Pete's Dragon (2016)
While the opening scene of Pete’s Dragon might seem a little kid-unfriendly, you can rest assured that nothing bad is going to happen to the title character. A little boy is seen in a car with his parents, driving down a deserted road in a forest. In a terrible car accident, the boy’s parents are killed, and the boy is rescued by a dragon.
Six years later, the boy is still living in the forest with his dragon, happy and healthy. But, as always happens in movies, when someone leaves their cozy surroundings and enter the real world, trouble ensues. Oakes Fegley plays Pete, and he gives a terribly heartbreaking performance. I always marvel at little children who can act in front of the camera.
While the majority of people who are going to want to see this movie are those who grew up with and enjoyed the 1972 original, I watched it for Robert Redford. Bryce Dallas Howard plays a forest ranger, and Redford plays her father. Most of the grown-ups in the movie don’t believe the boy when he claims to have been raised by a dragon, but Robert Redford does. Of course he does; he’s Robert Redford!
There are some exciting moments, some moments that probably are a little upsetting for kids, and some beautiful surroundings—it was filmed in New Zealand. But, all in all, it’s not my favorite kiddy movie, and it’s not one I’ll probably want to rent again.
More Robert Redford movies here!
Six years later, the boy is still living in the forest with his dragon, happy and healthy. But, as always happens in movies, when someone leaves their cozy surroundings and enter the real world, trouble ensues. Oakes Fegley plays Pete, and he gives a terribly heartbreaking performance. I always marvel at little children who can act in front of the camera.
While the majority of people who are going to want to see this movie are those who grew up with and enjoyed the 1972 original, I watched it for Robert Redford. Bryce Dallas Howard plays a forest ranger, and Redford plays her father. Most of the grown-ups in the movie don’t believe the boy when he claims to have been raised by a dragon, but Robert Redford does. Of course he does; he’s Robert Redford!
There are some exciting moments, some moments that probably are a little upsetting for kids, and some beautiful surroundings—it was filmed in New Zealand. But, all in all, it’s not my favorite kiddy movie, and it’s not one I’ll probably want to rent again.
More Robert Redford movies here!