Pete's Dragon

Some secrets are too big to keep.

Disney continues their very profitable project of rolling out remakes of their popular animated films. This ’’re-imagining’’ of the 1977 classic has had good reviews. The story is about an old wood carver who has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales until she meets Pete. 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 Elliott. From Pete’s descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from the woodcarver’s stories. So she and a young girl set out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon. This film is releasing in 2D and 3D, this is the 2D version.

103 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Adventure, Family, Fantasy.

No we can’t play ’’What’s for lunch’’ ...

Credits

Cast	Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, Robert Redford
Director	David Lowery
Screenplay	David Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, from the screenplay by Malcom Marmorstein, from the story by Seton I. Miller, S.S. Field
Music	Daniel Hart
Cinematography	Bojan Bazelli
Editing	Lisa Zeno Churgin
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	Walt Disney Studios

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Fantasy
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Low impact, infrequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for action, peril and brief language
Runtime	102
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 7 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Disney's Elliot a creature of comfort for kids.	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Ou verhaal kry 'n nuwe kleed.	10
Cape Times Michael Rechtshaffen Some secrets are too big to keep.	5
Metacritic.com 26 critics	14
Rottentomatoes critics 69 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Pete&rquot;s Dragon continues Disney&rquot;s current live-action winning streak with an update that gives the original a visual overhaul without overwhelming its sweet, soulful charm.	17
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Wonderful remake of Disney classic has peril, sad moments.	15
What the People say
Internet 20 Netizens A Fair attempt to make a good film and good example for those people who want to make remake movies.	15
Average .. 63%	13