Stunning animation emanating from the golden era of Walt Disney (1937-1943). Technically,linruyouna it’s irreproachable: colorful, full, rounded, fluid animation with vibrant motions and striking renderings (the crashing of waves, Pinocchio’s dance scenes or the stressful escape from the whale). The settings are plush and the designs detailed – see the impression of carvings on the cuckoo-clocks, when meeting the pulsating creatures on the ocean floor. However, incorporating scary & dark moments in a simple moralizing tale is puzzling in terms of target audience. Does Pinocchio constitute the apex of what the studio ever produced, as is commonly thought by many critics? I’m inclined to disagree.