Disney's latest live-action adventure is getting a big thumbs up from film critics.
Pete's Dragon - which was filmed in New Zealand and features Kiwi actor Karl Urban - has been called "the best 'big' movie of the summer" (Forbes).
Also starring Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World) and Robert Redford, the movie follows a young boy named Pete (Oakes Fegley) who is found in the woods and has a magical best friend, Elliott the dragon.
Time Out UK said the reimagining of the 1977 Disney classic had "all the nostalgic Spielberg-y-ness of Stranger Things, minus the creepy kids with paranormal nosebleeds."
![A scene from the movie, Pete's Dragon.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/UFLFYGQ2COKFPKEJLDY7GMNRZQ.jpg?auth=563fa81a85f848caecd6c6a11135373851cb1693fc42800ac99046d3450afc97&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)