Warning: Ginormous spoilers ahead!
Guillermo del Toro is a movie director known for combining fairy tales with elements of horror, in a distinctive visual style that tends towards the grotesque. He is also known for crafting stories that take place in oppressive contexts where fascism, fatherhood, and Christianity are recurrent themes. His latest movie – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – perfectly encapsulates all of these characteristics. In fact, the movie is so quintessentially Guillermo del Toro that his name is embedded right in the movie’s title.
Guillermo del Toro’s version of Pinocchio is rather dark, creepy, and off-putting. While those who are familiar with the director’s style probably expected it, I’m convinced that quite a few parents thought that this would be...