Pinocchio | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

To some people the didacticism of the picture may seem a bit overpowering. But how marvelous the invention is throughout!

When Geppetto weeps with desperate pride at his imperfect offspring, it captures the bittersweet madness of parenthood as eloquently as any work of art ever has.

Walt Disney and his small army of adaptors, animators, and lyric and music writers [have] made the characters of a famous story so captivating and enchanting that the picture is certain to charm children of all ages from 6 to 60 -- and over.

On the technical front, the animation is nothing short of masterful, using elaborate perspective shots that would be unique even in live-action filmmaking.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs may have proven that Walt Disney could make a feature length animated film, but it was Pinocchio that showed the medium reaching high art.