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Eragon

Play trailer Poster for Eragon PG Released Dec 15, 2006 1h 43m Kids & Family Fantasy Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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Eragon (Ed Speleers), a poor farm boy, lives in Alagaesia, a kingdom ruled by Galbatorix (John Malkovich), a powerful but evil monarch. One day, Eragon discovers a beautiful stone that he soon realizes is a dragon's egg. When the creature hatches, Eragon sets forth on a path that could restore the glory of his homeland's legendary Dragon Riders and perhaps overthrow Galbatorix.
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Eragon is a fantasy epic that lacks any magic, brought down to earth by unconvincing world-building and a litany of stars who seem bemused by the material.

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Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly Give Eragon a few years: By then, it might be delightfully bad. Rated: C- Jan 3, 2007 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian John Malkovich finds his loopy, nostril-flaring form as the wicked tyrant and Jeremy Irons, playing the boy's wise mentor, is visibly thinking about his fee. Rated: 1/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Nigel Floyd Time Out A painful reminder of what fantasy cinema was like before the Lord of the Rings trilogy re-wrote the rules. Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Saxon Bullock Film4 Kids too young for Lord Of The Rings may be distracted by this below average fantasy, but for everyone else this is derivative and silly. Oct 19, 2012 Full Review Heather Huntington ReelzChannel.com Rated: 5/10 Feb 9, 2011 Full Review Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Thomas S I am a big fan of the books, so this movie comes as a pure disappointment. It only does a relatively good job with its special effects, the rest is just lackluster. Whoever wrote this script has never read the book and definitely has no plan when it comes to any continuity. Butchering a well loved book so badly that it is storywise impossible to even continue with the plot of book 2 in a (thankfully never existing) sequel is an art. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Audience Member I honestly don’t know why this movie got such horrible reviews. My kids and I really enjoyed this movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/05/24 Full Review Jelisije J If you like a fantasy film that is average in every single category that follows a very bland stereotypical protagonist in a very predictable and boring journey then this film is for you. I dont hate this film and its definitely not the worst but its definitely one of the most forgettable. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Crystal G Even after 18 years…this is still the biggest disappointment in all of book-movie history. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/17/24 Full Review Seb L Completly forgot the fantasy aspect of the source book. No talks of elves, Aria doesnt look anything like in the book, no metions of the dwarves, the movie looks like the story is 2 days long, the book is AMAZING, this movie is atrocious Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/13/24 Full Review Keith M Offensively bad. Completely mangles the incredibly rich source material. Dialogue is horrible, acting is worse. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Eragon (Ed Speleers), a poor farm boy, lives in Alagaesia, a kingdom ruled by Galbatorix (John Malkovich), a powerful but evil monarch. One day, Eragon discovers a beautiful stone that he soon realizes is a dragon's egg. When the creature hatches, Eragon sets forth on a path that could restore the glory of his homeland's legendary Dragon Riders and perhaps overthrow Galbatorix.
Director
Stefen Fangmeier
Producer
John Davis, Wyck Godfrey, Adam Goodman
Screenwriter
Lawrence Konner, Jesse Wigutow
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Fox 2000 Pictures, 20th Century Fox
Rating
PG (Intense Battle Sequences|Fantasy Violence|Some Frightening Images)
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 15, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 31, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$75.0M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Dolby SRD, SDDS, DTS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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