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This legendary animated feature is surely beyond criticism by now and, furthermore, it s unlikely that we ll see such forceful narrative in a kids cartoon ever again. Disney s treatment of Collodi s story of the little wooden puppet who wants nothing more than to be a real boy is always guaranteed to have audiences entranced. While some of the movie s success is derived from its liberal use of the kind of imagery no children s film-maker would even attempt to get past the storyboard stage today--a mysterious island where children smoke cigars, get drunk and turn into donkeys, a monstrous, malicious sea-creature which is devoid of any trace of cuddliness and a pair of villains who routinely abduct children, to give just a few examples--the characters are depicted with the finest attention to detail, most of the songs have become classics in their own right (When You Wish Upon a Star being only one of many) and the graceful, stylised animation positively glows with fine detail. Essential family viewing. --Roger Thomas