In Pinocchio, questionable creative choices clip the strings of Disney's latest adaptation
Joseph Gordon-Levitt does his best Cliff Edwards impersonation as Jiminy Cricket, narrating and costarring in the story, but his passable rendition unmistakably feels like a younger actor pretending to be older and more Southern. Someone like Jeff Foxworthy might have been a less-affected choice. On the other hand, Keegan-Michael Key delivers the best voice performance as the conniving fox Honest John, who sings “Hi Diddle Dee Dee” far better than expected.
The story otherwise remains recognizably the same, with a blue fairy bringing the puppet to life and Pinocchio falling victim to various temptations after literally being born yesterday. Ultimately this leads him to Pleasure Island, an evil playground whose similarities to Disney’s California Adventure make the film the second Disney live-action remake to depict theme parks as horrible, exploitative places.
So many of Zemeckis’ recent projects have felt like experimentation or stealth research and development for new advancements in special effects; for better or worse,
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