Trolls-Kids Movie Review
“Hug time!!” The trolls love to hug and these cute, little, colorful creatures love life! The trolls live in a perpetual state of happiness. They sing, they dance and they hug all day long! However, life gets a little complicated for the fun loving little guys when the Bergen’s (unhappy goblin-like creatures), discover that can feel happiness if they eat a troll. Now the happy go lucky trolls have their work cut out for them as they try to save their human race from the unhappy creatures.
Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets
Release Date: February 7, 2017
MPAA Rating: PG
Best Age Group: 5 +
Sexual Content: Mild
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Kids Like It? Yes
Talking Points:
- Trolls is a positive and upbeat movie. The film highlights the fact that happiness comes from the heart.
Sexual Content: Mild
- We see a couple kiss.
Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate
- We see the Bergen’s (dwarf-like creatures) grabbing and eating the trolls.
- A character shares a story about the death of his grandmother. It’s implied that she was eaten by a Bergen.
- A Bergen gets set on fire.
- We see two trolls’ choking another troll.
- A hopeless Bergen buries himself alive; wanting to die.
Crude or Profane Language: None
Drug and Alcohol Content: None
Will Kids Like It? Yes
- I interviewed several young kids (ages 3 to 5) who loved the fun music, and the cute little trolls. They also said they were scared at times because of the “scary monsters.”
Overall Trolls is a fun entertaining film for kids of all ages!
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