Review of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) by Jumpcut_Online — 24 Feb 2019

Deblois’ script is deeply, powerfully moving, relying on smart callbacks to earlier films – musical cues, character moments, shot framings, he packs them in beautifully – but never forgetting to keep the trajectory forwards.

The Hidden World is very much a film about the future, a film about the paths we walk with others forking off into separate avenues, and it’s a beautifully told resolution – bring the tissues for the final act alone, you’re going to need them.

A resonate ending to a trilogy we ought never to forget. Perhaps The Hidden World isn’t perfect as a film, but as a finale? It just might be.