Kendrick and Timberlake bring snappy comic timing, even when the dialogue could be wittier. Co-director Walt Dohrn steals the picture as a high-fiving cloud-bro.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 27, 2016

I was confident Nicholas Stoller's Storks would take the prize for most obnoxious family entertainment of the year, but Trolls -- another garish, computer-animated comedy -- instantly lowers the bar.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 30, 2016

I didn't like it, not at all, and while I'm certain there are kids out there who will undoubtedly feel differently don't expect me to sing a different tune on the matter anytime soon.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 4, 2016

One character farts glitter and another poops cupcakes. You could not ask for better in-movie metaphors.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 4, 2016

It's reasonably entertaining, with some good musical numbers and at least one goofily endearing performance. But it's also just a little bit all over the place, with a story that often seems like a fairy-tale greatest hits album.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 4, 2016

Despite the tiresome story, it's a hard film to dislike.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 4, 2016

"Trolls" isn't likely to advance mankind in any significant way, but it's a harmless adventure with a few toe-tapping musical numbers and a positive message of togetherness and teamwork.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 4, 2016

Trolls is aggressively cute, with adorable characters and colorful locations. But its use of romantic love as the solution to everything is frustratingly basic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2016

"Trolls" is pure delight, lots of jokes, great music, and a surprisingly wise take on the elusive quest for happiness.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 3, 2016

"Trolls" combines dreadful kindergarten humor (one troll poops cupcakes) with a feeble plot, much padded with high-fructose-corn-syrup versions of pop and R&B classics.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 3, 2016

Exuberant, busy and sometimes funny, DreamWorks Animation's "Trolls" is determined to amuse.

| Nov 3, 2016

You simply will walk out -- or perhaps dance out -- of the theater feeling very happy yourself.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 3, 2016

Ultimately, the "get happy" moral of the story, while trite compared to something like Inside Out, is sufficiently sweet enough for its audience. Did you expect more from a piece of candy?

| Nov 3, 2016

There's nary a hint of the original Troll dolls' disconcerting unearthliness in this utterly tame although vibrantly animated feature from DreamWorks Animation.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 3, 2016

As infernally sugary as this movie may sound on paper, and however mercenary its commercial intentions, it's hard to resist ...

| Nov 3, 2016

Sprightly vibes are gorgeously visualized in trippy, textured, MDMA-fuelled designs with more bright colours than a bag of Skittles. It's a kid-friendly narrative about popping ecstasy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2016

Little ones may find the perpetually furious Chef a bit too threatening. But there's never a riotously candy-coloured scene or a spirited song far away ...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 3, 2016

Energetic and vibrant, "Trolls" is hardly the throwback grown-ups might expect to the bad old days of cartoons conceived as toy ads rather than entertainment.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 3, 2016

All that humor, color and happiness is an undeniable delight, making you tap your feet and, as Timberlake sings, feel as if you've got sunshine in your pocket.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 3, 2016

The characters are clichés and the plot is assembly-line predictable.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 3, 2016