10s Movie Review - Pete's Dragon

Director: David Lowery
Genre: Adventure/ Family/ Fantasy
Runtime: 103 minutes
Year: 2016
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oona Laurence, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Oakes Fegley

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Description: The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who happens to be a dragon.

Review: Disney is rapidly turning its catalog of classic animated film into live-action movies. The original version of “Pete’s Dragon” is only partially animated, the dragon is hand-drawn. In this live-action Disney film, they created dragon Elliot in a more realistic way and it looks stunning.
Young Pete loses his parents in a car accident and disappears into the nearby woods, where he befriends dragon Elliott. This dragon has been a myth for decades for the nearby town. Meacham, one of the citizens, claims to have seem him once. His daughter Grace never believed him, until she finds Pete and hears his stories about Elliott.
With “Pete’s Dragon”, Disney returns to the warm family films that made the company so great. The emotions that are evoked are sincere, so that the makers can easily be forgiven for the straightforward type of story. It’s a magical, heart-warming story, with amazing visuals.  

Rating: 4/ 5