Trolls World Tour
Universal Pictures | Release Date (Streaming): April 10, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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10
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25
Negative:
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansApr 11, 2020
The only bum note is the music itself, despite the presence of prestige pop stars including Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson and Mary J Blige. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinApr 6, 2020
To watch it is to be waterboarded by joy. In terms of both visual dazzle and invention and sheer comedic stamina and pep, it handily surpasses the original Trolls from 2016, which itself set an impressive new standard for films based on novelty keyrings and pencil toppers. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittApr 10, 2020
While not quite as subversive and refreshing as the first “Trolls,” “World Tour” offers endless cuteness, an impressive voice cast and just enough depth for grownups and children alike to chew on. Read full review
71
TheWrapYolanda MachadoApr 8, 2020
At times the humor feels elementary (and at others a little flat), but the story really finds itself when it weaves musical history into this road-trip tale in a captivating and entertaining manner. Read full review
69
PolygonKaren HanApr 11, 2020
The textures and sounds littered throughout the film plug up the plot holes effectively enough to keep the film sailing for its 91-minute duration, but there’s no glue keeping that confetti in place, and those flaws open up again as soon as there’s enough breathing room to look at them properly. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerApr 10, 2020
In Trolls and the new Trolls World Tour, celebrity voices, high energy levels, nonsensical catchphrases, cross-promotional branding, cover-heavy soundtracks, and overuse of voice-over narration are all jacked up to 11, creating what are essentially marathon-length dance party endings. Yet somehow, this shamelessness gives the whole enterprise a kind of deranged honor. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubApr 10, 2020
Despite falling for some classic sequel potholes, Trolls World Tour continues the fun energy of its predecessor in a way that should provide some quarantine relief for families. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnApr 6, 2020
It’s a stupid movie with deep ambitions, energized by that trippy neon palette, and the occasional hot beat. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzApr 10, 2020
It’s zippy and distracting enough to keep you and your brood entertained for half an afternoon, but don’t get too comfortable – I can see the soundtrack eventually grating if you ever find your kids demanding to watch it over and over again. Which is inevitable. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoApr 10, 2020
It’s a movie for the kids to watch after overdosing on Easter candy, and there’s something to be said for watching a movie this unapologetically bright in a world that feels pretty dark right now. Read full review
60
Little White LiesJake CunninghamAug 16, 2022
Although World Tour hits some of the right notes, the familiar abstract quirkiness occasionally makes it feel like a cover version of the first film. And, crucially, there’s no song even remotely close to Timberlake’s soundtrack hit ‘Can’t Stop the Feeling’. Read full review
60
UproxxMike RyanApr 16, 2020
Look, I am in desperate need for entertainment and if Trolls World Tour is all you’re selling, well, right now, I’m buying. And here’s another thing: I like everything right now. There are no bad movies. If your piece of entertainment can knock off a couple hours of my day, that’s literally all I’m asking for right now. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 16, 2020
Trolls World Tour isn’t a great movie, but it’s not an awful one, either — and maybe most importantly, it’s a new movie, one you can watch right now without leaving your house. Read full review
60
Screen RantSandy SchaeferApr 16, 2020
Trolls World Tour serves up enough psychedelic visuals and positive messages to earn its keep. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanApr 6, 2020
Yet for all its surface pleasures, it’s a likable but underimagined one, with more enthusiasm than surprise and, at the same time, an overprogrammed sense of its own thematic destiny. Read full review
50
ScreenCrushMatt SingerApr 16, 2020
Whether its unique release strategy makes it a historical footnote or an important turning point in the history of an industry will only be clear in hindsight. For now, it’s just a colorful kids movie. Read full review
50
IGNKristy PuchkoApr 16, 2020
It's for kids and it's cute. It's also an absolute eyesore, crassly overstuffed with retina-scorching color combinations and explosions of glitter. Frankly, it's disappointing that an animated movie with so much talent attached didn’t strive to be more than just "cute for kids." But hey, at least you can dance to it. Read full review
50
SlateSam AdamsApr 14, 2020
Trolls World Tour was made to play in theaters that can’t open, celebrating a kind of performance that’s on indefinite hold. All I could feel watching its climax was how much I miss that feeling of being together in the dark, and how long it’ll be before it feels safe to do it again. Read full review
50
The PlaylistAsher LubertoApr 11, 2020
In a world where the clouds are puffy, the script is fluffy and the funk is funky, it’s easy to stomach all the glitter a second time around. If you do decide to rent this via VOD, now that DreamWorks Animation has broken the theatrical window, you will likely be in harmony with kaleidoscopic visuals, not to mention a bunch of greatest hits the whole family can enjoy. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyApr 10, 2020
Fatiguing for grown-ups, “TWT” may well scare, or at least unsettle, kids under 6. And kids much over 6 are likely to tire of the unrelenting cutesiness. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergApr 10, 2020
While the genre-bridging premise affords the film more variety and verve than its sugary predecessor, the movie, directed by Walt Dohrn, still gives you the sensation of being barricaded in a karaoke lounge where all the attendees have snorted Sweet Tarts. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 10, 2020
Trolls World Tour hits the home market at exactly the right time, celebrating music as a joyful, community experience that excludes no one. Nothing wrong with a movie, even this kiddie piffle, that steps up and does that. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 10, 2020
Trolls World Tour is better suited to watching at home than in a theater. It’s a shadow of its predecessor, a regurgitation of some of the elements that made the first one popular but without the sense of spontaneous fun. Read full review
50
Slant MagazinePat BrownApr 10, 2020
At its best, the film doesn’t just privilege altered states of consciousness, it is an altered state of consciousness. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 10, 2020
It’s utterly harmless, even in its subtexts — that hip hop and funk are where ALL music comes together. If the kids are going stir crazy, give it a download. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangApr 8, 2020
Despite the range of musical genres represented and the obsessive attention to visual detail, there is a bland, wearying homogeneity to the way Trolls World Tour looks and sounds. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweApr 6, 2020
It feels too much like we’ve been here, done this already. Read full review
45
Paste MagazineOktay Ege Kozak Apr 16, 2020
It’s not as grotesque and convoluted as the first Trolls, and it does offer a simple, streamlined plot that the very young target audience can easily follow while being distracted by the acid-flashback-color-explosion aesthetic, but don’t expect anything remotely resembling a fresh and inventive sequel. Read full review
40
Vanity FairRichard LawsonApr 16, 2020
All of this is not bad, exactly; it just takes no time to be good. World Tour is barely a movie. It’s a jumble of half-length animated music videos stitched together with the thinnest of throughlines. Read full review
40
SlashfilmJosh SpiegelApr 13, 2020
Kendrick and Timberlake are…fine, as they were in the first film. What holds Trolls World Tour back is what holds back so many films from DreamWorks Animation: they thrive on pop-culture references, loud humor, and little else. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerApr 13, 2020
Worst of all, as much as this will be a welcome escape for small kids (and a distraction for parents), it's a frustration that Kendrick is back in this kind of easy, cookie-cutter, disposable frippery. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriApr 10, 2020
Trolls World Tour is ruthlessly simple, rushed, and obvious. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonApr 9, 2020
As cheery as the whole affair can be, no amount of razzle-dazzle can distract from World Tour’s meagre storytelling — or the gnawing suspicion that the proceedings are targeting overstimulated young viewers who just want nonstop sensation. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 6, 2020
There is something absolutely robotic about Trolls World Tour: the voices, the design, the dialogue, the plot progressions, the break-up-make-up crisis between Poppy and Branch, everything. It’s chillingly efficient, like a driverless car going round in circles. Read full review
40
EmpireOlly RichardsApr 6, 2020
If you thought the first Trolls movie was fine, you’ll probably find this fine too. It completely lives up to the watchable mediocrity of its predecessor. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 10, 2020
A movie with the power to freeze the mind and make anyone watching just want to stagger away mumbling nothing but “This is awful,” over and over, until the pain goes away. Read full review
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