Saturday, 22 October 2016

FILM: Trolls (dirs: Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn, 2016)

"I think I had a sarcasm once."

Trolls is an unruly mix of traditional fairy tale and random film references, presented with eye-popping E-numbered-neon colours in an 70s/80s jukebox-musical style.  The three acts are uneven - the first is manic, the second is meagre, the third an odd succession of tones - and the slender storyline is filled out with the musical numbers.  Kendrick and Timberlake do solid work as the two leads, but the thin material on offer makes this film directed squarely at the youngest of viewers.

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