The film mines a lot of clichés but manages to do something a little different with them, blending traditional elements of children’s fiction with a distinctly 21st Century sensibility.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film mines a lot of clichés but manages to do something a little different with them, blending traditional elements of children’s fiction with a distinctly 21st Century sensibility.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The script is sharp and witty, but, like the big waves, comes and goes.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The script is sharp and witty, but, like the big waves, comes and goes.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Fast and funny enough to let even its derivativeness take wing – and, as any seven-year-old can tell you, dragons are cool.

~ Anton Bitel -

Fast and funny enough to let even its derivativeness take wing – and, as any seven-year-old can tell you, dragons are cool.

~ Anton Bitel -

One for keeping the little ones happy on a damp afternoon.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One for keeping the little ones happy on a damp afternoon.

~ Jennie Kermode -