Pete's Dragon( 2016)

TV-MAAdventureFamilyFantasy

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Some secrets are too big to keep.

Overview

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

Top Billed Cast

Oakes Fegley
Pete
Bryce Dallas Howard
Grace
Wes Bentley
Jack
Karl Urban
Gavin
Oona Laurence
Natalie
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Sheriff Gene Dentler
Robert Redford
Mr. Meacham
John Kassir
Elliot the Dragon (voice)
Marcus Henderson
Woodrow
Aaron Jackson
Abner
Phil Grieve
Bobby
Steve Barr
Deputy Smalls
Keagan Carr Fransch
Doctor Marquez
Jade Valour
Nurse Merriwether
Augustine Frizzell
Mrs. Swanberg
Francis Biggs
Mr. Swanberg
Jasper Putt
Freckled Kid
Esmée Myers
Pete's Mom
Gareth Reeves
Pete's Dad
Levi Alexander
Young Pete
Jim McLarty
Ranger Wentworth
Brandie Stephens
Patient's Mom
Josephine Stephens
Little Girl Patient
Tai MacKenzie
EMT Staffer
Ian Harcourt
Deputy West
Mia Thomas
Jasmine
Ruby Acevedo
Joy
Oliver Nell
Jerry
James Allcock
Jimmy
Annabelle Malaika Süess
Jenny
Olly Presling
Billy Brown
Jenesis Au-yeung
Julia
Daria Ponomaryova
Jane
Bukhosi Ngwenya
Jandy
William J. Rawbone
Jacob
Fraser McLeod
Millworker
Richard Falkner
Millworker
Jason Fitch
Logger
David J. Muzzerall
Citation Driver
Geoff Naylor
School Bus Driver
Toby Halbrooks
Unfortunate Ambulance Patient
Jade Healy
Waitress

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A review by Frank Ochieng

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Written by Frank Ochieng on Sat Aug 13 2016

The infectiously whimsy and adventurous **Pete’s Dragon** undergoes a polished millennial-style rebirth for today’s kiddies not fortunate enough to be alive when the 1977 live-action animated musical blueprint made its charming, impressionable impact for youngsters of all ages back in the day. The festive and frolicking Disney flourishes are applied to co-writer/director David Lowery’s re-imagination of an impish boy and his devoted dragon. There is an even balance of refreshing nostalgia and modern-day spryness and magical sentiment that hovers over this engaging family fable remake from the p...