The film is a remake of Disney’s 1940 animated movie ... Geppetto (Tom Hanks), an elderly widowed woodcarver, crafts a marionette named Pinocchio in remembrance of his deceased son.

Fresh off that baffling Elvis accent, Tom Hanks is back with a role far less abrasive and way more in keeping with his “America’s Dad” persona: Geppetto in Pinocchio. On Tuesday, Disney ...