★★★ | How to Train Your Dragon is the same film in live-action as it was in its animated form, yet somehow lesser, as well.
★★★ | Brilliant performances elevate a script that doesn't quite nail the complex themes it explores.
★★★ | A solid if unsurprising video game adaptation that is more intriguing than scary.
★★★ | All flash and no rumble
★★★ | Make sense of the plot, challenge level: Impossible.
★★★ | California is not an island
★★★ | Killing with kindness
