TROLLS WORLD TOUR
A frenetic, psychedelic sequel to skip for your family.
Should You Watch It?
The answer is simple: skip it. TROLLS WORLD TOUR is extremely hyper and frenetic, with bold, psychedelic sequences that can leave you wondering what is happening. The movie feels like one long music video, and its music is not up to the standard of the first TROLLS.
The bigger problem is its message. The film romanticizes following your heart and disobeying parents, while encouraging acceptance of self-destructive and culturally destructive behavior without clearly showing the consequences. It also contains pagan messages, implied homosexual and perverse references, and characters placed in a delusional state.
Your family can spend its movie time better elsewhere. If you want to revisit this world, watch TROLLS from 2016 instead.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESPoppy learns that the troll universe includes different lands, each known for its own kind of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Rock, and Pop. Each land holds one string from a special guitar.
Poppy wants to unite the lands through music. She and Branch set out to meet the other trolls, but Barb, a troll from the land of Rock, wants to take the strings and make every kind of music Rock and Roll.
Is It Any Good?
Two stars means this sequel has little to recommend in either quality or plot value. It begins like a rave and continues with frenetic, psychedelic sequences. The film often feels like one large music video, but even its music does not match the first TROLLS.
The story also contains plot holes. Characters escape problems without explanation, and others appear conveniently in scenes despite the circumstances making little sense. The result is a noisy, confusing follow-up that falls far short of its predecessor.
The Worldview
TROLLS WORLD TOUR presents a romantic worldview centered on following your heart. Poppy acts on her desire to see the other lands and disobeys her father, while Branch urges caution. The movie treats personal choice and acceptance as central virtues without clearly warning that certain choices and lifestyles can harm people and communities.
The film also carries many politically correct cultural messages. It includes implied commentary on white supremacy, implied homosexual and perverse references, and a male-voiced character who has a baby boy. These choices contribute to the movie’s broader message that people should be free to indulge in behavior that may be destructive.
The film is right that people should love others. But love does not mean approving every choice, and Scripture says love “does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth” (1 Corinthians 13:6). The movie’s call to follow the heart needs the biblical correction that hearts require wisdom and truth.
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Romantic worldview about following your heart, lots of pagan messages, implied commentary on white supremacy, lots of homosexual and perverse references including implied homosexual characters, man has a baby that then sounds like a full grown man himself
Foul Language
no foul language, but a few jokes about butts
Violence
character shocks other characters with an electric wave and they become zombies
Sex
implied homosexual characters, man has a baby that then sounds like a full grown man himself
Nudity
no nudity
Alcohol Use
no alcohol use
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
no smoking, characters do not take drugs but are in a delusional state because of another character almost hypnotizing them,
Miscellaneous Immorality
Deception, stealing, and lying.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The movie celebrates following your heart. Why does Scripture tell us to trust God rather than our own understanding?
Proverbs 3:5–7The story presents different lands and musical traditions. How can we value differences while still seeking truth?
1 Corinthians 12:12–27 · Ephesians 4:15The film does not clearly show the consequences of every choice. What does Scripture teach about the connection between choices and consequences?
Galatians 6:7–8How can we love people without approving behavior that harms them or others?
1 Corinthians 13:6 · Ephesians 4:15The Final Word
TROLLS WORLD TOUR is colorful and energetic, but its frantic style, weak plot, and troubling worldview offer little redemptive value. For your family’s movie night, skip this one and choose something better.
