Film1977128 min

Pete's Dragon

Name: Pete's Dragon
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1977
Duration: 128 min
Cast: Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons

Taste attributes: animationcomedyfamilyfantasymonster/alien/supernaturalanimalsadventurefastwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

See which match your taste

"Brazzle Dazzle Brilliance!"

Boxlist takeA fantastical animated family film that is good-natured, breezy and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.4 /10

TMDB · 523 votes

Your matchTake the taste test to see your match

Where to watch

Streaming data: JustWatch

WeaksampleWhy this match?Show

What lines up

Originality: Balanced originality, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

This is a sample for Hard Hitter. Take the taste test to see your own match for Pete's Dragon.

Synopsis

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.

Synopsis: TMDB