Roger Ebert: **** (4 Stars)
Was there ever a scarier, plus exciting animated feature than "Pinocchio"? I doubt it - at least not if toi were between the ages of 5 and 10 when toi saw it, and could identify with its blockheaded little hero. Pinocchio, who is not the brightest char acter in the history of cartoons, wants only to be a good little boy, but he's trapped par scoundrels who want to use him as a sideshow attraction, and then he's kidnapped and sent to an island where he will be turned into a donkey and put to work in the salt mines all jour long.
I remember seeing "Pinocchio" for the first...
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