Jiminy Crickett may be the worst conscience and most useless character in the history of Disney. He's a dirty hobo who breaks into Geppetto's house, yells at everyone for disturbing his sleep and is kind of a misogynist. He's never around when Pinnochio needs him, and doesn't really do anything of value in the movie.
Geppetto is a little creepy When you look at him through an adult's eyes. His only friends are a fish and a cat, he makes toys for kids you never see, and all he wants in life is a little boy, not a son, a little boy. This is important. At no point in the movie does Geppetto ever wish he had a son, he just wants a little boy. Way to make Germans not creepy Walt.
If all this wasn't bad enough, the characters all take pot shots at the life of an actor. "what actor ever needed a conscience anyway" "I'd rather be an actor than smart" Then if you go to the IMDB page for the movie, you'll see that all the actors are listed as "uncredited." Did Walt Disney HATE actors? Maybe he had them all shipped to the salt mines.
Anyway, you can probably tell by now that I didn't like Pinnochio. It's a tedious morality tale that doesn't disguise any of the lessons. The characters are all obnoxious/creepy. it's 10 minutes of story stretched to 88min. When your Disney loving wife says "is it over yet!" it's not a good sign. For a Classic movie that so beloved, I was very let down.
Song - "when you wish upon a star" 5/10
movie - 1/10
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