Trolls World Tour

The songs are kinda boring and the plot's pretty rote, but this film is shockingly beautiful and thought-through in all the design elements.

Even with so much spelled out, the significance of this very abstract parable will be best appreciated by the adults in the room, just as the trippy visuals (often quite imaginative) belong to the same tradition of knowingly warped storybook imagery.

Trolls World Tour is clear on one thing: never should glitter and rainbows be automatically equated with brainlessness.

One of the nicest things to say about Trolls World Tour is that it moves pretty briskly. It's not particularly impactful, but it should be entertaining enough for young viewers.

I don't know if a six-year-old -- who the animation appears designed for in terms of style, brightness, and color -- would get any of the jokes, but as a person trapped in my house, I appreciated them.

"Trolls: World Tour" is not a mindblowing cinematic achievement, but it is exactly what kids, and parents, need right now. That's where it hits the high note.

Trolls World Tour is about the same as the first where its a visually beautiful spectacle, but its weak script keeps it away from being anything more than a forgettably generic kids flick.

A strange, fun and layered elegy to music.

...a journey well-trodden, but nonetheless elevated by tight visuals, high-energy, and good vibes that make for some easy-breezy viewing.

Trolls World Tour is nowhere near the quality of the first film, with fleeting fun attached to mostly forgettable songs.