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How to Train Your Dragon

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8.1/10 • 1.1K

2025-06-062h 5m

FantasyFamilyAction

The legend is real.

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

Directors
Dean DeBlois
Writters
Dean DeBlois
Editors
Dean DeBlois, Wyatt Smith

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  1. Mason Thames

    Mason Thames

    Hiccup

  2. Nico Parker

    Nico Parker

    Astrid

  3. Gerard Butler

    Gerard Butler

    Stoick

  4. Nick Frost

    Nick Frost

    Gobber

  5. Gabriel Howell

    Gabriel Howell

    Snoutlout

  6. Julian Dennison

    Julian Dennison

    Fishlegs

  7. Bronwyn James

    Bronwyn James

    Ruffnut

  8. Harry Trevaldwyn

    Harry Trevaldwyn

    Tuffnut

  9. Murray McArthur

    Murray McArthur

    Hoark

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CinemaSerf

Jun 18, 2025

7/10

Whatever happened to Brenton Thwaites? For some reason that crossed my mind as this thoroughly entertaining fantasy adventure gets off to a rollicking start and keeps going. Now if you are the “Hagar”-esque Viking chief (Gerard Butler) expecting your son to take over as fearless dragon-chaser after you, why would you call him “Hiccup”? Might as well call him “Buttercup”? Anyway, that hapless lad (Mason Thames) maybe isn’t the most adept on the muscle front but cerebrally he has something of the Leonardo Da Vinci to him as he determines to set about devising a weapon that will tackle the most formidable of their foes - the “Night Fury”. Well, would you believe it - his contraption actually works, but instead of slaying the thing this young man decides that the decades of combat between the species has accomplished nothing, so he decides a bit of co-operation might be in order instead. Of course, he has to be fairly clandestine about this as his dad will go ape if he finds out and fellow, and competitive, student “Astrid” (Nico Parker) - on whom he has a terrible crush - might decide to take her axe to both him and his new friend. There are a few slight modifications from the animation (2010) but otherwise it largely sticks to the story with a lovely hammy effort from Butler, an enjoyably mischievous one from his multi-appendage sidekick “Gobber” (Nick Frost) and two solid performances from the leads. It’s Thames who really steals the show amongst the humans, with a cheeky and personable effort which must have been quite a task as he spent much of the filming dangling in front of a green screen. As to the visuals, they are great. A combination of dragons galore, huge scale pyrotechnics and loads of imagination immerses you into a story of family and friendship without even the vaguest hint of the moralising that often peppers this genre. They say that, aerodynamically, a bee ought never to be able to fly: well I think that could be said of almost all of the critters here as they dart about menacingly and colourfully for a couple of hours of what is really good fun. It’s well worth a cinema outing as the whole thing looks and sounds great on a big screen and dare I say it, I might quite like a sequel if they can keep the standard of storytelling up to that of the imagery.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$150,000,000.00
Revenue
$590,844,400.00
Keywords
flyingvikings (norsemen)remakedragonbattlewarriorlive action remakebased on young adult novellightheartedcasualfantasyappreciative