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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 09 Aug 2016

It's a wonderful film, an unexpectedly triumphant reworking of the earlier picture, assembled by a talented and patient production team committed…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for honeycuttshollywood.com (375) on 09 Aug 2016

With 'Pete's Dragon' you sense a rare opportunity for a Disney classic slipped through the filmmakers' fingers…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 09 Aug 2016

[Lowery] has made a larger, very different movie without losing his instincts, his directorial stealth or his ability to finesse his actors…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 09 Aug 2016

Pete's Dragon is a work of delicacy and joy and profound empathy, a film made by a corporation for a mass audience that somehow manages to…

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By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 09 Aug 2016

There should be more American family movies like Pete’s Dragon. Since there aren’t, we should get behind this one…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 09 Aug 2016

As remakes go, Disney's latest might just be their best one yet, soaring to such stratospheric heights I almost can't help but be amazed…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 09 Aug 2016

It's not merely a throwback... but one that recaptures the endearing qualities with which the best of its models won over audiences…

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By Edward Johnson-Ott (361) for NUVO Newsweekly (453) on 09 Aug 2016

Pete's Dragon is a nice little Disney film, and my use of the words nice and little is in no way intended to be dismissive…

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By Michael Heaton (182) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 09 Aug 2016

The Disney remake of Pete's Dragon is a heartwarming, 3-D, eco-friendly fairy tale about saving forests and believing in magical things that…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 09 Aug 2016

A film of uncommon warmth, decency, and humanity…

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By Blake Goble (229) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 09 Aug 2016

The way Lowery observes Pete and Elliot’s relationship with nominal dialogue is beautiful…

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By Jacob Oller (247) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 09 Aug 2016

It's heartfelt and beautiful in its simplicity, ending with a series of perfect moments that will cement it as a true Disney classic…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 09 Aug 2016

To borrow the tagline of Superman I, you'll believe a dragon can fly. You'll even believe he can feel…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 09 Aug 2016

I'm not sure who begged for a Pete's Dragon reboot, but I'm glad they did so Disney could show how to properly revamp an existing property…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 09 Aug 2016

Where the original was a goofy, campy bit of stylized storytelling, Lowery's becomes a nicely realized, feel-good love song to fantasy and…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for Associated Press (1,685) on 09 Aug 2016

This is one of the season's most heartening surprises…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 09 Aug 2016

All one needs to grasp is the hope and inherent magic of a kid and a dragon being BFFs, then let the feels flow from there…

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By Joseph Walsh (276) for The Skinny (809) on 09 Aug 2016

A heart-warming tale of friendship (bringing to mind Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are) loaded with ecological themes that is more robust…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 08 Aug 2016

It’s a lovely film, stately, sylvan and slow. It would take an insensate child and a very cynical adult to not fall for at least some of its charms…

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By Will Leitch (411) for The New Republic (897) on 08 Aug 2016

The movie feels like a rock coated in cotton candy, a shiny object that simulates human-type emotions but never truly earns them…

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