In one touching moment that echoes a similarly gut-wrenching scene in “Inside Out,” the Trolls slowly change colors to illustrate how the joy has been drained out of them.Īlthough there are several moments in the film that pack an emotional punch, others are just silly. Visually, the animation captures the colorful, pliable texture of troll-doll hair and their adorable felt outfits.

And no matter what you think about the story line, you’ll definitely keep humming the soundtrack long after the credits roll. ( / 20th Century Fox)Įach song-and-dance number conveys a specific emotion that even the youngest of viewers will understand, whether it’s excitement and joy or longing and loneliness.

After Chef kidnaps a handful of Poppy’s friends, Poppy attempts a rescue mission with a Troll named Branch (Justin Timberlake), a gray survivalist who shares neither the rainbow hue nor the persistent happiness of the other Trolls.įeaturing a voice cast of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel and many others, 'Trolls' is based on the real-life dolls of the same name. But Poppy’s fireworks show inadvertently alerts the Bergen Chef (Christine Baranski) to the Troll’s hiding spot. Twenty years later, Poppy hosts an elaborate party commemorating their flight from terror. But by saving his people from being eaten, Peppy denies the Bergens their happiness fix, plunging them into decades of abject misery. During one such attack by the Bergens, the Troll king Peppy (voice of Jeffrey Tambor) leads his daughter Princess Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and his subjects to safety. This colorful animated confection introduces viewers to the happiest creatures living in the happiest tree growing in the happiest forest there is: a community of sparkly Trolls so renowned for their inner jubilance that the miserable ogre-like creatures - called Bergens - who are their neighbors, eat Trolls once a year just to experience happiness. Like the hit single on its soundtrack, “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” the movie “Trolls” is irresistibly charming because of a simple but catchy hook. Cloud Guy (voiced by Walt Dohrn), a cloudlike inhabitant of the forest surrounding Troll Village, meets the stars of “Trolls”: the all-business Branch (Justin Timberlake) and joyful Poppy (Anna Kendrick).

Trolls get back up again