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How to Train Your Dragon

2010

Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

Animation, Voice: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera ...

7.2

48,370

Animation. Fantasy. Adventure. Kids Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can't bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Some movies seem born to inspire video games. 'How to Train Your Dragon' plays more like a game born to inspire a movie (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"A lively though disjointed 3D cartoon that never quite entices an audience to invest emotionally in its fantasy world"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Kid stuff? Maybe. But 'How to Train Your Dragon' works enough miracles of 3-D animation to charm your socks off (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"A thrilling action-adventure saga with exhilarating 3-D animation, a clever comedy with witty dialogue, a coming-of-age tale with surprising depth and a sweetly poignant tale of friendship (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A thrilling drama interspersed with amusing comedic elements (...) 'Dragon' makes dazzling use of the format"	POS
United States	Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"Though the dragons are cool in their various forms and the battle scenes are epic and exciting, watching two former foes become friends is what really makes the story fly (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"'How to Train Your Dragon' rouses you in conventional ways, but it's also the rare animated film that uses 3-D for its breathtaking spatial and emotional possibilities"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"An entertaining and great-looking family movie (...) There's an interestingly realistic sense of the dangers involved in risking your neck for others (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"DreamWorks’ most idiosyncratic and genuinely charming film in years (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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