Pete's Dragon

August. 12,2016      PG
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

Oakes Fegley as  Pete
Bryce Dallas Howard as  Grace
Wes Bentley as  Jack
Karl Urban as  Gavin
Oona Laurence as  Natalie
Isiah Whitlock Jr. as  Sheriff Gene Dentler
Robert Redford as  Mr. Meacham
John Kassir as  Elliot the Dragon (voice)
Marcus Henderson as  Woodrow
Aaron Jackson as  Abner

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Reviews

Baseshment
2016/08/12

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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BelSports
2016/08/13

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Casey Duggan
2016/08/14

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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Deanna
2016/08/15

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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Torrin-McFinn77
2016/08/16

I really enjoyed the original and used to watch it many times. But this was a nice little update with several changes. We get the orphan boy, his sympathetic and loving dragon friend, and a community of concerned and fearful humans. It was not at all predictable and offered the same story with a different style. I rented this and enjoyed it, though it's not my absolute-favorite remake. Cinderella (2015) and The Jungle Book (2016) are tied for my favorite Disney remake. And let's hope that The Lion King in 2019 will do more justice. But back to Pete's Dragon. This was a nice update with a more modern setting. And the ending I did not see coming. Much different than the original. I don't remember the new film's ending too well, but you'll have to see it in order to believe it. I'll leave it at that.

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alexandr-osprey
2016/08/17

I am not a fantasy fan, but give a chance to every movie I watch. It definitely worth watching, because it's stunningly filmed and heart touching. But I upvoted some negative reviews here, because they have a point. Dragon's theme isn't disclosed. Almost no action for 100 minutes. Emotions is a good thing, but you can't build the whole movie on heart touching moments. The last thing that cost that film a star for me: who the hell will choose people when you could spend your entire life with a dragon?

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jessebesse
2016/08/18

It had an orphan named Pete and a dragon named Elliot and nothing else. This isn't a remake it's a new movie that copied a story about an orphan named Pete and his dragon. The pretentious Hollywood writers (who must be to young to know we didn't wear seat belts in 1983, or that if air breaks lose pressure they actually set) should've changed Pete and Elliott's name and called this movie something else. The original, that had to use a drawn in dragon, stomped all over this movie. What a disappointment.

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Peter Pluymers
2016/08/19

"You know, when I was a little girl…I wanted to live in the forest more than anything. I love being out there. It was so fun, with the squirrels and the birds and the trees… So, when I grew up, I made it my job to protect the woods, and everything in them. Which I supposed includes you." I've just written down my opinion about "Beauty and the beast" and I realized that I've been watching "Pete's dragon" a couple of times already, along with my 7 year old daughter, without telling anything about it. Some catching up to do I guess. Let me just pull a short and powerful piece of opinion out of the hat. As I mentioned before, I always appreciate a live-action rendition of a Disney cartoon. Now, the 1977 version was actually already a sort of a mixture of an ordinary movie and pieces of drawings (and late Mickey Rooney starring in it as well). The dragon in this newer version looks lifelike and fortunately it doesn't have that pink wig anymore, but it lights up like a green lantern whenever Pete touches it.There's only one way to keep my kids interested while watching a Disney movie. Try to suck them into the story instantly and immediately show them that specific item which was the initial cause for them to watch the movie anyway. So no long-lasting digressions at the beginning, please. And that's why my impatient daughter liked this Disney so much. It didn't take long for the dragon, who set himself the task to look after poor Pete (Oakes Fegley), to reveal himself. Before my daughter knew it, she was watching breathlessly how trees were smashed down and she saw this immense green dragon appear (a cuddly kind of dragon thanks to his soft looking fur). An additional positive element is the fact that the fatal accident isn't portrayed explicitly. As a result the curious question "What happened to Pete's mom and dad?" was asked lots of times. But this incident was forgotten quickly as soon as the adventurous pace was switched into a higher gear.The rest of the film isn't very original and contains the known theme with young people who still believe in fairy tales and are amazed by these fairy tale-like events without thinking of any financial gain. And of course they have to contend with adults whose intentions aren't so good when it's about these miracles. Indeed, money or fear are usually motives to capture the fantasy. In "Pete's dragon" it's Gavin (Karl Urban) who wants to make money out of Elliot, by using him as a sideshow attraction. Of course there are still adults who believe in legends and fairy tales like Meacham (Robert Redford). And then there are those who begin to believe in it after a while, like Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Jack (West Belley). And all this is supplemented with youthful enthusiasm, adventurous experiences and terribly exciting action. On child level, that is.Oh well, ultimately I've enjoyed myself with this simple youth movie. A moment of relaxation and a feeling of childish amazement. And at the same time enjoying the applied modern techniques and graphic magic. The moment Pete and Elliot were chasing each other and Elliott splashed into the flowing river, was a beautiful scene. And as an adult, I also appreciated the acting of Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard and of course Oakes Fegley. But do you know what pleasured me the most? That moment my daughter looked at me with such smiling eyes, full of sparkles, and asked me convincingly if we would watch it again one time. Mission accomplished Disney! More reviews here : http://bit.ly/2qtGQoc

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