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Mark Meszoros

Movie review: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' a gorgeous work of stop-motion touching on serious themes

All that's missing is Tom Hanks.

Landing on Netflix almost exactly three months after Disney's live action-meets-computer animation update of its 1940 animated classic, "Pinocchio," debuted on Disney+, "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" is at least a little stronger in just about every way but one.

With apologies to David Bradley, who voices Master Geppetto in the new version — recently released in select theaters — we really liked what "America's Dad" brought to the role in the film helmed by his "Forrest Gump" director, Robert Zemeckis.

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