‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ wins best animated feature

By TERRY TANG
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” has had an Oscar wish come true. The director’s stop-motion, musical take on the puppet who longs to be a real boy won Netflix its first animated feature trophy on Sunday. Del Toro asked the audience to keep animation in the conversation, and not at the kids table. The voice cast includes Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton. It earned rave reviews for a stunningly beautiful production that takes a dark look at issues of love and mortality. The movie beat out “Turning Red,” “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” and “The Sea Beast.”