Fresh
Hats off to Dreamworks for offering some bold surprises in a respectable sequel filled with moments of humour and emotion among its ample noise and movement.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · 1h 42m · PG
Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Dean DeBlois
Overview
Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider. Now, Hiccup and Toothless find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior.
Director and cast
- Dean DeBlois Director
- Jay Baruchel as Hiccup (voice)
- Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast (voice)
- Cate Blanchett as Valka (voice)
- Craig Ferguson as Gobber (voice)
- America Ferrera as Astrid (voice)
- Jonah Hill as Snotlout (voice)
- Djimon Hounsou as Drago Bludvist (voice)
- Kit Harington as Eret, Son of Eret (voice)
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs (voice)
- T.J. Miller Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The writer and director Dean DeBlois takes the comedy to a deeper, more satisfying place than he did in the original franchise-launching animated film.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Fresh
Overlong and overly busy but more emotionally powerful than its predecessor.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
The entire film is a romance -- visually, parentally, ecologically. It's got the emotional, humorous, exciting sweep you want from a summer movie.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh
Although there are times when bits of the movie feel extraneous, the production as a whole comes across more like an organic extension of the original tale than something tacked on purely to score at the box office.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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