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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19960725
Author:Arnold, Gary

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* The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) (G: Ominous episodes and fleeting comic vulgarity) - (ONE STAR). A textbook example of the superfluous movie. This live-action version of the Carlo Collodi fairy tale relies on a puppet figure entrusted to the Henson workshop. The results are painfully stilted. This creaky production, exiled in Czechoslovakia, features Martin Landau as Geppetto, Genevieve Bujold as the widowed sister-in-law he pines for, Udo Kier as the villainous puppet master and Bebe Neuwirth and Rob Schneider as heavily costumed, mirthless comic relief. ...

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