Story: After the Bergens invade the Troll village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the curmudgeonly Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends.
Starring Anna Kendrick as Poppy and executive music producer Justin Timberlake as Branch, this animated musical takes the 90s good trolls and updates them for a fun filled, if strange at times, musical.
Its heading into christmas time, and this is usually the year where Disney releases some of its animated classics. For now we have Trolls, from Dreamworks. With being slightly strange in parts and no-explanation for some partial nudity its a well done musical with a colourful cast ranging from Anna Kendrick (she is the go to girl for musicals) to Justin Timberlake (who also accepted the job as music producer). Others such as Gwen Stefani, Russell Brand, Zooey Deschanel, John Cleese, James Corden, etc play great bit parts as well as Jeffery Tambour, Christophe Mintz and Christine Baranski (Beverly Hofstadter of The Big Bang Theory).
With its stellar cast Trolls is able to rise above convention fair and show itself to be something very unique. I have to admit, this movie gave me all kinds of feels, especially near the end. Trolls is not your typical musical, as the film also deals with how one wants to be happy but feels that their are only certain ways to go about it. It also presents its villains and heroes as more dimensional characters and not clearly one-sided.
Trolls is a surprisingly fun, entertaining musical with some terrific songs that will make you want to get up and dance. Anna Kendrick is perfection as Princess Poppy but Justin Timberlake really steals the show as the one troll who doesn't smile, sing or hug. We do eventually learn why, and you will get teary eyed I promise you. Honestly I felt that Trolls was even more tripy than the recent Marvel release Doctor Strange. Tons of bizarre looking creatures make appearances and try to even eat our lead troll while she sings.
Great music, terrific animation, and a worthwhile story that proves that everyone deserves to be happy. Trolls is that must see christmas movie that will indeed make you happy and perhaps get you into the christmas spirit. A wonderful kids film that adults are sure to enjoy as well.
Rating: A-
With its stellar cast Trolls is able to rise above convention fair and show itself to be something very unique. I have to admit, this movie gave me all kinds of feels, especially near the end. Trolls is not your typical musical, as the film also deals with how one wants to be happy but feels that their are only certain ways to go about it. It also presents its villains and heroes as more dimensional characters and not clearly one-sided.
Trolls is a surprisingly fun, entertaining musical with some terrific songs that will make you want to get up and dance. Anna Kendrick is perfection as Princess Poppy but Justin Timberlake really steals the show as the one troll who doesn't smile, sing or hug. We do eventually learn why, and you will get teary eyed I promise you. Honestly I felt that Trolls was even more tripy than the recent Marvel release Doctor Strange. Tons of bizarre looking creatures make appearances and try to even eat our lead troll while she sings.
Great music, terrific animation, and a worthwhile story that proves that everyone deserves to be happy. Trolls is that must see christmas movie that will indeed make you happy and perhaps get you into the christmas spirit. A wonderful kids film that adults are sure to enjoy as well.
Rating: A-
