How to Train Your Dragon Review

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It’s time to meet Toothless, Hiccup and the Isle of Berk

How to Train Your Dragon Review

Wondering whether to embark on the journey of How to Train Your Dragon? We’ve been rewatching some modern classics recently. How To Train Your Dragon may just be the film for you if you enjoy stories of legend, family and fantastical creatures.

How to Train Your Dragon has become an animated legend embedded in pop culture. So much so that in 2025 you will be able to travel via ‘portal’ to the Isle of Berk itself the location of the movie in the new Epic Universe at Universal Orlando.

How to Train Your Dragon Review

Ratings

My star rating 5/5

Magic rating  4/5

Motion Sickness Rating 2/5 Some flight/boat scenes

Grossness rating 0/5

Essential info

Release Date: 31st March 2010

Running Time: 1hr 38m

Director: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois

Based on the books by Cressida Cowell

Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrara, Gerald Butler

Filming locations: It’s an animated film, set on the Isle of Berk, in a fantasy Viking world. Inspiration was taken from real-life locations along the Pacific Coast. Think islands dotted through the seas, craggy cliffs and colourful wooden houses.

My How to Train Your Dragon Review

This is the original film which sparked a dynasty of sequel films, shorts and TV shows. It’s not hard to see why.

How to Train Your Dragon is quite action-packed for a family film. The Viking setting is full of fighting and sheep snatching dragons.

In this first instalment, we arrive at the miserable Isle of Berk which suffers from frequent dragon attacks. But one encounter from the hapless son of the chief Hiccup sets a series of events in motion which change life on Berk forever.

Prepare to have your heart melted by the adorable cat like Toothless as he and, the slightly irritating, Hiccup reframe the dragon human relationship the Viking’s are used to pave a way forward into the future.

All the How to Train Your Dragon films are family friendly and include jokes suitable for children and adults. The film works on multiple levels simultaneously.

As with many family movies, it is worth noting that there is a dead parent before the start of the film.

How to Train Your Dragon is the best of the series and definitely worth a watch!

A handful of inspiration

Normally I would create a bound, or character look, to go alongside my reviews and film posts inspired by the movie. However due to the bad weather recently I created a set of manicures inspired by the different films.

To see more be sure to check out my other blog!

For this nail art, I was inspired by the relationship between Toothless and Hiccup. Plus Toothless’ gorgeous catlike green eyes.