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How to Train Your Dragon

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• Adventure
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• 2025
• Dean DeBlois
• 125 mins
• PG

Summary

On the isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been enemies for generations, young warrior Hiccup breaks tradition by forming an unlikely bond with Toothless, a feared Night Fury. Live action fantasy adventure, starring Mason Thames, Nico Parker and Gerard Butler

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Dave Golder

The geeky son of a Viking chief forms a friendship with one the tribe's bitterest enemies, a dragon, in this thrilling live-action remake of the beloved children's animated fantasy. Hiccup (Mason Thames) is training to be a dragon-slayer to impress his dad (Gerard Butler), but when he accidentally wounds a dragon, instead of killing it, he forms a bond with it that reveals a whole new side to the scaly fire-breathers. As remakes go, this rates as one of the most loyal in Hollywood history. It's almost a scene-for-scene copy, with much of the same dialogue and even some sequences shot and edited identically. Director Dean DeBlois also helmed all three animated Dragon features and his love of Cressida Cowell's original books shines though. Amazingly, the magical charm and sly wit of the earlier film version survive almost unscathed, and the human cast fleshes out the cartoon characters marvellously. The action sequences thrill, the dragons look amazing and the flying scenes are breathtaking. Not quite as consistently brilliant as the 2010 original, but not far off.

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7.7/10

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Cast

rolenameHiccupMason ThamesAstridNico ParkerStoickGerard ButlerGobberNick FrostSnotloutGabriel HowellFishlegsJulian DennisonRuffnutBronwyn JamesTuffnutHarry TrevaldwynHoarkMurray McArthurSpiteloutPeter Serafinowicz

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rolenameDirectorDean DeBloisWriterDean DeBloisWriterCressida CowellWriterWilliam DaviesWriterChris SandersProducerMarc PlattProducerAdam SiegelComposerJohn PowellDirector of photographyBill PopeEditorWyatt SmithCastingLucy BevanProduction designerDominic Watkins

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Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2025-06-13

Languages

English

Formats

Colour

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