How to Train Your Dragon — The Hidden World review — Adults and children will be awed the wonder and spectacle of the glorious animation. It’s the perfect ending. 

I’m going to go out on a ledge here and say that if How to Train Your Dragon — The Hidden World had been released in 2018, it would have been a slam dunk for an Oscar. It’s such a wonder of a film I’ll be surprised if I see a better animated feature in 2019.

As you know, I usually have my 10-year-old film expert Winston Ordona or his twin sister Betty review animated features for me, but the final installment of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise promised to be so special I wanted him to see it in peace, without having to take notes. I also wanted input from my eight-year-old niece Nikole, who brought her stuffed Light Furry (white dragon) with her to  watch along.

We were all entranced from the very beginning, where we see the entrancing spectacle of the dragons of Berk cavorting, through a journey to the Hidden World of dragons where the visuals are gobsmacking, to the very satisfying franchise ending, which Nikole informs me is much better than the book.

With engaging voice work from Jay Baruchel, America Ferrara, Cate Blanchett, Kit Harrington, Craig Ferguson, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Gerard Butler and more, the chapters burrow right into our hearts. F. Murray Abraham is an appropriately dastardly villain named Grimmel, with an unidentifiable European accent, which brings me to my only mild complaint about the entire franchise:

Why do all the adult, Scandinavian Vikings have Scottish accents, and all the kids sound American? It’s a question that’s been asked and answered many times before, and that’s met with emphatic “Who cares?” from the kids.

After reading this How to Train Your Dragon — The Hidden World review you’ll probably want to see it on as big a screen as possible. Find out where and when on Fandango.com.

Rated PG

1 Hour 50 Minutes

How to Train Your Dragon — The Hidden World review — Adults and children will be awed the wonder and spectacle of the glorious animation. It’s the perfect franchise ending.