Pinocchio's Christmas

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Pinocchio's Christmas

TV-G

1980

50m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Comedy

Musical

Animation

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Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for Geppetto's Christmas gift.

Emily St. James

Vox

12/04/2018

It's confused and more than a little boring. And the Christmas connection is very nebulous.

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

04/17/2019

3/10

It has elements of the Disney classic but none of the magic.

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Ryan Voyles

Paste Magazine

12/04/2018

[Rankin/Bass] took one of the most iconic figures in children's literature and forced a Christmas theme onto him, creating a weird and clumsy feature known as Pinocchio's Christmas.

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Matthew Jackson

Syfy Wire

12/04/2018

It's far from the most heartwarming thing the studio ever came up with.

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People Staff

People Magazine

12/04/2018

A charming spin-off tale of boyhood misadventures, this animated tape is also noteworthy for a breezy sound track and such witty touches as putting Pinocchio's dad, Geppetto, in an ill-fitting Beatle wig.

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Tessa A

12/14/2023

Pretty wholesome, but kinda all over the place. Rankin Bass has definitely done better than this.

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Jack's A

04/17/2023

Easily one of my personal favorites from Rankin/Bass

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12/12/2018

Worst excuse for a Christmas...err any movie I've ever seen.

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08/10/2014

Like a bag full of splinters.

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11/29/2012

A film of childhood memories. not the best Rankin/ Bass Stop Motion film, but still has heart.

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12/23/2011

Stupid, stupid, stupid plot.

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Jules Bass

Director

Arthur Rankin Jr.

Director

Alan King

Maestro Fire-Eater

George S. Irving

Geppetto

Robert McFadden

Cricket

Todd Porter

Pinocchio

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Synopsis

Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for Geppetto's Christmas gift.

Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Producer: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Screenwriter: Carlo Collodi, Romeo Muller
Rating: TV-G
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy, Musical, Animation
Release Date (TV): Dec 3, 1980
Runtime: 50m