Why Kill Dragons When You Can Ride Them?

Rating: 8/10 (17 February 2011)

A fun, snappy animated film about a young Viking who would rather make friends with the dragons preying on his village than hunt them.
The universal message at the heart of "How to Train Your Dragon" is one of understanding, and how the more you fully understand the world around you, the less you will have to be afraid of. The story is told with a lot of spirit and the animation is sensational, but it never manages to achieve that level of magic, the one that makes you want to laugh and bawl at the same time, that has become the hallmark of Pixar's animated films.
Grade: A-