How To Train Your Dragon
Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his towns 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 dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.
6 September 1976, London, England, UK
13 November 1969, Paisley, Scotland, UK
20 June 1989, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 June 1981, Denver, Colorado, USA
9 April 1982, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
17 May 1962, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
22 August 1973, Canandaigua, New York, USA
11 August 1969, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
20 December 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
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18 April 1971, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
December 08, 2014
Instead of relying on dizzying gimmicks, Dreamworks' new animated feature simply revels in the sheer heart-pumping pleasure of watching action unfold through those Buddy Holly-style glasses.
November 19, 2013
What we have here is an exhilarating epic that mixes comedic and touching moments with some of the best action sequences ever created with CGI animation.
April 04, 2011
Technically proficient and featuring a witty, intelligent, surprisingly insightful script, How to Train Your Dragon comes close to the level of Pixar's recent output while easily exceeding the juvenilia Dreamworks has released in the last nine years.
December 08, 2014
Undoubtedly Dreamworks' best film yet, and quite probably the best dragon movie ever made.
December 08, 2014
It's charming, funny and a lot like Avatar, though less solemn and an hour shorter.
December 08, 2014
It's a foolproof scheme for picture making: take the plot elements of favorite movies, paint the concoction with bright colors so it looks like the zazziest customized car, set it running at NASCAR speed, and you have How to Train Your Dragon.
November 19, 2013
Toothless has the one precious ingredient that's missing from so many of Hollywood's contemporary animated characters: an air of mystery.
December 08, 2014
Based on the book by Cressida Cowell, the movie from writer-director Dean Dubois is funny, well-drawn and imaginatively structured so that adults need have no fear about taking the kids to it.
December 08, 2014
What helps elevate How to Train Your Dragon above the glut of other recent animated fare is its message about tolerance and realizing that your enemy may not be as different as you think.
May 06, 2011
It's a Harry Potter-meets-Avatar adventure that should delight most children and adults.
December 08, 2014
Everything from the angle of the shot to the speed of the editing projects an end visual that feels like you're either on Toothless' back or you get an outsider perspective of just how fast he's flying.
November 19, 2013
Smartly dispensing with the usual hubbub of pop references that dot many of these films, the movie offers touching, quiet moments and imaginative, high-flying beauty. It's fantastically entertaining.
