Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (or simply Pinocchio) is a 2022 stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, with a screenplay by del Toro and Patrick McHale. The story was written by Matthew Robbins and del Toro, who modified the script drawing from the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, and also influenced Gris Grimly's illustrations for a 2002 edition of the book. As per the novel, the film reimagines the adventures of Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who comes to life as the son of his carver Geppetto. The film stars the voices of Gregory Mann as Pinocchio and David Bradley as Geppetto, alongside Ewan McGregor, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton.
Pinocchio premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2022. It was released in select theaters on November 9, 2022, and began streaming on Netflix on December 9. The film received critical acclaim for its animation, visuals, music, story, emotional weight and voice acting. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 274 reviews and judged 97% to be positive.
The film received several awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, thus becoming the first animated film from a streaming service, the first non-Disney/Pixar film since Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), the second stop-motion animated film after Aardman's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and the Adventures of Pinocchio's second adaptation to win any category from Academy Awards after Disney's Pinocchio. It received three nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards and 76th British Academy Film Awards, winning Best Animated Feature Film and Best Animated Film, respectively, and nine Annie Award nominations, winning five, including Best Animated Feature.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Hollywood Music in Media AwardsNovember 16, 2022 Best Original Score in an Animated Film Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song in an Animated Film Alexandre Desplat, Roeben Katz, and Guillermo del Toro ("Ciao Papa") Music Themed Film, Biopic or MusicalPinocchio Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards December 11, 2022 Best Animated Film Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 12, 2022 Best Animated Feature Best Adapted Screenplay Patrick McHale and Guillermo del Toro Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Best Voice Performance Gregory Mann Ewan McGregor Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2022 Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale Best Animated Film Pinocchio Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Utah Film Critics Association December 17, 2022 Best Animated FeaturePinocchio St. Louis Film Critics Association AwardsDecember 18, 2022 Best Adapted Screenplay Patrick McHale, Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins Best Animated FeaturePinocchio Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 19, 2022 Best Picture Best Animated Film Best Musical Score Alexandre Desplat Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 22, 2022 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 5, 2023 Best Animated Film Pinocchio San Diego Film Critics Society January 6, 2023 Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale Best Animated Film Pinocchio Best Visual Effects Toronto Film Critics Association January 8, 2023 Best Animated Film San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 9, 2023 Best Animated Feature Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Austin Film Critics Association January 10, 2023 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance Ewan McGregor Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 10, 2023 Best Animated Feature Film Pinocchio Golden Globes Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song Alexandre Desplat, Roeben Katz, and Guillermo del Toro ("Ciao Papa") Georgia Film Critics Association January 13, 2023 Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Gris Grimly, Patrick McHale Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro ("Ciao Papa") Best Animated Film Pinocchio Critics' Choice Movie AwardsJanuary 15, 2023 Best Animated Feature Best Score Alexandre Desplat Best Song "Ciao Papa" Seattle Film Critics Society January 17, 2023 Best Animated Feature Pinocchio Online Film Critics Society January 23, 2023 Best Animated Feature Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, Matthew Robbins Visual Effects Society AwardsFebruary 15, 2023Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated FeatureAaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma GorbeyOutstanding Animated Character in an Animated FeatureCharles Greenfield, Peter Saunders, Shani Lang-Rinderspacher, Noel Estevez-Baker Oliver Beale, Richard Pickersgill, Brian Leif Hansen, Kim Slate Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated FeatureWarren Lawtey, Anjum Sakharkar, Javier Gonzalez Alonso, Quinn Carvalho Emerging Technology AwardRichard Pickersgill, Glen Southern, Peter Saunders, Brian Leif Hansen Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards February 15, 2023 Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production "Ciao Papa" Houston Film Critics Society February 18, 2023 Best PicturePinocchio Best Animated Feature Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song "Ciao Papa" Art Directors Guild Awards February 18, 2023 Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film Guy Davis, Curt Enderle British Academy Film Awards February 19, 2023 Best Animated Film Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley Best Original Score Alexandre Desplat Best Production Design Curt Enderle, Guy Davis International Film Music Critics Association Awards February 23, 2023 Best Original Score for an Animated Film Alexandre Desplat Hollywood Critics Association AwardsFebruary 24, 2023 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Best Adapted Screenplay Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale Best Voice or Motion-Capture Performance Ewan McGregor Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts AwardsFebruary 24, 2023 Best Score Alexandre Desplat Best Visual Effects Aaron Weintraub, Brian Leif Hansen, Georgina Hayns, and Ian Mackinnon Minnesota Film Critics Alliance February 25, 2023 Best Animated FeaturePinocchio Producers Guild of America Awards February 25, 2023 Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Guillermo Del Toro, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley Annie Awards February 25, 2023 Best Animated Feature Pinocchio Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production Aaron Weintraub, Warren Lawtey, Alireza Malmiri, Baptiste Malbranque, Mikhail Donchenko Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production Tucker Barrie Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production Ken Schretzmann, Holly Klein, Emily Chiu, Hamilton Barrett Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Curt Enderle, Guy Davis Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Gregory Mann David Bradley Golden Reel Awards February 26, 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation Scott Martin Gershin, Masanobu "Tomi" Tomita, Andrew Vernon, Dan Gamache, Dan O'Connell, John Cucci Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture Lewis Morison, Eric Caudieux, Chris Barret Satellite Awards March 3, 2023 Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media Pinocchio Cinema Audio Society Awards March 4, 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated Jon Taylor, Frank Montaño, Peter Cobbin, Tavish Grade USC Scripter Awards March 4, 2023 Best Adapted Screenplay – Film Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, and Matthew Robbins American Cinema Editors Awards March 5, 2023 Best Edited Animated Feature Film Ken Schretzmann, Holly Klein Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Film Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley Golden Trailer Awards June 29, 2023 Best Animation / Family TV Spot (for a Feature Film) "Dear Son" (REBEL) Best BTS/EPK for a Feature Film (Under 2 minutes) "Tudum" (REBEL) Saturn Awards February 26, 2024 Best Animated Television Series Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
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