75
Metascore
37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRouses you in conventional ways, but it's also the rare animated film that uses 3-D for its breathtaking spatial and emotional possibilities.
- 90Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondAn exciting, fun and sensationally entertaining movie for everyone.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeA thrilling drama interspersed with amusing comedic elements (rather than the other way around).
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversWorks enough miracles of 3-D animation to charm your socks off.
- 75St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsIn steering a course between the rock of rude humor and the hard place of perilous drama, How to Train Your Dragon flies high.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA 3D movie that will intrigue kids and adults alike but might play raggedly in both camps.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzBaruchel is outstanding, giving Hiccup just the right amount of confidence buried several layers beneath the shame he feels in not continuing the family business. Butler's a head-banger from way back, so he's convincing. And Ferrera gets the grrl-power vibe just right.
- 63Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreDreamworks hired the directors of "Lilo & Stitch" to turn Cressida Cowell’s romp of a novel into an animated film and can’t be too surprised that they made, in essence, "Hiccup and Stitch."
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearYou could chalk this kid’s flick up as another manic Saturday-matinee time killer if it weren’t for a singularly impressive element. It’s not the stretchy, lava-lamp–ish animation, which offers the usual in-your-face 3-D tricks.
- 50Village VoiceElla TaylorVillage VoiceElla TaylorAdequate but unremarkable animated tale.