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Harry Forbes (Catholic News Service) is a little more impressed. He calls it "a reasonably diverting, if predictable, fantasy adventure. … Peter Buchman's script … trots out every cliché known to this genre, but to its credit, director Stefan Fangmeier's film is well paced, and the special effects, especially those involving the dragon, are well done."

"The movie is formulaic," says Michael Brunk (Past the Popcorn), and he goes on to list all of the familiar elements. "Eragon is neither deep nor complex," he concludes. "The plot is simple, the story uncomplicated. Good and evil are clearly delineated; there are no confusing shades of grey. For all that, I found myself enjoying this movie."

Lisa Rice (Crosswalk) sounds as though she's seen a different film. "Eragon is a thoroughly delightful, highly entertaining movie that is chock-full of spiritual allegories. … [This movie] should be the perfect escape this month for the family all fed up with Christmas stress and ready to fly and conquer with the dragons."

Mainstream critics are shooting this dragon down.

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