Film Review – Trolls Band Together

There’s been some debate about the financial success of 2020’s “Trolls World Tour.” The picture certainly didn’t have it easy, released during the early days of lockdown life, with the film, created for theatrical distribution, offered to families at premium video-on-demand prices, acting as the first shot fired when dealing with the widespread acceptance of this method of distribution. Certainly it must’ve done some business, as three years later, there’s now “Trolls Band Together,” another sequel in the “Trolls” franchise, and one that’s ready to fully embrace the debatable power of 1990s nostalgia and the glory days of boy bands. There’s love for the music subgenre, but it’s not prioritized in the screenplay by Elizabeth Tippett, who overstuffs the second sequel with lots of supporting characters and subplots, leaving the feature somewhat confused when it comes to the ultimate direction of the endeavor, which doesn’t have as much meaningful focus on music as the previous offerings. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com