Pete's Dragon

'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' director David Lowery puts a totally new spin on the Disney classic, inviting audiences to believe in a boy and his pet dragon.

3071d ago

Disney remake one of the most heartening surprises of the year.

3071d ago

‘Pete’s Dragon’ is surprisingly one of the year’s best movies.

3071d ago

‘Pete’s Dragon’ is surprisingly one of the year’s best movies.

3071d ago

Disney remake one of the most heartening surprises of the year.

3071d ago

There was something about "Pete's Dragon," a quality I couldn't identify at first, something that made it feel different from almost every other big summer movie, and its presence was so subtle that it took a while to figure out what it was: silence.

3071d ago

Disney remake one of the most heartening surprises of the year.

3071d ago

There was something about "Pete's Dragon," a quality I couldn't identify at first, something that made it feel different from almost every other big summer movie, and its presence was so subtle that it took a while to figure out what it was: silence.

3071d ago

‘Pete’s Dragon’ is surprisingly one of the year’s best movies.

3071d ago

There was something about "Pete's Dragon," a quality I couldn't identify at first, something that made it feel different from almost every other big summer movie, and its presence was so subtle that it took a while to figure out what it was: silence.

3071d ago

Disney remake one of the most heartening surprises of the year.

3071d ago

There was something about "Pete's Dragon," a quality I couldn't identify at first, something that made it feel different from almost every other big summer movie, and its presence was so subtle that it took a while to figure out what it was: silence.

3071d ago

‘Pete’s Dragon’ is surprisingly one of the year’s best movies.

3071d ago

If your kids can get through the first five minutes of Pete’s Dragon (which rank right up there with the shooting of Bambi’s mother on the Disney trauma-o-meter), then you won’t find a sweeter family film for the waning days of summer.

3071d ago

Thankfully, however, “Pete’s Dragon” is much more often technically smart and emotionally intelligent, with this endearing bauble of a film containing a big beating heart inside.

3071d ago

Writer-director David Lowery (“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”) jumps from indie to Disney with a family winner featuring an endearingly terrific dog-like dragon.

3071d ago

By simply utilizing the basic set-up of a lesser original feature and giving its director the freedom to infuse his own distinct sensibilities, Pete’s Dragon sets an ideal standard for what Hollywood should be doing in the remake realm.

3071d ago

By simply utilizing the basic set-up of a lesser original feature and giving its director the freedom to infuse his own distinct sensibilities, Pete’s Dragon sets an ideal standard for what Hollywood should be doing in the remake realm.

3071d ago

Thankfully, however, “Pete’s Dragon” is much more often technically smart and emotionally intelligent, with this endearing bauble of a film containing a big beating heart inside.

3071d ago

Writer-director David Lowery (“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”) jumps from indie to Disney with a family winner featuring an endearingly terrific dog-like dragon.

3071d ago

If your kids can get through the first five minutes of Pete’s Dragon (which rank right up there with the shooting of Bambi’s mother on the Disney trauma-o-meter), then you won’t find a sweeter family film for the waning days of summer.

3071d ago

Pete’s Dragon breathes poetic life into a forgotten Disney dud.

3071d ago

By simply utilizing the basic set-up of a lesser original feature and giving its director the freedom to infuse his own distinct sensibilities, Pete’s Dragon sets an ideal standard for what Hollywood should be doing in the remake realm.

3071d ago

Thankfully, however, “Pete’s Dragon” is much more often technically smart and emotionally intelligent, with this endearing bauble of a film containing a big beating heart inside.

3071d ago

Pete’s Dragon breathes poetic life into a forgotten Disney dud.

3071d ago

Thankfully, however, “Pete’s Dragon” is much more often technically smart and emotionally intelligent, with this endearing bauble of a film containing a big beating heart inside.

3071d ago

By simply utilizing the basic set-up of a lesser original feature and giving its director the freedom to infuse his own distinct sensibilities, Pete’s Dragon sets an ideal standard for what Hollywood should be doing in the remake realm.

3071d ago

If your kids can get through the first five minutes of Pete’s Dragon (which rank right up there with the shooting of Bambi’s mother on the Disney trauma-o-meter), then you won’t find a sweeter family film for the waning days of summer.

3071d ago

Writer-director David Lowery (“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”) jumps from indie to Disney with a family winner featuring an endearingly terrific dog-like dragon.

3071d ago

Writer-director David Lowery (“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”) jumps from indie to Disney with a family winner featuring an endearingly terrific dog-like dragon.

3071d ago

Pete’s Dragon breathes poetic life into a forgotten Disney dud.

3071d ago

If your kids can get through the first five minutes of Pete’s Dragon (which rank right up there with the shooting of Bambi’s mother on the Disney trauma-o-meter), then you won’t find a sweeter family film for the waning days of summer.

3071d ago

Pete’s Dragon breathes poetic life into a forgotten Disney dud.

3071d ago

Pete's Dragon is as cuddly as the mountains of plush toys Disney hopes to sell from it.

3071d ago

Pete's Dragon is as cuddly as the mountains of plush toys Disney hopes to sell from it.

3071d ago

Pete's Dragon is as cuddly as the mountains of plush toys Disney hopes to sell from it.

3071d ago

Pete's Dragon is as cuddly as the mountains of plush toys Disney hopes to sell from it.

3071d ago

In an era when most everything gets rebooted regularly, it’s almost shocking that there hasn’t been a Pete’s Dragon reimagining before now, since the 1977 original is a happy-go-lucky yet dated and trippily goofy musical.

3071d ago

Disney goes the earnest route with spruced-up tale of a boy and his dragon, and hits paydirt.

3071d ago

For me, a grown-up spoiled by Pixar, Pete’s Dragon seemed sweet but slow and a little bland. My guests, entranced by the friendly dragon and the film’s 3D depictions of flight, thought otherwise.

3071d ago

In an era when most everything gets rebooted regularly, it’s almost shocking that there hasn’t been a Pete’s Dragon reimagining before now, since the 1977 original is a happy-go-lucky yet dated and trippily goofy musical.

3071d ago

In an era when most everything gets rebooted regularly, it’s almost shocking that there hasn’t been a Pete’s Dragon reimagining before now, since the 1977 original is a happy-go-lucky yet dated and trippily goofy musical.

3071d ago

For me, a grown-up spoiled by Pixar, Pete’s Dragon seemed sweet but slow and a little bland. My guests, entranced by the friendly dragon and the film’s 3D depictions of flight, thought otherwise.

3071d ago

Disney goes the earnest route with spruced-up tale of a boy and his dragon, and hits paydirt.

3071d ago

Disney goes the earnest route with spruced-up tale of a boy and his dragon, and hits paydirt.

3071d ago

Disney goes the earnest route with spruced-up tale of a boy and his dragon, and hits paydirt.

3071d ago

For me, a grown-up spoiled by Pixar, Pete’s Dragon seemed sweet but slow and a little bland. My guests, entranced by the friendly dragon and the film’s 3D depictions of flight, thought otherwise.

3071d ago

In an era when most everything gets rebooted regularly, it’s almost shocking that there hasn’t been a Pete’s Dragon reimagining before now, since the 1977 original is a happy-go-lucky yet dated and trippily goofy musical.

3071d ago

For me, a grown-up spoiled by Pixar, Pete’s Dragon seemed sweet but slow and a little bland. My guests, entranced by the friendly dragon and the film’s 3D depictions of flight, thought otherwise.

3071d ago

Yes, this is a children’s movie with messages about everybody being right where they belong. Yet that contentment is a hard-won knowledge, one that does not come without certain regrets and lends a realistic edge to the more magical stuff. And in what other children’s film will you hear a Leonard Cohen song played? Pete’s Dragon has the power to breathe fire into the most tepid of souls.

3071d ago

Yes, this is a children’s movie with messages about everybody being right where they belong. Yet that contentment is a hard-won knowledge, one that does not come without certain regrets and lends a realistic edge to the more magical stuff. And in what other children’s film will you hear a Leonard Cohen song played? Pete’s Dragon has the power to breathe fire into the most tepid of souls.

3071d ago

Yes, this is a children’s movie with messages about everybody being right where they belong. Yet that contentment is a hard-won knowledge, one that does not come without certain regrets and lends a realistic edge to the more magical stuff. And in what other children’s film will you hear a Leonard Cohen song played? Pete’s Dragon has the power to breathe fire into the most tepid of souls.

3071d ago

Mr. Lowery is very good with actors, and he lets much of his film unfold at a pace that may, in these frenzied times, seem rather leisurely. I thought the pace was fine, and admired him for giving his characters time to breathe. Elliott breathes fire, and the film around him breathes humanity.

3071d ago

Mr. Lowery is very good with actors, and he lets much of his film unfold at a pace that may, in these frenzied times, seem rather leisurely. I thought the pace was fine, and admired him for giving his characters time to breathe. Elliott breathes fire, and the film around him breathes humanity.

3071d ago

Yes, this is a children’s movie with messages about everybody being right where they belong. Yet that contentment is a hard-won knowledge, one that does not come without certain regrets and lends a realistic edge to the more magical stuff. And in what other children’s film will you hear a Leonard Cohen song played? Pete’s Dragon has the power to breathe fire into the most tepid of souls.

3071d ago

Mr. Lowery is very good with actors, and he lets much of his film unfold at a pace that may, in these frenzied times, seem rather leisurely. I thought the pace was fine, and admired him for giving his characters time to breathe. Elliott breathes fire, and the film around him breathes humanity.

3071d ago

Mr. Lowery is very good with actors, and he lets much of his film unfold at a pace that may, in these frenzied times, seem rather leisurely. I thought the pace was fine, and admired him for giving his characters time to breathe. Elliott breathes fire, and the film around him breathes humanity.

3071d ago

Disney has a long history of terrifying children–especially when it comes to moms: Bambi’s is killed by hunters, Dumbo’s is captured and can comfort him only through the bars of a circus cart. Youthful reactions to these scenes range from stoic to sobbing, and adults who grew up with these movies know just which kind of kid they were.

3071d ago

After his parents die in a car accident, toddler Pete is raised in the woods by a big friendly dragon. Six years later, their happy existence is upended when people from the local town discover Pete (Oakes Fegley) and try to take him back to civilisation.

3071d ago

Disney has a long history of terrifying children–especially when it comes to moms: Bambi’s is killed by hunters, Dumbo’s is captured and can comfort him only through the bars of a circus cart. Youthful reactions to these scenes range from stoic to sobbing, and adults who grew up with these movies know just which kind of kid they were.

3071d ago

After his parents die in a car accident, toddler Pete is raised in the woods by a big friendly dragon. Six years later, their happy existence is upended when people from the local town discover Pete (Oakes Fegley) and try to take him back to civilisation.

3071d ago

Disney has a long history of terrifying children–especially when it comes to moms: Bambi’s is killed by hunters, Dumbo’s is captured and can comfort him only through the bars of a circus cart. Youthful reactions to these scenes range from stoic to sobbing, and adults who grew up with these movies know just which kind of kid they were.

3071d ago

After his parents die in a car accident, toddler Pete is raised in the woods by a big friendly dragon. Six years later, their happy existence is upended when people from the local town discover Pete (Oakes Fegley) and try to take him back to civilisation.

3071d ago

After his parents die in a car accident, toddler Pete is raised in the woods by a big friendly dragon. Six years later, their happy existence is upended when people from the local town discover Pete (Oakes Fegley) and try to take him back to civilisation.

3071d ago

Disney has a long history of terrifying children–especially when it comes to moms: Bambi’s is killed by hunters, Dumbo’s is captured and can comfort him only through the bars of a circus cart. Youthful reactions to these scenes range from stoic to sobbing, and adults who grew up with these movies know just which kind of kid they were.

3071d ago

Despite the vastly improved visuals, the new film is just as soft-hearted — and, unfortunately, just as mush-headed — as the earlier one.

3071d ago

It abandons its subtlety en route to becoming a moralistic screed about the preservation of the nuclear family.

3071d ago

Despite the vastly improved visuals, the new film is just as soft-hearted — and, unfortunately, just as mush-headed — as the earlier one.

3071d ago

Despite the vastly improved visuals, the new film is just as soft-hearted — and, unfortunately, just as mush-headed — as the earlier one.

3071d ago

It abandons its subtlety en route to becoming a moralistic screed about the preservation of the nuclear family.

3071d ago

It abandons its subtlety en route to becoming a moralistic screed about the preservation of the nuclear family.

3071d ago

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

3071d ago

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

3071d ago

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

3071d ago

It abandons its subtlety en route to becoming a moralistic screed about the preservation of the nuclear family.

3071d ago

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

3071d ago

Despite the vastly improved visuals, the new film is just as soft-hearted — and, unfortunately, just as mush-headed — as the earlier one.

3071d ago

Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford attempt to breathe life into this sluggish reconceptualization of the 1977 Disney film.

3071d ago

Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford attempt to breathe life into this sluggish reconceptualization of the 1977 Disney film.

3071d ago

Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford attempt to breathe life into this sluggish reconceptualization of the 1977 Disney film.

3071d ago

Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford attempt to breathe life into this sluggish reconceptualization of the 1977 Disney film.

3071d ago