Trolls Holiday

Director: Joel Crawford
Airing date: November 24, 2017
Rating: ★★★
Review:

I bought this DVD by mistake, mistaking it for ‘Trolls World Tour‘. Oh, well, I might as well watch and review it. ‘Trolls Holiday’ is a television special that features the characters from ‘Trolls’ (2016). The 30 minute short is a holiday special that, refreshingly, is not about Christmas.

The story is extraordinarily simple and straightforward: when Poppy discovers that the Bergens have no holiday left since the abolition of Trollstice, she decides to give them one of the trolls’ own numerous holidays. Unfortunately she gets so carried away she doesn’t realize she distresses her Bergen best friend Bridget during the show. Bridget asks Poppy to leave. Luckily soon Poppy realizes what she has done, while Bridget realizes what Poppy was trying to do. So in the end she invents a holiday of her own, ‘Troll-A-Bration’, celebrating their friendship.

‘Trolls Holiday’ is a nice if unnecessary addendum to the Trolls movie. Both Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake reprise their roles, and there’s a lot of singing, especially during Poppy’s presentation. The special ends with both Bergens and Trolls singing Madonna’s ‘Holiday’.

However, the most entertaining parts are the digital cut-out animation sequences telling the background story and Poppy’s plan. During the caterpillar bus ride the trolls shortly change into their real life versions, which is pretty distressing, as this only shows how infinitely more ugly the original toys were when compared to the fluffy versions of the film.

Watch the first four minutes of ‘Trolls Holiday’ and tell me what you think:

‘Trolls Holiday’ is available on DVD