A live action remake of the 1977 animated film of the same name, Pete’s Dragon chronicles Pete a kid who was orphaned in the jungle and was offered protection by a giant green dragon named Eliot.
Most entertaining is the buddy relationship between Pete and his dragon - their playful montage is neatly utilized as a means to be afraid when the story seems to drift them apart. So the finale is a nice learning lesson for kiddie audiences who are generally conditioned into watching a complete white or black version of characters in children’s films. It’s not often you see a grey zone in mainstream kids’ cinema so Disney definitely deserves some praise for attempting something different.