Review of Pete's Dragon (1977) by Christy K — 14 Jun 2007

Great music in this and Elliot is soo loveable! I really love this one as a kid and adult! Mickey Rooney plays an excellent drunk!

This review of Pete's Dragon (1977) was written by Christy K on 14 Jun 2007.

Pete's Dragon has generally received mixed reviews.

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It's really a less-than-memorable entry from Walt Disney studios It's overly-long and there are far too many musical numbers, not to mention…

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Not a good movie I did not enjoy this show I would say not entertaining for me…

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Unfortunately it's too campy, corny, cheezy, annoying, long and dull. Also cliche and nonsensical with bad acting…

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I give credit towards some of the interaction between the live-action humans and the cartoon dragon and the year when this was released render…

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By Samantha B (283) on 10 Aug 2016

Such a good movie. I used to watch this all the time when I was younger... and I wish I had a copy of it now so I could sing along to it…

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