Pete’s Dragon Review ~ An Amazing Movie Your Family Will LOVE!

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Cancel your plans and take the family to see Disney’s new Pete’s Dragon! My family and I attended a screening this past week and we all loved it… as in tears at the beginning and clapping at the end! OK, maybe a few tears at the end too!

In this remake of a Disney classic, new stars bring the magical story of Pete’s Dragon to the big screen. From the casting to the story line, you’ll love everything about it. The movie has enough depth for an adult to enjoy yet simple enough for my six year old to follow along with.

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) 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 (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are a little more than tall tales…until she meets Pete (Oakes Fegley). Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot. And from Pete’s descriptions, Elliot seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham’s stories. With the help of Natalie (Oona Laurence), an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack (Wes Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

Since I simply adore Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford, it’s a movie I had planned to see all along. Bryce plays such a warm and kind mother figure in this film and the child actors are simply phenomenal! Fegley and Laurence are wise beyond their years and we are sure to see them grow up in the spotlight. The CGI used in the film for Elliot, the dragon, is breathtaking and I’m simply amazed how far movies have come since my childhood.

On the fence? I highly encourage everyone to get out and see Pete’s Dragon this weekend!