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

| Original Score: 5/10 | Feb 9, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Regardless of your feelings about the fantasy genre, there's one thing everyone can agree on: Elves should not be 5-foot-6.

Full Review | Mar 4, 2008

As my companion dourly noted, "I just paid $30.00 to see Star Wars." (And yes, that's matinee pricing and all I had was a water.) But wow, great effects, seriously.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 2, 2007

Tolkien lite.

| Original Score: C | May 10, 2007

The viewer is not transported to the magical, complex and elaborate kingdom of Alagaësia of the book, but rather is merely observing action scene followed by action scene.

| Mar 20, 2007

Director Stefan Fangmeier would have been better off following the cliff-hanging, lucidly written action scenes by [Christopher] Paolini.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 16, 2007

While it offers nothing new, it gets a passing grade because it does have some interesting characters, brought to life by some top-notch acting talent.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 14, 2007

At a recent screening of 'Eragon,' a woman lamented, 'It's like a teenage guy wrote this.' She was right.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 12, 2007

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

| Original Score: C- | Jan 3, 2007

We can only hope the next instalment will have a little more fire in its belly.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 2, 2007

| Original Score: C- | Dec 30, 2006

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.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 30, 2006

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

| Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 30, 2006

The title of Hollywood's latest fantasy epic is simply the word 'dragon' with one letter changed, and unfortunately, that's about the level of creativity you can expect from Eragon.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 30, 2006

An enjoyably bad movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006