How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World poster

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

Film · 1h 44m · Rated PG

Adventure, Animation, Family

An epic animated adventure unfolds as a chief and his dragon face impossible choices for their kind.

Melancholy and uplifting. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World parents guide

No surprises for a PG: no swearing and a few tense moments.

Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
No gore
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity
None noted
Language
None noted

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Three questions

Is How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World scary?
Only a little. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World?
No gore and some violence. Squeamish viewers are fine here.
What is How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World rated, and is it OK for kids?
It is a PG that behaves like one: no swearing and a few tense moments.

What is How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World about?

As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.

Cast and crew

Directed byDean DeBlois
StarringJay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson

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