Ep943: TROLLS BAND TOGETHER (2023) - Movie Review
It turns out the third time really is the charm! Today, Ian and Don review Trolls Band Together, the latest installment in Dreamworks' wildly successful kids' fantasy about the misadventures of colorful, song-obsessed magical creatures with famously wild hair.
The film centers on the secret origin of Branch (Justin Timberlake), who used to be part of a popular boy band comprised of his heart-throb older brothers. They broke up during the first performance of a major tour, and were subsequently scattered to the far reaches of Trolldom (or whatever it's called). When one of the brothers is kidnapped by vacuous pop-star siblings Velvet and Veneer (Amy Schumer and Andrew Rannells, respectively), Branch and Queen Poppy (Anna Kendrick) set out to literally get the band back together, thus combatting the dark forces of auto-tuned wannabes!
In this spoilerific discussion, the guys talk about Band Together's surprising target audience; how Trolls does Disney better than Disney (especially compared to The Marvels); and how this film may just be bullet-proof against a recent controversy!
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