“Honestly, a masterpiece”: one of the fantasy films of 2025 is also among Gerard Butler’s highest-rated

The 2025 live-action How to Train Your Dragon is earning major praise for Gerard Butler’s Stoick performance.

Review sites have made it one of Butler’s highest-rated roles, an unusual standout in his career.

The remake revisits Cressida Cowell’s novels, with Dean DeBlois returning to direct the fantasy reimagining.

The film also carried personal weight for Butler, whose mother fell ill and died during production.