Trolls Holiday

Trolls Holiday is currently streaming in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on Netflix, and it earns its premise rather than just borrowing genre trappings. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. 511 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Anna Kendrick's performance is the anchor the more ambitious scenes need. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Netflix.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Trolls Holiday earns its spot. Trolls Holiday treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. When the eternally optimistic Poppy, queen of the Trolls, learns that the Bergens no longer have any holidays on their calendar, she enlists the help of Branch and the rest of the gang on a delightfully quirky mission to fix something that the Bergens don't think is broken. Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2017. The rules of Trolls Holiday's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Trolls Holiday is satisfying on multiple levels — something to watch and something to think about after. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Anna Kendrick's performance is the anchor the more ambitious moments need. The world-building pays off in ways you will not anticipate on a first watch.