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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 10 Aug 2016

A sense of fun is notably missing, but the movie works well - maybe too well - as an emotionally wrenching story about a child who must put…

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By Roxana Hadadi (336) for Chesapeake Family Magazine (159) on 10 Aug 2016

More wistful and introspective than most family movies this year, Pete's Dragon is deeply moving and unforgettably touching…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Sci-Fi Movie Page (492) on 10 Aug 2016

It's a deeply affecting experience, and while the film remains just a boy-and-his-dragon story in the end, its depths hold wisdom and comfort…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 10 Aug 2016

I took my twin ten-year-old nieces and they sat on the edge of their seats throughout, utterly rapt, then pronounced the film 'really, really,…

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By Nancy Churnin (129) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 10 Aug 2016

Pete's Dragon may owe more to E.T.: The Extraterrestrial, along with a dash of The Jungle Book,than it does to the original Pete's Dragon…

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By Loey Lockerby (139) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 10 Aug 2016

The goofy, cartoonish elements are gone, as are the musical numbers. But no one can quite settle on what should replace them…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for New York Times (5,786) on 10 Aug 2016

This sentimental, nearly genteel movie demonstrates there’s a world of difference between invoking magic and conjuring it…

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By Joe Gross (195) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 10 Aug 2016

Most other kids' movies are so frenetic, so manic with lousy jokes and easy gags and visual effluvia that something as calm in spots as Pete's…

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By Kristian M. Lin (336) for Fort Worth Weekly (325) on 10 Aug 2016

The near-feral child at the center of this movie puts it on the same turf as the remake of The Jungle Book, but Pete's Dragon is a better film…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 10 Aug 2016

[Director David] Lowery may be retreading familiar territory here, but he does it well…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 10 Aug 2016

Thanks to Lowery's humanizing magic, Pete's Dragon is that rare family film you really can take to heart…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for NPR (1,713) on 10 Aug 2016

Lowery's affecting tearjerker strips away the excess and keeps on stripping, until all that's left is the elemental friendship between boy…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 10 Aug 2016

None of this works if the dragon isn't convincing, both as an effect and as a character. It is on both counts…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 10 Aug 2016

A cinematic enchantment, a low-key 1970s-style kids’ movie brimming with sincerity and heart. It’s one of the best films of the year…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Toronto Sun (419) on 10 Aug 2016

A slow movie for kids, and an infuriatingly unconvincing one for adults…

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By Bernard Boo (61) for PopMatters (2,617) on 10 Aug 2016

Pete's Dragon is a fun, unabashedly kid-friendly film that makes old-fashioned, simple storytelling cool again…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 10 Aug 2016

Every scene snaps and crackles with so much popping energy that we can easily set aside the story's inherent silly parts and be swept along…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 10 Aug 2016

Your kids are guaranteed to start crying within the film's opening five minutes. That's the bad news…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 10 Aug 2016

Pete's Dragon seemed an unlikely choice for a reboot, yet this Dragon is one to believe in…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 10 Aug 2016

Lowery stumbles, working too hard to squeeze a response from us…

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