How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

98 min · Animation

USPGUKPGAUPGCAPG

48 MILD

ScoutScore

A few flagged moments to know about.

How to Train Your Dragon scores 48 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. A few flagged moments to know about. FilmScout maps 14 flagged scenes and 1 worth skipping.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	10
Caution	3
Skip	1

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged mostly for scary and dark.

Scary and dark	58%
Violence and action	19%
Themes	21%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	2%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Dragon raid on Berk
Heads up Hiccup confronts the downed Night Fury
Heads up Dragon manual: frightening descriptions and illustrations
Heads up Gobber's missing hand and foot story
Heads up Stoick shares mother's breastplate
Heads up Mild insult outburst
Heads up Astrid discovers Toothless and takes a wild flight
Heads up Discovery of the Red Death's nest
Caution Final exam chaos: Toothless captured
Heads up Stoick disowns Hiccup
Caution Viking fleet attacks the nest: Red Death awakens
Caution Teen riders battle the Red Death
Skip Hiccup and Toothless destroy the Red Death and Hiccup loses his foot
Heads up Hiccup wakes with a prosthetic foot

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	PG
CA	PG
GB	PG
US	PG

Talk about it after

“Hiccup and Toothless each have something the other needs, and their friendship changes everything for both of them. What do you think makes it possible to trust someone - or something - that everyone else is afraid of?”

This guide tells you before. The app tells you during.

Every scene above is timed. The FilmScout app listens to the movie and taps you 30 seconds before each one, so you can skip, turn the sound down, or talk it through. Free to start on iPhone.

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Common questions

Is How to Train Your Dragon okay for kids?

How to Train Your Dragon scores 48 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. A few flagged moments to know about. FilmScout has mapped 14 flagged scenes in it, covering action, theme, dark imagery. The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for How to Train Your Dragon?

48, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is How to Train Your Dragon rated?

How to Train Your Dragon is rated PG in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, CA PG, GB PG, US PG. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

Is it OK for your kid? The age-by-age answer

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Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

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