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Title: Merely artificial
Review: This movie, quite simply, is a poor re-telling of Pinocchio, ruined by Spielburg's inability to leave things alone. There's an obvious break in the story, where it goes from Kubrick to Spielburg, from jagged and interesting, to formulaic and cliche (it occurs once the boy is left in the woods by his mother). Instead of something truly thought provoking, we're left with a visually stunning (except for the ending that was tacked on), yet utterly hollow film, one that anyone that's ever taken an introductory philosophy or film class could make.
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