful and it breathes the DNA of its sublime storyteller”, he tells us. Same story from the side of Marg_oh, who invokes the two feature films, adding that Pinnochio is “fantastic in many ways”. Finally, are mentioned, with a lot of positivity, the dark and very personal side of the filmthe quality of the stop-motion, or even the need to take time to digest experience.

Le Midi Libre, Télérama and even Le Monde are also very positive about “Pinnochio del Toro”, noted 97% on Rottent Tomatoes after 211 reviews. The user rating is slightly lower, but still shows an excellent 85%. To go further, Netflix subscribers can access Guillermo del Toro: In the Studio of a Filmmakera making-of looking back on the creation of the film for about 30 minutes.

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