Pete's Dragon (PG)

★★★ This remake of a 1977 Disney movie, is a determinedly old-fashioned kids’ film, consummately crafted and with a subtlety that brasher, noisier children’s movies conspicuously lack. ~ The Independent. 

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A cinema screening of Disney’s 2016 Pete’s Dragon, starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, and Oakes Fegley.

A reimagining of Disney’s cherished 1977 family cartoon, “Pete’s Dragon” is the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon.

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.

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.

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.

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★★★★★ Clever, heartwarming, sincere and pumped full of comforting weirdness. ~ Irish Times.

★★★★ Disney breathes new life into the children's classic. This retelling of the relationship between an orphan and his pet dragon will tug on your nostalgia strings. ~ Irish Independent.

★★★★ This remake of the 1977 Disney film offers a strong family entertainment. ~ The Observer.

★★★★ While the sentimentality is as tangible as the surroundings, nothing is overcooked or forced home. ~ Sky Cinema.

★★★★ It wows with low-key Spielbergian magic, not special effects. ~ The Telegraph.

★★★★ David Lowery’s update of the 1977 Disney musical darkens the narrative fringes, because that is the fashion of these times. Location shots in New Zealand only add extra beauty to an already handsome adventure. ~ Sunday Irish Independent.

★★★★ Disney’s dazzling ode to childhood innocence and the power of imagination will make your heart soar. ~ Little White Lies.

★★★★ By turns funny, sad, scary and exciting, this is terrific family entertainment, though children who are easily upset may be disturbed by some of the intense action scenes. ~ Radio Times.