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Pete's Dragon (2016)

Directed by David Lowery · 103 min · Adventure, Family, Fantasy

26.4 TOPICAL score · #3,886 of 6,776 films

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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, 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.

Pete's Dragon (2016, directed by David Lowery) has a TOPICAL score of 26.4 - ranked 3,886 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and lasting engagement, and lowest on cast. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 88% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 71. Audiences: TMDB 6.4/10 (2,385 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 33 languages.

Why this score

Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.

Critics60
Audience20
Awards37
Historical impact44
Lasting engagement60
Cast16
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard (actor #1,277), Wes Bentley, Karl Urban (actor #1,184)

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