There is something otherworldly about Hilda, the girl who lived in the woods with her graphic designer mum until they were forced to move to Trollberg, a walled city with a massive secret buried underneath.
In the series, we’re going to find out what that secret is, and what it is about Hilda that makes her and her friends so different.
Based on the eponymous award-winning graphic novel series by Luke Pearson, Hilda has imaginative supernatural stories, trolls, giants, scary monsters, friendly monsters, a deadbeat dad, elves, fairies, sentient vegetables, bureaucrats both competent and inept (some of them human), witches, a mad-scientist weather lady, and trans-dimensional spirits.* Pearson draws upon Scandinavian folk tales to create a wonderful world.
With an excellent musical score and smooth animation, there are three episodic seasons, with a movie between seasons two and three. The movie is part of the story; season three won’t make as much sense without it.
Hilda herself has some serious weaknesses. She often lies to her mother, and her attraction to mystery and adventure leads her at odds with self-preservation. Parents will recognize the absolute vulnerability and terror they feel when something might harm their child, along with the need to let them grow as they must. The series is honest and uplifting and 6+ kid-friendly , and I recommend it highly.
- *Honestly I think that’s just scratching the surface
- I couldn’t decide whether to lead with a clip or a trailer, but decided on the clip. Even though it is a bit spoilery.
- Movie ‘Hilda And The Mountain King’… Netflix made an EPIC Hilda movie that almost no one saw
- Hilda is incredible and you should be watching it
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