

There are a few mild rude jokes and Ruffnut (the girl twin) does a bit of slight sexual innuendo but generally speaking the movie is very child-friendly and definitely suitable for its target audience. She was also fine after she left the cinema theatre. She cries if she doesn’t say a proper goodbye to Dad leaving for work in the morning. The youngest cried because she hates goodbyes. I watched it with a 5-year-old, a 9-year-old, a 12-year-old, and a 42-year-old. How to Train Your Dragon 3 is PG-rated and aimed at the kids (big kids included).

It’s about halfway through, starting at the whole village flying and ending at Hiccup taking off Toothless’s harness. You have about 3 minutes to do your thing and come back. However, if you really need to leave during the film, there is a short break when the villagers of Berk are flying to a new island. They even made the effort of checking for “sneaky pee” before the film just in case. They loved the whole film and really enjoyed every minute. When is a good time for a bathroom break? There are plenty of jokes, both verbal and visual, so even the emotionally-heavy scenes aren’t weighed down too much.

The jokes are light-hearted and the action is consistent. I still chuckle at Fishlegs and his baby-dragon carrier. Plenty to relate to, continuity is kept at a high standard, and the dialogue is witty without purposely dividing adults from kids. How to Train Your Dragon 3 is a movie with personality–along with action and fantastic animation. Do you like dragons? Dragons with personalities a lot like humans? And I swear, the personalities are what make the film. In fact, the movie was even better than that. Good news is: I wasn’t a blubbering mess. We were going to see How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World … And then the kids would pretend like they don’t know the blubbering mess they usually call Mom. So we knew what we were doing and we had a contingency plan. As a family, we have all seen How to Train Your Dragon 1 and 2. The deal was: whoever sits next to me in the movie has to bring the tissues.
