![]() ![]() Kendrick and Timberlake provide excellent voiceover performances, but it’s the variety of colorful and nuanced characters, along with well-placed songs both familiar and new, that provides "Trolls" with enough intelligence and emotion to make it a well-above-average children’s film. Not that I would know anything about that. A movie that seemed to be a formulaic, star-driven device with a cornball message is filled with terrific, positive metaphors, including an evocative moment or two that might just leave you crying alongside your 6-year-old daughter. "Trolls" is one of the most pleasant surprises of the year. While kids will find Timberlake and Kendrick enchanting, adults may find the Bergens’ King Gristle (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and his lowly castle maid, Bridget ( Zooey Deschanel), a bit more relatable and entertaining. What follows is a trippy adventure, including a talking cloud, a hilarious cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s "Sounds of Silence," and an excellent original song and vocal performance by Kendrick called “Get Back Up Again.” The latter isn’t exactly "Let It Go," from "Frozen," but it’s good enough to be part of childhoods for generations to come. In an effort to make amends for bad judgment, Poppy decides to take on the Bergens, and enlists Branch’s help. Branch seems like a paranoid loon, but he’s right. Poppy is also planning a troll rave, which doesn’t sit well with the lone grumpy troll, Branch (Justin Timberlake), who believes Poppy’s ostentatious presentations of mirth and merriment will call attention to the trolls, making it easier for the Bergens to find them. Some 20 years later, Peppy’s daughter, Poppy (Anna Kendrick), has become the perpetually positive princess and spiritual leader of the trolls - always singing, dancing, laughing and doling out positive advice and mantras. But led by King Peppy (Jeffrey Tambor), the trolls finally wise up to the Bergens’ ways. ![]() They are so happy, the Bergens, a human-sized and slovenly-looking lot, use the trolls as “happy meals” (of course, seizing the marketing opportunity, McDonalds features Trolls Happy Meals), believing the only way they can be happy is by eating a troll. Our hearts were ringing In the key that our souls were singing As we danced in the night. The trolls are a happy species, always singing and dancing and never sad. Kendrick published her own memoir in 2016, titled Scrappy Little Nobody.Read: 'Hacksaw Ridge' Might Garner Oscar Nod for Andrew Garfield Kendrick has also featured in the comedy-drama 50/50 (2011), the crime-drama End of Watch (2012), the musical-fantasy Into the Woods (2014), the drama Cake (2014), the adult comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), and the animated comedy Trolls (2016). She achieved further recognition for starring as Beca Mitchell in the musical comedy film series Pitch Perfect (2012-2017). She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the comedy-drama Up in the Air (2009). ![]() ![]() Kendrick rose to prominence for her supporting role as Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga (2008-12). (Get up, get up, get up) whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh. She made her film debut in the musical comedy Camp (2003). ‘Cause if you knock knock me over, I will get back up again. Her first prominent role was in the 1998 Broadway musical High Society, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. And if you knock knock me over I will get back up again Oh If something goes a little wrong Well you can go ahead and bring it on Cause if you knock knock me over I will get back up again Woah oh oh oh, get. She began her career as a child actor in theater productions. A pocket full of songs that I’m gonna sing And I’m ready to take on. Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress and singer. ![]()
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