History YMMV / Pinocchio2002

* WTHCastingAgency: The movie is widely mocked because the middle-aged Creator/RobertoBenigni portrayed Pinocchio (without even any wooden-like makeup) when he should have had the good artistic sense to play Geppetto instead. Years later in 2019 he actually would go on to play Gepetto in another, better received adaptation.

* HilariousInHindsight: This was a lifelong passion project for Creator/RobertoBenigni and he wanted Creator/FedericoFellini to direct it, but then Fellini died in 1993. Almost two decades after his attempt to bring his project to life, Benigni starred in [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8333746/ a 2019 film adaptation of Pinocchio once again]], but this time playing as age-appropriate character Geppetto and with his close friend Matteo Garrone (who directed ''Film/{{Gomorrah}}'', an adaptation of Roberto Saviano's controversial book, and ''Film/TaleOfTales'', his first English-language film based on Italian fairy tales) helmed as a director and ''that'' adaptation (a passion project for Garrone) received a much better reception than this one.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Pinocchio's [[PinocchioNose iconic lying nose]] here looks ludicrous, which was another drawback of lacking a puppet makeup.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: After Roberto Benigni's Oscar wins for Film/LifeIsBeautiful, he chose to use his new clout to create a long-time dream project: a faithful adaption of Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, which he would write and direct. Unfortunately, he also made the decision to star as Pinocchio, with the minimal special effects doing nothing to disguise that the famous child puppet was 50 and balding, resulting in mixed reviews but a profit in Benigni's native Italy. Then came the American dub. Realizing this was going to be a hard sell to Americans, Miramax proceeded to completely half-ass the dubbing, giving the voice role of Pinocchio to Breckin Meyer, age 28 and most famous for voicing a teenager. Between the poorly synched dubbing and a middle-aged Pinocchio with the voice that clearly came from someone much younger, the American version achieved a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

* HilariousInHindsight: This was a lifelong passion project for Creator/RobertoBenigni and he wanted Creator/FedericoFellini to direct it, but then Fellini died in 1993. Almost two decades after his attempt to bring his project to life, Benigni starred in the film adaptation of Pinocchio once again, but this time playing as age-appropriate character Geppetto and with his close friend Matteo Garrone (who directed ''Film/{{Gomorrah}}'', an adaptation of Roberto Saviano's controversial book, and ''Film/TaleOfTales'', his first English-language film based on Italian fairy tales) helmed as a director and ''that'' adaptation (a passion project for Garrone) received a much better reception than this one.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: After Roberto Benigni's Oscar wins for [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful]], he chose to use his new clout to create a long-time dream project: a faithful adaption of Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, which he would write and direct. Unfortunately, he also made the decision to star as Pinocchio, with the minimal special effects doing nothing to disguise that the famous child puppet was 50 and balding, resulting in mixed reviews but a profit in Benigni's native Italy. Then came the American dub. Realizing this was going to be a hard sell to Americans, Miramax proceeded to completely half-ass the dubbing, giving the voice role of Pinocchio to Breckin Meyer, age 28 and most famous for voicing a teenager. Between the poorly synched dubbing and a middle-aged Pinocchio with the voice that clearly came from someone much younger, the American version achieved a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: After Roberto Benigni's Oscar wins for Life Is Beautiful, he chose to use his new clout to create a long-time dream project: a faithful adaption of Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, which he would write and direct. Unfortunately, he also made the decision to star as Pinocchio, with the minimal special effects doing nothing to disguise that the famous child puppet was 50 and balding, resulting in mixed reviews but a profit in Benigni's native Italy. Then came the American dub. Realizing this was going to be a hard sell to Americans, Miramax proceeded to completely half-ass the dubbing, giving the voice role of Pinocchio to Breckin Meyer, age 28 and most famous for voicing a teenager. Between the poorly synched dubbing and a middle-aged Pinocchio with the voice that clearly came from someone much younger, the American version achieved a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

* WTHCastingAgency: The movie is occasionally mocked because the middle-aged Creator/RobertoBenigni portrays Pinocchio when he should have had the good artistic sense to play Geppetto instead. Years later he actually would go on to play Gepetto in another, better received adaptation.

* HilariousInHindsight: This was a passion project for Creator/RobertoBenigni and he wanted Creator/FedericoFellini to direct it, but then Fellini died. Almost two decades after his attempt to bring his project to life, Benigni starred in the film adaptation of Pinocchio once again, but this time playing as age-appropriate character Geppetto and with his close friend Matteo Garrone (who directed ''{{Film/Gomorrah}}'', an adaptation of Roberto Saviano's controversial book, and ''Film/TaleOfTales'', his first English-language film based on Italian fairy tales) helmed as a director and ''that'' adaptation (a passion project for Garrone) received a much better reception than this one.