{"id":1271,"date":"2016-11-02T05:21:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T05:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2017-04-10T03:50:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T03:50:06","slug":"preview-the-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/11\/preview-the-trolls.html","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Trolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s kosher for the grumpy ones to be the more, well, normal.\u00a0Their opposites, the trolls, in\u00a0Trolls<\/em> (2016), are unrealistically always happy. The trolls hug, smile, sing and enjoy life, but the grumpy Bergens cannot stand it. This makes the Bergens, well, more normal indeed.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no wonder why. Who does this? Who sings, hugs, and smiles all the time? No body. I\u2019ve come across no one like this. Well, maybe a bubbly personality here and there, the more outgoing ones. The ones that make you think they are hiding their true feelings when they are alone.<\/p>\n

From the outset, Trolls<\/em>, coming to theaters in North America November 4, is a stretch for me. Starring the voice work of Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick and Gwen Stefani, there is also the promise of plenty of dance and song\u2014in animation\u2014but with the overhanging thought that the trolls in question may just be too good to be true.<\/p>\n

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Strangely enough, the Bergens like to be happy as well. They are not naturally happy all the time, quite naturally. But they need a \u2018top up\u2019 in a kind of way that is bound to make you the viewer sick\u2014while watching an animation (not that you would literally get sick).<\/p>\n

The dodgy element in this family film from Dreamworks, who presented to the world the \u201cdodgy\u201d ogre Shrek all those years ago, is that Bergens need to eat trolls to be happy.<\/p>\n

That is even stranger than being happy all the time.<\/p>\n

But who says Trolls<\/em> has to be straight forward serious entertainment about the existentialist dilemma of trying to be happy all the time which is hard work most of the time for most people?<\/p>\n

Trolls<\/em> is fun for families and children\u2014it\u2019s bound to put cheer into hearts that embrace the essential theme of Trolls<\/em>\u2014that being happy is one thing, but being happy together is another. And that is a worthwhile theme for families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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