Eragon

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Eragon

PG

2006

1h 43m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Adventure

Action

Drama

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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

01/03/2007

C-

Give Eragon a few years: By then, it might be delightfully bad.

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

12/30/2006

A painful reminder of what fantasy cinema was like before the Lord of the Rings trilogy re-wrote the rules.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

12/30/2006

1/5

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.

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Saxon Bullock

Film4

10/19/2012

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.

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Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com

02/09/2011

5/10

Jonathan Kiefer

Sacramento News & Review

08/07/2008

2/5

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Paul S

@PManRager Jul 4

While I haven't read the book, I still think this was a lackluster movie, with poor storytelling, and it felt incredibly long and incredibly short at the same time. Despite its flaws, it's not the worst movie I've ever seen, and there were a lot of action sequences I liked. Saphira was designed beautifully, and the best moments of the movie were when she was on the screen. I could see fantasy and adventure fans enjoying this, but there are definitely better movies out there.

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Vance B.

@Vman0.1 Jun 21

This movie could have been soo much better than it was they could have done soo much more with this if they developed the characters more and training with the dragon

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Deon G

@RT72089299 Mar 17

Anybody who has read the book is disappointed. Movie is terrible compared to the book.

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Rasta M

@RT37814994 Mar 2

Hands down the WORST film i've ever seen, and probably ever will. This movie is beyond words it's so bad.

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Robert S

@RobertSaurine Jan 2

Judged way to harshly, great series

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foxy c

@Foxyczcz Dec 6

The movie was just trash.

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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: 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures
Rating: PG (Intense Battle Sequences|Fantasy Violence|Some Frightening Images)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Drama
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)