How to Train Your Dragon 2

"DreamWorks’ surprisingly awesome How to Train Your Dragon wrangled together colourful and imaginative creature designs, resonating themes surrounding parent-child angst and ignorance through fear, and top-class animation that made flying look so damn cool. The sequel doesn’t attempt to take things in a completely new direction, choosing instead to expand its world and characters with great success. Oh, and the flying sequences still look so damn cool. (I got goosebumps at one point.)"

"Advances the story without sacrificing the integrity that defined its most atypical toon."

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

"This is a more rugged affair than, say, "Frozen," and any admirers of that film might find themselves yearning for a few more songs and a little less testosterone."

"The story seems to be going somewhere until it comes to a halt with the inevitable showdown between the forces of darkness and the forces of light."

"The rote hero/villain face-offs are exciting, but the film is in no hurry to fast-forward to them."

"Going beyond the pat eco-conscious message that every kids' film has to have, HTTYD2 touches on how complex the emotional bond between a person and an animal can be."