Review of Pete's Dragon (2016) by Courtney M — 18 Aug 2016

Petes Dragon is amazing! Especially, if like me, you grew up watching the original. ??

This review of Pete's Dragon (2016) was written by Courtney M on 18 Aug 2016.

Pete's Dragon has generally received positive reviews.

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By L G (88) on 02 Sep 2018

I really liked it.. A sweet adaptation of the old one.. But as always, man, is always destroying everything beautiful and innocent…

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By Gregory M (485) on 30 Apr 2018

Go fuck yourself. this movie gives me nothing but anger everyone in the movie is stupid they are not helping the dragon at all. I'm so mad…

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By Viktor N (364) on 02 Sep 2018

I really liked it.. A sweet adaptation of the old one.. But as always, man, is always destroying everything beautiful and innocent…

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By John M (4,356) on 28 Jan 2018

Pete's Dragon was a great and the cast was good, I liked it because it was talking boy and dragon having a good bond and they will never leave…

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By Cesar F (115) on 04 Dec 2018

Interesting remake. Good fun for the whole family…

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By Kyle20Ellis (540) on 13 Apr 2020

I believe this movie would be far more alluring and convincing if it was animation…

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By Yoshiko T (11) on 25 Dec 2017

This movie had no redeeming factors. Uninteresting, stereotypical characters. A slow, boring plot…

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By Yash B (980) on 04 Aug 2018

Pete's Dragon is an irresistible family movie that I feel kids and adults will actually enjoy equally…

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By Douglas Davidson (49) for CLTure (4) on 17 Nov 2018

Director David Lowery shoves off the seafaring locale, the songs, and the majority of the original story and successfully modernizes it while…

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By Will M (506) on 11 Dec 2018

Charming, gentle, and pretty much irresistible. A fascinating telling of a nice tale…

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