![]() ![]() It’s perfectly fine to explore new narrative territory, but it feels a bit odd to exclude such major characters from the beloved original. ![]() While their vision includes the same glittery graphics, they oddly don’t include the Bergens at all, as Zooey Deschanel’s Bridget and Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s Gristle only appear briefly for a cameo during the end credits. In the 2016 original, Dohrn served as co-director for Mike Mitchell (“The Lego Movie 2”), but this time he leads co-director David P. ![]() Hats off to director Walt Dohrn (“Shrek’s Yule Log”) for tackling such meaty topics under the guise of animation. The message? Our cultural differences are what make our musical landscape so rich. This is an obvious nod to cultural appropriation by white music executives, as Eminem famously rapped, “I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley to do black music so selfishly and use it to get myself wealthy.” Such moments provide subversive commentary as the naive Poppy is told that her scrapbook is wrong (“History is written by the winners”). Wait, aren’t there more than six genres? Yes, of course, but you have to draw boundaries for plot reasons. The film does its best to include others as bounty hunters of jazz (Jamie Dornan), reggae (J Ballin), K-Pop (Red Velvet), even yodeling (Flula Borg), as the self-deprecating script asks, “Where’s hip-hop? Your map is outdated. ![]() Her victims include King Trollex (Anthony Ramos) of the techno realm, Trollzart (Gustavo Dudamel) and Pennywhistle (Charlyne Yi) of the classical realm, Delta Dawn (Kelly Clarkson) and Hickory (Sam Rockwell) of the country realm, and King Quincy (George Clinton), Queen Essence (Mary J. She is a hard rocker waging a “world tour” blitzkrieg to invade other lands in search of mythical strings for the ultimate power chord. The antagonist is Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), the power-hungry daughter of King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), who rules the rock realm. Stealing the show in the pop realm is newcomer Kenan Thompson as the feisty chip-off-the-block Tiny Diamond, spitting memorable zingers despite limited screen time, while a parade of other star-studded celebrities turn up to represent each of the music kingdoms. This time, they discover six Troll tribes from six different lands representing six distinct genres of music: techno, rock, classical, country, funk and pop, which turns out to be the true identity of Troll Village.įans of the 2016 original will enjoy the return of familiar voices, including Anna Kendrick as the peppy Poppy, Justin Timberlake as the cynical Branch, James Corden as the worrywart Biggie, Ron Funches as the four-legged Cooper, Icona Pop as the conjoined-by-hair twin sisters Satin & Chenille and Kunal Nayyar as the glittery autotuned Guy Diamond. We pick up after Poppy and Branch saved their fellow Trolls from being eaten by the evil Bergens, who invaded Troll Village on the Trollstice holiday. It was a smart move by Universal as families are home craving content to entertain the kids. “Trolls World Tour” accomplishes this with flying colors (quite literally), as the folks at DreamWorks Animation turn an animated journey into a unique music history lesson. Yet during quarantine, it’s making history as the first major studio film released straight to digital, breaking the usual 90-day theatrical window by necessity at a time when other skittish studios are delaying their blockbuster releases until fall or even next year. WTOP's Jason Fraley reviews 'Trolls World Tour'ĭuring normal times before the coronavirus, “Trolls World Tour” might have been quickly dismissed as a sequel to an animated film based on the preexisting brand of a toy line.
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