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DragonHeart

1996

Rob Cohen

Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Sean Connery ...

5.9

18,540

Fantasy. Adventure A boy and his dragon unite to fight evil in this fantasy. Bowen (Dennis Quaid), a Knight of The Old Code in Medieval times, is summoned by Aislinn the Queen (Julie Christie) to the bedside of her son, Einon, who is also Bowen's student. Einon has been wounded and is near death; with his heart about to give out, Bowen calls upon Draco (voice of Sean Connery), the mightiest dragon in the land, asking for a sliver of his mighty heart so ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"While no reasonable person over the age of 12 would presumably be able to take it seriously, it nevertheless has a lighthearted joy (...) that recalls the days when movies were content to be fun (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"[It] boasts a few worthwhile moments, like the image of a rearing Draco silhouetted against the setting sun or the standoff between man and beast with Bowen inside the dragon's maw, but there aren't enough of these (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly	"To buy into 'Dragonheart', you have to buy into the dragon. Draco is easy to like (...) If only Sean Connery didn’t have such a wonderfully distinctive voice, Draco might live and breathe as his own creature."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Any movie whose computer-generated effects are more believable than its actors is asking for trouble."	NEG
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"A big, hearty fantasy-adventure with spectacular fire-breathing effects and a fizzling story."	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Like the mythological creatures it celebrates, the movie appears bound for extinction"	NEG
United States	Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"'Dragonheart' is a silly, foolhardy epic"	NEG

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