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I loved the film. I saw it in reald 3D and I was not disappointed.

I remember seeing Trolls World Tour during quarantine but I didn't much like that one so I wasn't very excited for this one.

I honestly think this one is my favorite from all of the Trolls movies.

I really loved the animation. So great in 3D and just worth watching. I loved the new character besides trolls. I honestly don't even know what are the two brother and sister singers Velvet and Venner were.

I just didn't like is that I realized that I think that Branch doesn't even tell his brother that their grandma died.

Trolls Band Together definitely a solid great animated movie.

Animation was great. Voice acting was great. It was even a good story. The actors and animators did their jobs excellently!

But there were far too many inappropriate references for a kid's movie (drugs, sex, etc.) and so the script needed to be more age appropriate. Granted, some of it will go over their heads but the "chaining me up on our wedding night" and "let's make out" and "the ring pop that gets you high" are just not appropriate.

I know this is common for kids movies (like Shrek) but this was overboard. I wasn't comfortable with my five year old seeing this so we won't be rewatching it.

Also, this is just a personal preference I have as a musician, there is way too much autotune in these movies. It's like listening to a computer sing.

Branch (Justin Timberlake) and Poppy (Anna Kendrick) are at Bridget and Gristle's wedding when they are interrupted by John Dory. Poppy is surprised that Branch has brothers. It turns out that five brothers were members of a boy band. Brother Floyd has been captured by Velvet and Veneer who are using his essence to improve their performances.

Trolls are back. It's more of these brightly-colored characters doing their modern music classic karaoke. There is always a new generation of little kiddies who are entranced by the colors and the music. The parents will find enough to not get bored. Quite frankly, this franchise is like a series of loud drug-induced hazy parties and I don't remember much from the previous ones.

After a fun second part, the third installment arrives: "Trolls Band Together", the weakest of the trilogy, with a simple script that tells of the family union in the form of the reunion of a pop group, the scenes fail to be dramatic or melodramatic, they are just bland, the villains are ridiculous and the musical scenes lack quality. The voice work of the actors is not outstanding, the musical themes fail to be memorable when listening to them in different scenes of the film and the design of the new characters is not innovative. The film manages to stand out thanks to its colorful animation with touches of glitter, gel objects, macrame and other materials related to crafts, achieving quality visuals. A passable film that falls below its predecessors.

A cinema full of children (and parents who had to accompany their children *g*). Excitement. And then: enthusiasm. The cinema went with it. Laughed, could hardly sit still. As an adult, you have to get involved with the candy backdrop of the marshmallow world, like in the two previous films, as well as the boy band music, which of course isn't for everyone.

If you get involved with it, you'll be really entertained. A downright psychedelic firework display that, on the one hand, has one or two surprises also for the adult filmgoers in the subtext, but also in the spoken jokes. Ironically, these were the parts where the kids laughed the loudest, which I can't really explain.

There's nothing about the plot here - because, being honest, there's hardly anything you could really call a plot. Trolls on a rescue mission, but in the end it's just colorful, loud with a lot of music, singing and dancing, with music that wanders through the pop culture of the last 50 years and yet makes it its own in a completely new way.

Adults will either love or hate this film. There will probably be few judgments in between. But children will be thrilled.

LIKES:

The World Expansion: -Trolls is colorful, creative, and looks like a craft game that matches Poppy's scrap book at times.

-The third installment brings fantastic evolution of that world, and I quite enjoyed watching the magic unfold as new worlds were explored.

-An island filled with puppet like people, a new town of what looks like alien generation that is a new twist to the mix. They are all bound together by music of course, but once more they have style to each place.

-And to have these new worlds come out and not just be about the Trolls, it's a nice little addition that offered more environments for the music to flow out.

Voice Acting: -The cast is fine at accomplishing the task of bringing our Trolls' personality to the life with their personalities and spirits that make the Trolls so engaging and fun.

-Timberlake's emotional scale gets a bit more plausible and expanded in this movie, but still holds that deep, internal hurt, brought about by logic and can still sing a tune.

-Deschanel's involvement is fun, quirky, and like the first one, very great for delivering the jokes to which her character is loaded with. That wispy lisp works for innocent hiding of her jokes, and the sassiness of being passive-aggressive, quite honestly like New Girl.

-Kendrick is the winner for me. She annoying and quirky, but she really works to accomplish the Poppy personality of positivity, peppiness, and at times hurt that I'm used to hearing. Plus, she can sing very well and harmonize so well with the other voices.

-Special shout out to Kenan Thompson for making a wonderful joke relief delivery as Tiny Diamond. Cocky and annoying? Sure, but it works int his movie to cut through the other banters and often so stalwart that I just laughed a lot.

-The chemistry between the actors is edited and naturally well, and I quite enjoyed how well they played off each other's energy and flow. An excellent achievement!

The Animation: -It's smooth. It's fun. It just really flows with the antics all being fantasy and coordinated to accomplish a lot of that energetic fun.

-The hair flows with their stylish, cartoony waves, and blowing in the wind. Trolls run cutely, and make me laugh as they try to charge into the fray. And even the odder moments hold a style that all is just a major testament to the powerful of CGI animation.

-And of course the dancing numbers are the ones that hold the most splendor for this reviewer. They have fantastic choreography, amazing moves that mix in, and with villains songs... awesome interactions with the environment that feel like an 80s music video.

-DreamWorks knows what they do with making things move and it was beautiful.

The Comedy: -It's funny and cute at the same time, with the same Trolls magic that you love with the series.

-I've mentioned before, but Bridget is a hoot for the adult comedy. Simple lines that adults pick up, while the kids will just laugh as she acts silly with her lovable Gristle.

-When that interlude is not going on, Branch and Poppy are silly, their personalities resonating with me, and the banter annoying, but again loaded with jokes that many ages can enjoy.

-Comedic timing with Tiny Diamond's word had me laughing the hardest, but the new characters have plenty of moments that again have many levels and are just fun for parents to enjoy, all while the kids laugh their heads off.

The Music: -It's some of the best songs for me in terms of the theater spectacle, that 90s/2000s soundtrack list a perfect target for audience members like me.

-While other songs had more heart and soul, and there was better selection in the previous installments, this movie is all about the splendor and pizazz.

-The numbers are awesome, very light heavy, and what a fantastic spread of pop energy that feels at times like a concern number. And these numbers really make the movie just easy to get lost into.

-I found that most of the targeted audience will want to hit theaters to see this one for enjoying it the most as the theaters explode with the bass dropping and synthesizer goodness.

Just Fun -It's easy to say that I had fun with this film, and all these e likes come together to illustrate that.

-Trolls 3 isn't trying to reinvent the wheel, it's just having fun and getting lost in the music, good vibes, and just charm this installment is bringing. I think this is the best part about this movie, though there are still limitations.

DISLIKES:

Annoying: -We can admit, the Trolls have annoying tendencies and sometimes this movie amplifies that.

-Some banter gets way out of hand, prolonged too far and loaded with forced lines that are a bit cringe worthy after about thirty minutes.

-Other times, some of the comedy is a stretch and the story tries to take quirks and make them a tad more hyperbolic than they probably needed to.

-And of course, much of the comedy designed for kids often involves repeating the lines a bazillion times, but hey... you know that going into the theater.

The Music Isn't As Storytelling/Diverse -There are a few songs that help break out of my genre, but they are few and far between and not nearly as executed well for the sake of the story.

-The music feels more like a CD design than the true plot, and while it does not take away from the fun, it does take away from ingenuity some of the other songs had.

-So in terms of ingenuity, or really having the most amazing original songs... you aren't finding it in this movie.

The Story Is Weaker: -The movie has those moments that hit hard and really drive home that character growth that really hit me hard and made me smile.

-But... the story as a whole is crammed, packed with so much, and not having the time to marinate or develop into the amazing tune.

-Banding together might be silly fun, but the story, the impasse, and the obstacles are for the most part lame outside of the main antagonists. Meaning that the storytelling is just missing some connections that the first one did so well.

-True, it is still fun, but to not have the fully fleshed out tale.. well... that is something a tad disappointing when they had done it better before.

Most of your Classic Characters... gone -The movie is loaded again with a LOT of new characters, and most of them get adequate time on screen.

-Most of your favorite trolls from the previous films though are gone. Practically making little appearances on screen to make way for the new toy models to come.

-Is it the worst dislike? For me, no, but for others... you might want to just prepare you or your little ones for some glum of not seeing them.

Too much in One Movie?

-It might be fun, but the movie doesn't have the best storytelling avenues due to the fact that there is so much that they are trying to do.

-The side story with the Bergels is razor thin, and seems heavily edited to fit the run time they wanted, only coming together near the end.

-The antagonists have some bite, but outside of really poking at the modern stereotypes, they don't accomplish much in terms of having that connection and interesting qualities like Barb did.

-Even the world exploring seems minimized, and the fact that we don't have more time to really dive, develop, and coordinate growth was further limited by this fast pace of entertainment.

-So much with such a fast pace means that the movie just has this incomplete feeling, only lost in the moment to the fun factors and silly stuff that makes this ignorable.

-Yet, had there been some more planning and maybe a little less character introduction, we would have accomplished this task.

The VERDICT: I had a lot of fun at Trolls Band Together. It's a spectacle that is more due to the glamor, the songs, and the fun, than the actual story which means a great outing with friends and family. All the things that made it fun, well most of them, are here to just distract and have fun, without getting lost in all the agenda based writing that we have had for a bit. All of this is so fun, and getting lost in the jokes and the soundtrack is top game in terms of this style of movie that I feel will really make adults and kids laugh as they watch it. However, my fellow reviewers are right in that this movie is still lacking something that made the other two movies have that kick and heart that made their magic so loveable to begin with. Is it the character usage suffering? The music's execution feeling truncated and scratched? Too much humor? Or the story misses? It's really all of these things, too much stuck into one movie that made this not as complete or fleshed out like I wanted or expected. It needs a little more planning, a little more of that impasse, and a little more of that clever execution to assist with taking the beat to an 11 like the previous installments were. Still, for most, this movie is going to be fun and enough glamor that you'll get by and again deserves a trip to the theater to really embrace the best parts of this movie. My scores for the film are:

Animation/Adventure/Comedy: 7.5 Movie Overall: 6.0.

Despite the attempt of one reviewer to put it that way, this is not a message movie about self acceptance.

It's an aggregation of disjointed storylines that barely have anything to do with each other - with some obviously added because they had to fill time. I actually get the sense that nobody was working off of a single story board, but rather were each working off of his or her own storyboard, hoping that at some point a grown-up would direct them to pull it all together into something that could be considered a narrative.

This is not a narrative. It is disjointed, predictable, with humdrum dialogue, and with the only adult smiles, coming from completely inappropriate references, including one to wedding night bondage and domination.

The kids in my life wanted to see Elf before this one. Once we saw this one, they wanted to see Elf again. We all needed a cleanse.

I personally really enjoyed the movie the whole way through. It's truly amazing to watch these characters grow and develop, the soundtrack is catchy, the cast is incredible, the voice acting, too!

The movie captures Branch's trauma in a special way and I really love that. They manage to make it real but in a kid-friendly way.

I've been a fan of the franchise since the first movie, so getting to see how these characters became who they are and getting to see their backstories was really satisfying.

Branch and Poppy's relationship really stuck out to me. I love how Poppy dealt with Branch's feelings and made sure he knew his feelings were valid.

Very very well done dreamworks threequel and I can't wait to see where they take this franchise next.

10/10.

Well here we are.., another Trolls movie folks... as if DreamWorks' winning streak wasn't going to last, yeah.. so I went to watch Trolls: Band Together yesterday since I saw the first two trolls movies, also apparently the Trolls franchise is much bigger in the UK than anywhere else?, so this is why you're seeing a review of the film early if you live outside of Europe, bit strange really but anyways erm... the movie was... perfectly fine..

It's exactly what you're expecting from a Trolls movie, bright colours, funky characters and jukebox music to keep the little ones awake?.., yeah Trolls is not exactly Puss in Boots: The Last Wish now is it?, it's really just a colourful distraction for kids and I think it's fine it's not made for me but it is the best of the three films which isn't saying too much, I'll start with what I liked.

The animation is the best in all three movies, it's visually eye catching, it's creative and there are a few sequences that do use 2D animation and it's used well, there are some good laughs and some funny lines, the villains looked quite cool design wise, there's this hairy thingy that works for the villains called Crimp who is the best character in the movie and gets the best laughs with a unique design, good voice acting the soundtrack is pretty good and I enjoyed "Better Place" easily much better than "Can't Stop the Feeling" and that's it for positives, there's more good than bad so to speak.

While it plays out just as expected and I did enjoy most of it, the opening song and even the climax felt like just a generic kids film using the familiar formula, it's not bad but since it flowed rather nicely and felt like a fun movie, just had a rather meh opening and meh climax, the two Bergens from the first movie Gristle and Bridget are in this a fair bit and a kind of unnecessary except they're getting married but even so, they're just a plot device, at least they scale back the other main characters which I am thankful for but still, could've done with them since we had enough new characters that worked fine.

So yeah.. I think it's passable, definitely a improvement over the first two films but not by much really, it has the energy, creativity, fun and exciting catchy songs that work with some funny moments here and there, but at the end of the day, it's just playing it safe, not like Paw Patrol safe but mostly as to be expected, so... yeah, take the kids to see it they'll enjoy it more than anyone else, it's not made for me and I wouldn't say it's Puss in Boots 2 or Bad Guys, but this and Ruby Gillman proves that DreamWorks are going back to making basic kids films which is a shame, but hopefully they'll get back to making great stuff.

I'm going to give Trolls: Band Together a 6.9/10.

A film suffering from the syndrome of being a sequel for the sake of it. It's made up of saccharine set-pieces and musical numbers very loosely held together by an (almost) arbitrary plot. It is a mass-produced feeling animation with no real soul or conviction.

It isn't cute, original, or entertaining in the way the first film was, and even my 4 year old daughter found a lot of it quite dull. A lot of the musical references point to 90s and early 2000s boy bands that completely miss the target audience on subject matter, and are painfully "try hard" on offering something to parents. The "moral" of the story is unclear also, without wishing to lay on any spoilers it's either an extremely crude jab at animal cruelty or plagiarism, or a lazy, generic "family" message. I am none the wiser.

The big name cast is simply inoffensive, but without any prior knowledge you'd be hard-pressed to identify anyone. Again, unsure who they're trying to sell to with that but if a 4-year-old is unimpressed and their parents don't care then who is it for?

Ultimately it's harmless fun and nothing more, and younger children will enjoy the songs and dancing for the 90 minutes they last. They'll probably have forgotten it all by the time they're back home, and parents will enjoy the nap.

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# Trolls Band Together: A Musical Adventure with Heart and Humor

Trolls Band Together is the third installment in the animated Trolls franchise, and it might be the best one yet. The film follows Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake), who are now officially a couple, as they embark on a quest to reunite Branch's long-lost brothers and rescue one of them from a pair of evil pop stars. Along the way, they encounter new friends, old enemies, and a lot of catchy songs.

The film's plot is simple but engaging, with enough twists and surprises to keep the audience entertained. The themes of family, friendship, and music are explored with warmth and humor, and the film delivers a positive message about not letting anyone steal your talent or your joy. The character development is also well-done, as we see Poppy and Branch grow closer and learn more about each other's pasts, while also meeting new characters who have their own personalities and arcs. The film's overall impact is uplifting and fun, with a satisfying conclusion that celebrates the power of love and music.

The director, Walt Dohrn, does a great job of creating a colorful and vibrant world for the trolls, with a distinctive style that blends 2D and 3D animation. The film is visually stunning, with a lot of attention to detail and creativity. The musical sequences are especially impressive, with a variety of genres and styles that showcase the talents of the voice cast and the original songs. The performances of the actors are also excellent, with Kendrick and Timberlake leading the way with their charm and chemistry. The supporting cast is also stellar, with notable roles by Troye Sivan, Eric André, Daveed Diggs, Kid Cudi, Amy Schumer, and Andrew Rannells.

The film's strengths are its music, its humor, and its heart. The film has a great soundtrack, with songs that are catchy, funny, and emotional. The film also has a lot of jokes and references that will appeal to both kids and adults, especially those who grew up in the '90s and are familiar with boy bands and pop culture. The film also has a lot of heart, with scenes that are touching and sincere, and characters that are likable and relatable. The film's weaknesses are few and minor, such as some clichés and stereotypes, some predictable moments, and some scenes that might be too scary or sad for younger children.

Overall, Trolls Band Together is a delightful and enjoyable film that will make you laugh, sing, and feel good. It is worth recommending to anyone who likes animated films, musicals, or trolls. It is a film that will make you want to band together with your loved ones and celebrate life.

I have liked the other DreamWorks Trolls films, being Trolls (2016) and Trolls World Tour (2020), now it is at its third film in its little franchise; after watching it, I liked and enjoyed this third film as much as the other two movies. Trolls Band Together (2023) was another colorful, creative looking, funny musical journey with likable characters, a great voice cast, and catchy but well-known songs with a new song by reunited boyband *NSYNC that is very good; these three Trolls movies are not perfect animated films, but they are entertaining to watch along with kids being entertained and adults enjoying them when watching them with their kids.

The voice actors are great in the movie; Branch, once again voiced by Justin Timberlake, finding his other two brothers to save his kidnapped brother Floyd, while reminiscing to when him and his brothers were a boy band named BroZone and separated for a mishap, and I thought that was interesting to know more about Branch's life and him trying to fix his relationship with his brothers while saving one of them and being funny throughout. Poppy, once again voiced by Anna Kendrick, joining Branch, John Dory, and Tiny Diamond on the quest to find the other brothers and save Floyd; other than finding out she has a secret twin sister, she is still likable like Branch, and I still like the relationship between Poppy and Branch. We have the return of Bridget and King Gristle, once again voiced by Zooey Deschanel and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who are on their honeymoon the whole time until they somehow help the main characters in a way; though I like the characters, they were not necessary to the main plot of movie that much.

Branch's brothers/members of BroZone were Floyd, John Dory, Spruce, and Clay voiced by Troye Sivan, Eric André, Daveed Diggs, and Kid Cudi who were all great in the movie with their voice acting; you understand why they broke up and the brother relationship between them and Branch, along with them working well together in the song numbers. Poppy's twin sister Viva voiced by Camila Cabello, who is particularly good in the movie, has the same energy and happy personality as Poppy with them having similar hobbies along with Viva living in an abandoned Bergen mini golf course with other Trolls and finding out about why she has not been with Poppy or her dad King Peppy for many years.

The main villains in the movie are Velvet and Veneer voiced by Amy Schumer and Andrew Rannells, they live at a location that is ran by teenagers and their plan is taking the boy band BroZone and suck all their musical life force for themselves so they can sing better and fake being famous; though their plan is interesting, I would have liked more of a backstory for them, other than the little bit they give us. The animation is colorful, unique, pretty, and cool looking with lots of details put into the many locations they go to and the song numbers; other than the animation, the song numbers are nicely animated, catchy with the choice of songs, and the choreography for the dances in the movie was well done, along with the new song by the boy band *NSYNC being great to listen to.

Like I have said before, the DreamWorks Trolls movies are not perfect, but they are colorful, entertaining, and enjoyable to watch with great voice acting, great animation, catchy songs, and likable characters. I liked Trolls Band Together (2023) as much as the other two films, and if you had a fun time with the earlier two movies, then you will have fun with this one.

I remember being a kid when the first one came out and really enjoying it. When the second one came out I was pleasantly surprised as it was actually quite good but this one just doesn't have the same effect as the first two. I'm not sure if it's just because I'm older or because dreamworks is trying to win back it's older viewers but I did notice a few (mostly innocent) adult Jokes around the beginning of the movie. Overall I mostly enjoyed the movie and it's entertaining story line, but for me it was the very nostalgic dream works introduction that really topped off the whole thing. Even though it has no relevance to the film I know many viewers will agree with me.

The movies was great and the best thing about it was the music , it was so much better than the previous ones. All singers were great , I loved better place and it takes two. Really good songs. My kids also enjoyed it and they loved viva just like me. Camila did a great job voice acting here!!

The plot was not as good as the previous ones but it's still really pretty and colourful and I love that. Also the introduction of new characters really did good for the movie plus the latin vibes by viva were awesome. At the end of the day I would just say that everyone here enjoyed it. Money well spent.

The third entry in the series currently in theaters. Opening on a flashback where we see a young Branch, Justin Timberlake, was part of a boy band w/his brothers but due to a falling out, they broke up. Years later, on the eve attending a wedding, Timberlake is interrupted by his former bandmate, Eric Andre, to inform them his brother, Troye Sivan, has been kidnapped & put in a perfume bottom by a pair of twin pop performers, Amy Schumer & Andrew Rannells, to use his essence for their own performances. Deciding to hit the road to mount a rescue, Andre & Timberlake (along w/Anna Kendrick & Kenan Thompson's Tiny Diamond) hope to reunite the band members & use the 'perfect family harmony' to rescue Sivan (something they couldn't do in the film's prologue). On their travels, Kendrick also runs into a long lost sister, played by Camila Cabello & w/all the members reunited, past arguments/resentments resolved & more importantly all the songs sung we get a reasonably enjoyable entry which is breezy fun which won't send parents to the lobbies to check on fictitious phone calls.

The movie is fine. Below average story line. Good music and visuals. But for some reason the film makers decided it was ok to include a number of references to drugs and completely inappropriate sexual jokes. Sure young kids won't understand but why should this be included in a children's film? It doesn't make the film wittier, smarter or more appealing to an adult audience. It's just inappropriate. My kids enjoyed the music and visuals but big parts of the plot line were just too weird for my 5 year old to follow and to be honest it didn't make that much sense to me either. It could have been a good movie if the weird inappropriate bits were cut and they thought about the plot a bit more. The musical performances make it watchable.

Idk what happened to the writers between the first movie and this one but it was terrible. My kids are 13 and 6 and let's just say that the adult humor didn't go over my teen's head. Luckily my 6 year old didn't get most of the jokes but she knows what the bleep sound means, she's not stupid. Way too many inappropriate jokes and suggestive language between the characters. It was just awful and not even funny. We rented it on Prime but I was just sitting there waiting for it to end. We're definitely not going to buy this one, hard pass. It was cringe, inappropriate and not even close to the cuteness of the first movie.