HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD.  Part three in this franchise and the best! The continuing saga of Toothless, the dragon and his master Hiccup, we have an all-star cast of voices including Jay Baruchel as Hiccup with other roles filled by America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, F. Murray Abraham, Kristen Wiig and Johan Hill. While very young children may not "get it," the younger crowd of pre-teens I saw it with where gung-ho and give it a round of applause at the film's end.  The animation is wonderful, thrilling at times as the noble band of Vikings set out to find the Hidden world where all dragons are same and thrive.   Villainy is in the mix however and the task is not easy.  Along the way and particularly at the end, some life lessons are explained without being obvious of preachy.   All in all, it's a lovely film with a happy ending.  Just what we need.