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Pinocchio: A True Story

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Pinocchio: A True Story
Directed byVasiliy Rovenskiy
Written by
  • Maksim Sveshnikov
  • Vadim Sveshnikov
  • Vasiliy Rovenskiy
Story byVasiliy Rovenskiy
Based onThe Adventures of Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
Produced by
  • Roman Borisevich
  • Vasily Rovenskiy
  • Maxim Rogalskiy
Starring
  • Filipp Lebedev
  • Anton Eldarov
  • Aleksandr Gavrilin
  • Diomid Vinogradov
  • Dmitriy Iosifov
  • Aleksey Voytyuk
  • Eliza Martirosova
  • Irina Kireyeva
  • Vitaliy Loyko
Edited byEdaurd Nuritdinov
Music byAnton Gryzlov
Layouts by
  • Azat Gazizov
  • Evgeniy Palchikov
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing International
Release dates
  • 23 December 2021 (2021-12-23) (United Arab Emirates)
  • 17 February 2022 (2022-02-17) (Russia)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesRussia
Hungary
United States
LanguageRussian

Pinocchio: A True Story (Russian: Пиноккио. Правдивая история, Pinokkio. Pravdivaya istoriya) is a 2021 animated fantasy film directed by Vasiliy Rovenskiy and adapted from Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The film was released in Russia on 17 February 2022.

An English dub of the film was released in the United States by Lionsgate Films on 22 March 2022 and featured Pauly Shore as Pinocchio, whose voice acting became a viral meme on Twitter and TikTok when a clip from the trailer gained traction.

Plot

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Pinocchio, accompanied by the horse Tybalt, runs away from his genius creator Gepetto to see the world and joins a travelling circus run by the hustler Mangiafuoco.

Cast

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Pinocchio: A True Story cast
Character Russian English
International U.S. re-dub
Pinocchio Filipp Lebedev Jordan Worsley Pauly Shore
Tibalt Diomid Vinogradov Daniel Medvedev Jon Heder
Gepetto Anton Eldarov Jonathan Salway Tom Kenny
Bella Eliza Martirosova Liza Klimova
Brioni Diomid Vinogradov David Grout
Mangiafuoco Dmitriy Iosifov Bernard Jacobsen
Cat Diomid Vinogradov Andrei Kurganov
Fox Aleksandr Gavrilin Stephen Ochner
Fantozzi Aleksey Voytyuk Andrew Winn
Caro Parrot Diomid Vinogradov Stephen Ochner
Lyusilda Irina Kireyeva Kate Lann
Bolognese Brothers Diomid Vinogradov
Carbonara
Policeman Vitaliy Loyko

Production

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Pauly Shore voices Pinocchio in the English dub of Pinocchio: A True Story; his performance became an Internet meme

Pinocchio: A True Story was directed by Vasiliy Rovenskiy and produced by him with Roman Borisevich and Maxim Rogalsky. The film was released in theaters in Russia by Sony Pictures on 17 February 2022. In November 2021, its North American rights were acquired by Grindstone Entertainment.[1]

The trailer for an English dub of Pinocchio: A True Story with Shore as Pinocchio was released by Lionsgate Films in late January 2022.[2] Shore had previously worked with Lionsgate for the English dub of the Russian animated film My Sweet Monster and recorded his voice lines for Pinocchio: A True Story during Christmas in 2021. The dub became a prominent Internet meme when a clip from the trailer with Pinocchio saying, "Father, when can I leave to be on my own? I've got the whole world to see," in a flamboyant tone went viral on TikTok and Twitter.[3] Lionsgate reposted the clip on their own TikTok account and captioned it "the yassification of Pinocchio", while Shore posted a video of himself lip-syncing to the dub on TikTok.[2] For Rolling Stone, EJ Dickson wrote that Shore's voice acting in the film made him a "Gen-Z TikTok LGBTQ icon".[4] Joshua Kristian McCoy of Game Rant wrote that the trailer became "the target of a truly apocalyptic amount of ridicule" because of Shore's "wooden" performance.[5]

The English dub was released by Lionsgate on 22 March 2022 on DVD and on video on demand on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes. Following the film's release, users on Twitter dubbed Shore's version of the character "fruity Pinocchio" because of Shore's "classic drawn-out vowels and sarcastic-sounding voice" and shared other clips from the film that went viral.[6] The film's English dub was also released on 21 April 2022 in theaters in New Zealand.[7]

Critical reception

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In a review for Common Sense Media, Jennifer Borget wrote in a three-star review that Pinocchio: A True Story had a simple enough plot for younger audiences to follow and "just enough humor and intrigue" for adults, praising its "serendipitous" conclusion, "delightful" voice cast, and "humorous spin" on the original fairy tale, but writing that "the animation quality leaves a little to be desired".[8] Fletcher Peters of The Daily Beast wrote that the film was "completely ludicrous, embarrassing, and almost impossible to believe that it's real—and yet entirely entertaining" and that it had been made into an "instant cult classic" by Twitter users, adding that Shore's performance "proves that he's a bonafide master of the art" of voice acting.[6] For Decider, John Serba called the movie "dreadfully boring", its score "annoying, intrusive, [and] omnipresent", its dubbing "atrocious", and its character design "hideous", also writing that it had "the best animation Windows XP can possibly muster" and describing Pauly Shore's voice acting as Pinocchio as "a Valley Guy-via-Eastern-Bloc Dr. Frankenstein impression".[9]

References

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  1. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (1 November 2021). "Luminescence's animated tale 'Pinocchio: A True Story' hooks US, UK, France deals (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b Schroeder, Audra (11 February 2022). "Pauly Shore jumps in on the 'Pinocchio' TikTok trend". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Yes, Those Bizarre Pauly Shore Pinocchio Videos Are Real". GameSpot. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
  4. ^ Dickson, EJ (10 February 2022). "How Pauly Shore Accidentally Became a Gen-Z LGBTQ Icon on TikTok". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ^ McCoy, Joshua Kristian (13 February 2022). "Why Are There 3 Pinocchio Movies Coming Out This Year?". Game Rant. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b Peters, Fletcher (25 March 2022). "The Internet Is Losing Its Mind Over Pauly Shore's 'Fruity Pinocchio' Cartoon". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ^ Croot, James (1 April 2022). "Downton 2, Fantastic Beasts 3, New Zealand-shot X amongst April's must see movies". Stuff. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ^ Borget, Jennifer. "Pinocchio: A True Story Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  9. ^ Serba, John (25 March 2022). "'Pinocchio: A True Story' Streaming Movie Review: Stream It or Skip It?". Decider. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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