How to Train Your Dragon

Released Mar 26, 2010

1h 38m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

TRAILER

for How to Train Your Dragon: Trailer 1

List

99%

Tomatometer

214 Reviews

91%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is a Norse teenager from the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. His progressive views and weird sense of humor make him a misfit, despite the fact that his father (Gerard Butler) is chief of the clan. Tossed into dragon-fighting school, he endeavors to prove himself as a true Viking, but when he befriends an injured dragon he names Toothless, he has the chance to plot a new course for his people's future.

Read Less

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

In Theaters

Fandango at Home

Prime Video

Apple TV

Rent How to Train Your Dragon on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV.

Critics Consensus

Boasting dazzling animation, a script with surprising dramatic depth, and thrilling 3-D sequences, How to Train Your Dragon soars.

Read Critics Reviews

Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

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.

Dec 8, 2014

Full Review

Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

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.

Dec 8, 2014

Full Review

Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Three cheers to DreamWorks for zipping it, at long last: in laying aside the post-modern quips, they've rediscovered an airborne sense of joy.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 8, 2014

Full Review

Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

has an important message for kids with a ton of heart and soul

Jan 8, 2024

Full Review

Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

When it’s all over, the movie’s strengths—the impressive visuals, the neat dragon designs, and the central boy-and-his-dog relationship—are what remain and make it worth your time.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 22, 2023

Full Review

Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

The story is so-so, but the animation is delicious. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 19, 2022

Full Review

Read all reviews

Zihao

Such a moving experience for a 10-year fam of How To Train Your Dragon!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

Full Review

Veronica

So wonderful to finally see it on the big screen!! I missed it when it first came out

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/22

Full Review

James Van Hise

So impressive on the big screen again after eleven years.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/22

Full Review

Ivan C

i remember seeing this when it first came out..it was amazing then and its amazing now

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/22

Full Review

Emmy

This movie was awesome! 11/10 would recommend.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/12/22

Full Review

Maira

It's been 10yrs+ and it still holds up. Glad I was able to catch a showing from my local theater, highly recommended family movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/22

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Christopher Sanders

Director

Dean DeBlois

Director

Jay Baruchel

Hiccup

Gerard Butler

King Stoick the Vast

America Ferrera

Astrid

Jonah Hill

Snotlout

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

How to Train Your Dragon: Official Clip - A New Tail