Movie review of the day

From Rotten Tomatoes:

It's altogether likely that there have been more sudden, precipitous falls from grace in cinema than the one Roberto Benigni suffered between "Life is Beautiful" and "Pinocchio," but none spring to mind. In any event, this film undoubtedly marks the first (and last) time an Academy award-winning actor chose to follow the greatest triumph of his career by dressing up in pink pajamas and playing a boy carved from a log. Atrocious dubbing compounded the movie's problems for American audiences, but no matter which country you were unfortunate enough to see it in, "Pinocchio" featured a 50-year-old man in the title role.

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Torturous. Avoid it like the plague.

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