Trolls is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated musical film based on the Troll dolls created by Thomas Dam. The film was directed by Mike Mitchell and co-directed by Walt Dohrn, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger and based on a story by Erica Rivinoja. and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film features the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Russell Brand, James Corden and Gwen Stefani. It is DreamWorks Animation's 33rd feature film.
The film revolves around two trolls on a quest to save their village from destruction by the Bergens, creatures who eat trolls.
Trolls premiered on November 9, 2016, at the BFI London Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on December 5, 2016, by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $344 million worldwide against its $125 million budget and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for "Can't Stop the Feeling!".
Cast[]
- Anna Kendrick as Princess Poppy, the excitable and optimistic princess of the Trolls
- Iris Dohrn as Baby Poppy
- Justin Timberlake as Branch, an over-cautious, unpleasant and cynical survivalist Troll who formerly hates singing, dancing, hugging and music, after he turned gray due to his grandma's death
- Liam Henry as Young Branch
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as King Gristle Jr., son of Gristle Sr, and the second King of the Bergens
- Zooey Deschanel as Bridget, a kind-hearted Bergen who works as a scullery maid to Chef
- Christine Baranski as Chef, the sadistic, cruel and power-hungry chef of the Bergens
- Russell Brand as Creek, a supposedly "zen" troll and Poppy's secret crush, who is actually a fraud.
- James Corden as Biggie, a large, friendly British Troll and the owner of Mr. Dinkles.
- Jeffrey Tambor as King Peppy, the king of the Trolls and Poppy's father
- John Cleese as King Gristle Sr., Gristle Jr's father and the first King of the Bergens.
- Gwen Stefani as DJ Suki, a Troll who uses DJ equipment made of insects.
- Ron Funches as Cooper, a giraffe-like Troll who can walk on all fours, he raps and plays the harmonica
- Icona Pop as Satin and Chenille, twin Trolls with a flair for fashion design and are conjoined by their hair
- Kunal Nayyar as Guy Diamond, a glittery Troll with a highly auto-tuned voice
- Quvenzhané Wallis as Harper, a Troll artist with heterochromia who paints with her hair
- GloZell as Grandma Rosiepuff, Branch's grandmother who sacrificed herself when she and Branch were discovered by Chef.
- Dami Im voices the character in the Australian version.
- Susanna Reid voices the character in the UK version.
- Meg DeAngelis as Moxie Dewdrop, a dancing Troll
- Connie Glynn voices the character in the UK version
- Ricky Dillon as Aspen Heitz, a Troll skitterboarder.
- Greg James voices the character in the UK version
- Kandee Johnson as Mandy Sparkledust, a Troll who designs and repairs treasures
- Abbey Clancy voices the character in the UK version
- Walt Dohrn as:
- Smidge, a small, inordinately strong female Troll with a shockingly deep voice
- Mr. Dinkles, Biggie's pet stuffed worm.
- Fuzzbert, a Troll whose legs are the only thing visible besides his hair
- Cloud Guy, an anthropomorphic cloud
- Karma
- Grace Helbig as Cookie Sugarloaf, one of the Trolls
- Carrie Hope Fletcher voices the character in the UK version.
- Mike Mitchell and Curtis Stone as Chad and Todd, two royal guards that work for the Bergen Royal Family
- Rhys Darby as Bibbly, a Bergen shopkeeper of the Bib Store
Trivia[]
- This movie is based on the popular troll dolls. It was also seen in Pixar's franchise Toy Story.
- This is the second time the Troll franchise has been animated. The first was DiC Entertainment's Trollz.
- This is the second DreamWorks Animation movie to star Justin Timberlake, the first being Shrek the Third.
- The fourth DreamWorks Animation film to have a female protagonist, after Chicken Run, Monsters vs. Aliens, and The Croods.
- The third DreamWorks Animation's musical film, following The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado. In fact, it is the first DreamWorks Animation musical in 20 years.
- Ironically, the film fast forwards 20 years and the last DreamWorks musical was produced 20 years ago. This was probably intended as an Easter Egg.
- This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be released on 4K Ultra HD.
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse's third DreamWorks Animation film since How to Train Your Dragon, and How to Train Your Dragon 2.
- Due to a few cartoon sound effects being used in some parts, this is the first DreamWorks Animation film to use the big whistle zing out sound effect originally from various Hanna-Barbera cartoons (which is only used once at the very beginning of the film). Ironically, that sound effect was previously used in some episodes of The Penguins of Madagascar TV series on Nickelodeon.
- This film marks Christophe Beck's first scoring debut in a DreamWorks Animation film and also his third feature-length animated score after Disney's Frozen and Blue Sky Studios' The Peanuts Movie.
- The seventh DreamWorks Animation film to not feature any humans, after Antz, Shark Tale, Flushed Away and the Kung Fu Panda trilogy (soon to become a "hexogy").
- The fourth DreamWorks Animation film to have a post-credit scene, after Over the Hedge, Kung Fu Panda, and The Croods.
- The seventh DreamWorks Animation film to be released in November, after Flushed Away, Bee Movie, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Megamind, Rise of the Guardians and Penguins of Madagascar.
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