Review of Pete's Dragon (1977) by Bugg R — 01 Jun 2009

This is one of my favorite childhood movies.

This review of Pete's Dragon (1977) was written by Bugg R on 01 Jun 2009.

Pete's Dragon has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Steve W (2,154) on 13 Jul 2016

Enjoyable kid's film finds an orphan with a nasty foster family on the run with his sometimes invisible dragon…

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By Daniel P (2,457) on 30 Aug 2016

Pete's Dragon is a simplistic, silly, lightweight film with songs and animation that are inconsistent in quality…

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By Chris P (1,701) on 06 Aug 2013

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By Andrea M (519) on 11 Aug 2016

I realy love this movie I realy like all there songs but Zi like A dragon I realy saw a dragon…

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By Michael C (2,821) on 24 Nov 2017

I recently saw the new live action version of this film…

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By Jameelah C (1) on 15 Oct 2014

Love this movie as a child growing up :-)…

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By Farah R (1,015) on 16 May 2016

Watching this decades after its release is probably a crime…

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By Ethan L (615) on 03 Mar 2017

Some of the special effects can be impressive, but the rest of the movie is a tone deaf mess. C-…

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By Brett S (430) on 09 Oct 2016

Pete's Dragon is harmless and charming enough to entertain young children, but its bloated running time, bland characters, and slow pacing…

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By Chris S (3,490) on 19 Dec 2015

See you have to look at this in a certain way, cause I loved it when I was a kid--it has a pretty good storyline…

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