TROLLS BAND TOGETHER
Sacrificial Love for the Family
What You Need To Know
TROLLS BAND TOGETHER is a wonderful, heartfelt, clean, moral movie about brothers and sisters learning to love each other so they can defeat two evil pop singers trying steal their talent at the cost of their lives.
In the beginning, the brothers’ band plan on doing their first gig. Baby Troll Branch, aka “Baby B,” is very nervous, and the oldest troll, John Dory, is telling everyone what to do and insisting they have to be perfect. In the middle of their song, they have a glitch and get tied up in knots, ending in a disaster. So, all the other brothers, Floyd, Spruce, and Clay, decide to quit, and John Dory decides to find himself, leaving Branch, the baby troll, behind.
Years later, when Branch is grown up and is partners with Queen Poppy, he finds out his brother Floyd has been kidnapped by two pop singers named Velvet and Veneer who can’t sing. They have trapped Floyd into a diamond prison that allows them to sap his talent, draining him of his life and almost killing him. Branch tries to save Floyd, but Floyd tells him he’s got to get the band together, to sing a perfect song to release him from the diamond.
So, now Branch is searching for his brothers to reunite the band. Each brother is involved in a fantastic situation, and each step along the journey involves great songs, many of which are famous. Eventually, they get to the last free brother, who’s living in a reconstituted but still eerie mini golf park with his wife. His wife turns out to be Diva, Poppy’s sister who was seperated from Poppy in the first movie when she was just born. Diva tries to keep Poppy from going on the quest to save Floyd imprisoned by the pop stars.
When they get to the rock rage entertainment area, most of the team gets trapped by the female pop star, Velvet, who says she planned to lure them there to steal their energy and talent. Branch, Poppy and a friend have remained undiscovered, however.
Can they rescue their family from the evil pop stars with no talent. Can they come together to sing again? Can they free the other trolls from the dastardly machine? In the process, one troll dies and is resurrected by love.
TROLLS BAND TOGETHER has great music, great character arcs, impressive amount of love and humor, with a moral theme of not letting anyone steal your talent. There is a caution for younger children, because there are some scary scenes as well as the death and resurrection of one character. However, for children starting at age six to eight or older, TROLLS BAND TOGETHER is an absolute delight, and highly recommended.
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Light redemptive with death and resurrection with very strong moral values about loving your family and about overcoming evil trying to steal your talents
Foul Language
some adult humor and a very few (less than 3) modified obscenities and profanities such as “Of My Gosh”
Violence
Cartoon violence and scary situations and mechanical clown looking like it’s devouring people, and a villain that’s taking the life of one of the trolls to increase her singing power, several pratfalls, an intense race between heroes and villains occurs
Sex
married and engaged couples kiss, several hugs between family members
Nudity
Level and kind of nudity
Alcohol Use
No alcohol use
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or dugs except the baby troll is sucking on a pacifier, and he passes it to the older baby troll who looks like he has a rush from it, and pushing a button creates a short psychedelic experience;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Overcoming cowardice, withholding information, and learning how to love and not hate your brother and sister.
