Pete's Dragon is family entertainment at its best.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 20, 2017

[Pete's Dragon] is a tentpole movie that feels personal.

| Aug 10, 2017

A remake of the equally unmemorable children's film of 1977,

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 10, 2016

Like recent children's films such as BFG and The Jungle Book, this is another sweet reminder that strong stories and spirited characters are what make good films, and that childhood is something we all have forever.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 23, 2016

Pete's Dragon is perfect family viewing, and it might just want to make you want your own dragon friend.

| Aug 26, 2016

It is, above all, gentle, sometimes to a fault.

| Aug 25, 2016

One more thing about Pete's Dragon: You will cry. A lot.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 17, 2016

Pete's Dragon is one of those movies that talks a lot about magic-Robert Redford, the grandfatherly narrator whose "by and by" bookends the film, says the word at least seven times-rather than effectively presenting it on screen.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 17, 2016

Lowery's not just an artisan crafting what could've been product - he's creating a road map for how these remakes should be done, if, indeed, that's where we're going anyway.

| Aug 16, 2016

Disney's Pete's Dragon remake is one of the summer's better movies -- and that would have been the case even in a summer that wasn't largely dominated by lousy sequels and tired franchise extensions.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 15, 2016

Although the pathos is ladled on a little over-generously, the handsome photography, the first-rate performances ... and an endearing overgrown puppy of a dragon make this a strong alternative to animation for family audiences.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 14, 2016

"Pete's Dragon" conjures the primordial power of fantasy itself.

| Aug 12, 2016

It's an uplifting tearjerker, and deserving of your box-office dollars.

| Aug 12, 2016

Picture the exec who said that scales might be too strange, as though asking kids to dream wasn't the point

| Original Score: C | Aug 12, 2016

After half an hour or so of ... stutter steps, Pete's Dragon starts working on you, much like those gold standards of the boy-and-his-otherworldly-friend genre, E.T. and The Iron Giant.

| Aug 12, 2016

A Disney vehicle that swoops in to fill us with a sense of wonder. .. Filmmaker Lowery has helmed a joyful re-imagining destined to be the delight of the summer...

| Aug 12, 2016

Pete's Dragon is a gentle, understated family adventure, one that feels notably unlike the simplistically sentimental product the Disney imprimatur might lead you to expect.

| Aug 12, 2016

A rare family film that takes its time and allows the characters to breathe, to romp in the forest, to gaze at stars...I wish I'd grown up watching this film instead of the original.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 12, 2016

Painted in vivid colors, flush with love and alive with whimsy, Pete's Dragon is a superbly sweet and earnestly enchanting delight.

Full Review | Aug 12, 2016

The kind of film that can entertain more attentive and patient children simply by putting a memorable world and memorable characters onscreen.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 12, 2016