Sweet elderly woodcarver Geppetto (Tom Hanks) lives alone with his pets and his creations, including a wooden puppet he calls Pinocchio. Before falling asleep one night, he makes a wish upon a star. A fairy (Cynthia Erivo) soon appears and grants Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) life and a voice, and she appoints the jaunty insect Jiminy Cricket (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to be his conscience and guide. It's up to Pinocchio to prove himself worthy of becoming a full-fledged human boy. Geppetto loves him as a son, but on the day he sends the boy off to school, Pinocchio is tempted by dishonest players with promises of fame and fortune, and he's imprisoned as an act in a traveling puppet show. From there, he continues to follow temptation into other dangerous situations that put his life, and that of his father, in jeopardy.
