“Even taking it as a given that Disney’s animated classics will all receive live-action makeovers eventually, “Pinocchio” feels like an unnecessary exercise — a movie so flat that it never sparks to life, and barely feels as if it’s making the leap into a different medium.
“Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis’ reunion should be a source of curiosity, but their little puppet made of wood is in a movie that’s not so good.
“In theory with such endeavors, the live-action format should bring something to the material that animation didn’t, a feat Disney achieved with considerable commercial success with “Cinderella,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” and “Aladdin.””
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