To me, this movie is perfection.

Masterful Cinema

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Hollywood today has alot of 5 movies. At least this one is cheesy looking, it's different from others.

Confused by his little sister's strange behaviour upon moving home, a teenager is shocked to learn that a troll has kidnapped her and has changed his appearance to look like her in this fun horror-comedy blend. The film is curiously at its weakest when exploring its mythology and what the troll is trying to do by taking the sister's form and unsettling all the other residents of their apartment block. The best moments instead come from Jenny Beck (as the young girl) doing all sorts of crazy and unusual things, including picking her older brother up and throwing him across the room (!) and wandering into her neighbours' apartments and fondling their possessions without being invited in. The chemistry between Beck and Noah Hathaway (as her brother) is simply great and there is a lot of hilarity to how he comes to shudder in her presence and constantly wonder if she is about to beat him up or growl again. The film also has some very creative stop motion special effects with truly oddball moments as Beck's neighbours are turned into plants - and as their apartments become covered in plant matter too. There is a lot of time spent on trying to defeat the troll towards the end though, which is nowhere near as interesting as the mischief it gets up to on its own, but this is generally a decent watch - and certainly more worthwhile than its low IMDb score would seem to indicate.

I've seen the movie before, years ago when I was a teen. Watching it again, about twelve years later, I realized how immature I was to forgive some of the terrible acting and the ridiculous dialogue. I love B-rated horror flicks, but usually most of them don't take themselves seriously, and the ones that do try are just so bad that they're fun. The reason of my disappointment lies in it's potential. There were scenes that really creeped me out, and I loved that the Troll's smile was sweet and appeared like he came out some kid's film. Seeing something so child friendly hurting people to me is terrifying. When it smiled at it's victims I really felt dread. I don't want to spoil the movie, I do recommended it. It's terrible in a lot of areas. The scene where the dad's dancing was so embarrassing.

This film is a mess from minute 1 to 82. From half of its actors seemingly not knowing how to act like humans to a very poorly thought out siege plan on the troll's part, this is a movie that seems to be begging to be made fun of. And when I come in contact with a mess like this, there are usually two ways to approaching it:One way is the rational way by hating or at least disliking it. Plenty of messy films are in no way enjoyable to watch, leaving me unsatisfied. The second way is the "so bad it's good" routine. Troll 2 certainly falls in this category. To me it's neither. People often shoehorn the two Troll movies together as enjoyably bad films, yet I have trouble saying that this first one is uproariously bad.Why? Truly, there is something so innocent about the movie that making fun of it would seem cruel. After all, it's less nasty than your usual horror movie, besides Sonny Bono having foreplay with a woman half his age. The Troll himself is the least threatening thing in the movie. Don't believe me? Google search this movie and see the Troll and his constant smile for yourself. Now imagine that for the whole movie! And as the killer! And it's not a creepy Alex-from-Clockwork- Orange smile either. Instead we get the cutest possible sad Muppet smile. This will be disappointing if you're looking for a horror movie, but infinitely endearing if you want a fantasy film.There are also some genuinely good performances. June Lockhart and Phil Fondacaro are so warm in their parts and Julie Louis Dreyfuss shows screen presence in her three scenes. Also Jenny Beck's performance as a Troll-turned-girl, while over-the-top certainly, shows a lot of commitment that was respectable. What also showed commitment was Michael Moriarty's dancing.This movie also has better effects than I expected. The Troll costumes and puppets are convincing along with all of the practical effects with only a few missteps. It actually feels like talented people are doing a dumb movie, which is usually better than hacks doing a dumb movie. Then you get Troll 2. That's why calling this movie "so bad it's good" is unfair to me. It's like making fun of a four year old making you a sandwich. It's trying it's best and is so innocent that even when it fails, you can't help but appreciate the effort.So I enjoy Troll. Is it a bad movie? Probably. Is it a good movie? Probably that too. Is it either one definitively? That, I can't say. All I can say is that you should "shut the door!" sit back, and enjoy innocently quirky junk.