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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG)

Animation, Action, Adventure

When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.

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The critical consensus

More emotional, exhilarating and expansive than the original. DreamWorks finally has a franchise to match its ambition.

****(*)Matt Risley, Total Film, 12/06/2014

Disappointingly shorn of emotional resonance this time, How To Train Your Dragon 2 still offers reasonable family entertainment, although many of its pleasures are oddly peripheral.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 22/06/2014

It's attractive enough, though it's skating a little too close to the generic and bland.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 26/06/2014

The voiceless Toothless, however, remains a wonder. Imbued by the animators with the unconditional love and loyalty of a pet pooch (in a neat touch he’s often to be seen running around the background of shots chasing sticks), he’s the heart and soul of a movie that can occasionally feel a little mechanical.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 28/06/2014

At times terrifying and too tough for tinies, this is nevertheless a triumphant sequel that puts its faith in Hiccup and Toothless to find a way through dark times for man and dragon. Until we all get our own dragon to go flying with, the result is a story sufficiently thrilling to have us all airborne.

****(*)Helen O'Hara, Empire Online, 07/07/2014

Writer-director DeBlois strikes just the right balance between knockabout comedy, action and heart-tweaking family drama.

****(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 10/07/2014

Minor gripes aside, there’s more than enough here to delight fans and maybe even snare some newcomers.

****(*)James Mottram, The List, 10/07/2014

The result is a thrilling, heartwarming, beautifully crafted animated epic that leaves you wanting more.

****(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 11/07/2014

As before, the animation is impressively swoopy and not a little scary.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 13/07/2014

Perfectly adequate as light entertainment, nevertheless it fails to excite or surprise the way its predecessor did.

***(*)(*)Becky Bartlett, The Skinny, 14/07/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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