If you ask Guillermo del Toro whether his "Pinocchio" is appropriate for kids, he will tell you that "it's not necessarily made for children, but children can watch it."
Described as "a fable about disobedience as a virtue," "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," out now on Netflix, flips the script on the themes of Walt Disney's classic adaptation of Carlo Collodi's 19th century children's story and sets it in fascist Italy during the rise of Benito Mussolini.
Directed by Del Toro and Mark Gustafson, the wooden puppet at the center of this tale is a grief-stricken father's drunken creation brought to life by a Wood Sprite. This Pinocchio (voiced by Gregory Mann) is not necessarily concerned about being good in order to become a real boy, but is willing to try to behave in order to make Geppetto (David Bradley) proud.
