By Emilio Frenk
Directors: Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrm
Cast (Voice): Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Christine Baranski, Russell Brand, Gwen Stefani, John Cleese, James Corden and Jeffrey Tambor.
Rating: Excellent.
Dreamworks Animation brings “Trolls” and I really enjoyed this animated feature film.
Based on the “Good Luck Trolls” dolls created by Thomas Dam, “Trolls” tells the story of Poppy (Anna Kendrick) a happy troll who is about to become the queen of the happy creatures; like Poppy, the rest of the trolls are usually singing, dancing and laughing and always have a positive attitude except Branch (Justin Timberlake) who happens to be the grumpy one who constantly warns the trolls that other creatures in shape of monsters called The Bergens are trying to make a move.
One day everything will change for the Trolls when of the Bergens find their hideout and kidnaps most of the trolls except Poppy and now she is trying to seek the help of Branch.
He finally agrees and both trolls wlll try to rescue their friends before they are eaten by the Bergens and avoid been extinct.
Like I mentioned before this has been a fantastic year for the animation genre and with “Trolls” was no different; the story itself is intriguing and engaging and you kind of feel happy like the creatures and identify with them immediately.
The Screnplay written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger combines the necessary elements for this film whichare humour and sweetness and the voice over cast was excellent in all the characters even for Justin Timberlake who I´m not exactly a fan of his but I give him credit on portraying Branch.
He has some funny moments in the film as well as Anna Kendrick who besides of being a great actress she is a goodsinger as well.
The direction by Walt Dohrm who made his feature film debut and Mike Mitchell could not have been better and the quality of the animation of Dreamworks speaks for itself.
The score of the film features songs from Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani and many other is a great one specially for pop lovers.
I would not discard this movie as a serious contender for next awards season since this yearthe genre has offered many good movies and both Disney and Pixar could have a big surprise.
“Trolls” is one of the year’s biggest surprises and I recommend it at all levels and I guarantee you that you will have a smile in the movie from the minute it starts until the end .