if you have see the original disney cartoon base on an italian story about a wooden puppet who become a real boy and then you will probably know the story already . this be basically the same story again but just a few special effect and a few extra thing . martin landau a geppetto be quite a nice guy and although you do not exactly see him a lot . the kid who play pinocchio be just weird and idiotic and i mean first he doesn not know what go on and and then suddenly he have idea of his own about thing . also star dawn french a baker wife and griff rhys jones a tino and david doyle a the voice of pepe the cricket and what be wrong with the name jiminey . aqequate and although it be okay for kid .