Eragon

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Eragon

PG

Released Dec 15, 2006

1h 43m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Adventure

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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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

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Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com

Rated: 5/10

Feb 9, 2011

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Jonathan Kiefer

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 2/5

Aug 7, 2008

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ell x

As one critic review for this film writes: it is an excellent option for younger children who probably aren’t old enough for the intensity of Lord of the Rings, but enjoy fantasy. For this exact reason, I adored this film as a child. Though it lacked the depth and detail of the wonderful book series, you can forgive Eragon as there is a very large amount of source material to fit into an hour and a half. Rewatching as an adult, you do realise that the majority of the acting, costumes, dialogue and pacing are cringey and below average. But the performance of Jeremy Irons, the beautiful dragon and general fantasy atmosphere keep Eragon from being a total distaster.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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Qadir M

It is one of the nostalgic movies of my childhood and is the best fantasy movie of that time involving dragons.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/25

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Johann S

I’m a sucker for dragons. Specifically well-animated CG dragons. The final battle in this movie makes this movie worth a look.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Phillip T

Would have given this movie zero stars if possible. It seems like the writers, director and producers played telephone with a summery of the book and that is how they made the movie. The book series is amazing, and gives some much back story and detail. I took my cousin to see this movie in theaters when it first came out. I had read all the books that were out at the time and my cousin was almost finished the first book. Within the first 5-10 minutes we were ready to walk out. It had already destroyed any possibility of a 2nd movie being made. My cousin never finished reading the books he was so disappointed. I am thrilled to hear they are making the books into a series on Disney+ with involvement from the author.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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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

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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

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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: SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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