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Trollhunter
2010
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Positive Reviews
56
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.5
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2.5
Then, in the actual horror sequences, the caught on the fly style can make the fantastical look more real, and thus more astonishing.
Av Club
4.5
Titans is strongest when it busies itself with notching the stakes and challenging the comfort of our characters.
Den Of Geek
4.0
A paean to escapism as art, Troll Hunter has the gall to take a ridiculous premise and treat it dead seriously.
Indie Wire
4.5
Buoyed by top notch digital effects youll believe a troll can lurch!
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Ovredals delightfully bizarre film takes itself just seriously enough to be tremendously fun.
Austin Chronicle
4.0
Hallvard Braeins nimble, shakycam cinematography captures the still, frozen beauty of the tundra and the flailing brute strength of the CGI creatures ..
Time Out
3.7
Anyone wanting Troll Hunter to be a horror flick will be disappointed, as will anyone who wants the movie to be totally serious.
Paste Magazine
3.1
They spend a great deal of time roaring, bleating, squealing and snorting at a very high volume, which is, after a point, too much of a muchness.
Rogerebert
4.0
This will be lure enough for most fantasy addicts, but Andre Ovredals movie has wittier ideas up its sleeve than the average mock doc shocker, a genre ..
Telegraph
4.0
Ultimately, Trollhunter is a monster movie disaster film hybrid that doesnt take itself too seriously and the combination works beautifully not only m ..
Cinema Blend
1.0
This is what happens when the Norwegians try to make their own Blair Witch Project: We get three headed trolls that hate Vitamin D and references to D ..
Ny Daily News
3.8
But oh my, the sight of those frost dusted hills in the gray light before dawn its breathtaking, even if there is a giant furry monster obstructing a ..
Philly
1.5
In place is the films (one) joke: draining the magic and thrill out of trollhunting.
Village Voice
2.5
Not nearly as much fun as it might have been, neither consistently funny nor remotely scary.
Rogers Movie Nation
1.0
The film is shot with handheld cameras in the standard mockumentary style, but the content is often hilarious, especially when the trolls show up.
Chicago Reader
3.5
This found film sci fi trolls on the loose story works well enough as a kind of tongue in cheek comedy spoofing films of this kind and the sheer idioc ..
Lariat
2.0
The film begins strongly, but once past the half hour mark loses energy and direction.
Independent
4.0
A lot of fun, thanks to some terrific special effects and a knowing script that cleverly riffs on existing troll mythology; however, it is slightly to ..
View London
4.0
And to Troll Hunters credit, thats the hardest thing to believe in this undercover expose that reveals the truth about trollsgiant, flesh eating monst ..
Film Journal
3.1
The hours are terrible and the benefits stink worse than the trolls.
Boston
1.5
Genially simpleminded and more sweet than scary, Trollhunter never settles on a tone. Fairytale fantasy, supernatural comedy, serious horror All are s ..
Npr
3.8
Sometimes the film teeters beneath the weight of its own meta noir cleverness.
Star Tribune
3.0
Real fear is to be found when the trolls are just invisible forces deep within the beautiful landscape.
Guardian
4.0
This funny, scary, highly individual horror flick in the found footage Blair Witch and Cloverfield style purports to be a documentary shot by a team o ..
Guardian
2.0
But even though it falls short of its potential, TrollHunter deserves to be a cult success.
Daily Mail
3.2
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa PG 13 runtime 90 minutes Limited Release Date 06/10/11 performer Otto Jespersen, Johanna Morck director Andre ..
Ew
4.0
After a reel or two of cine verite jitter and whiskery Norwegian mumbling, its something of a shock when this picture from a not yet fashionable terri ..
Empire
3.0
That said, the off beam humour keeps things ticking along and the ending is smart without being overplayed.
Eye For Film
4.0
Trollhunter is a great deal funnier and more fun than Blair Witch, with wilder special effects and more creative monsters.
Common Sense Media
3.0
came away from it more pro troll than anti, if only because you could feel the movie trying its best to be awesome even when it failed.
Movies
3.8
Ovredals script is rarely laugh out loud funny, but it matches some over the top action with a very strong wit.
Sf Gate
1.9
In the realm of horror, this is nothing new, but Trollhunter isnt a horror movie.
Slant Magazine
3.0
Like The Blair Witch Project, this inventive, low budget film is composed of found footage but has the feel and scale of a much bigger film, recalling ..
Express
3.5
Why is it that the latest bear found shot appears to have been dragged into place
Reeling Reviews
4.5
This is a totally fresh fantasy that nevertheless takes place fully in the larger modern world, wherein ex military Hans is weary of his shitty job, n ..
Flickfilosopher
4.0
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Total Film
4.5
But this is nonetheless an original and highly assured fusion of B movie lore and fairy tale terror.
Hollywood Reporter
2.5
More of a cult comedy than a genuine horror flick, The Troll Hunter is pure camp.
Coles Mithey
4.0
Its to the movies credit how sweetly anthropological the films take on these fairy tale stalwarts is, because for now it feels like a bracing, low key ..
Los Angeles Times
4.5
Benedict Cumberbatch Wants You To Know He *Is* The Motherf*cking Grinch The Grinch star takes Mike Ryan through the final scenes of Avengers: Infinity ..
Hit Fix
5.0
You can almost feel the trolls pounding footsteps, and its possible to overlook the ridiculous premise thanks to plenty of tongue in cheek humour.Spec ..
Mirror
3.8
Youll want to catch this clever movie before Hollywood ruins everything with a dumb remake.
New York Post
3.5
One of the many pleasures of the Norwegian director Andre Ovredals clever and engaging mock documentary Trollhunter is the way it plays with the idea ..
Ny Times
3.8
Boy, is it fun, though, the rocky, woodsy, altogether exotic terrain of its foreign landscape marrying splendidly with its narrative fairy tale gone a ..
Dustin Put Man
4.5
Like Into the Spider Verse, Rise of the Titans argues that it doesnt matter who you are; anyone can be a hero.
Ign
4.5
Even as youre musing over those questions, youll still find yourself amused by all the goofy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer esque touches here.
Io9 Gizmodo
3.8
Beneath its Blair Witch Project faux verite facade is a smart and Ghostbusters like funny fantasy film rich in Norwegian folklore.
Js Online
4.0
An American remake is in the works. Ignore it and treat yourself to this monstrously good film.
Sky
4.0
What makes this film work and distinguishes it from similar efforts is that it is never trying too hard in any one direction; it boasts impressive vis ..
What Culture
3.0
With superb visual effects (for the budget) and wonderfully absurd atmosphere, its a shame theres no real frights to make this a great comic horror as ..
The Skinny
3.8
Its a crafty motion picture with ingenious visual effects and a healthy sense of humor, but it overstays its welcome, looking to stretch a thin concep ..
Scifi Movie Page
3.0
The special effects, disconcertingly primitive at first, take on their own charm as night falls.
East Bay Express
2.5
Trollhunter, however, rarely manages to elicit more than a respectful grin, given that its humans fleeing through the night centerpieces, all employin ..
Nicks Chager
3.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
4.0
Its fascinating to see uninfected people can be as gruesome as flesh eating monsters.
Bloody Disgusting
5.0
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Ny Press
3.5
Playing such silliness this straight is quite a challenge and Troll Hunter pulls it off.MIFFhaps Ive developed a stye on my right eye.
Cinema Autopsy
3.5
The film that results from that inspiration is definitely a low budget affair (though not as low, you reckon, as Blair Witch), but thats part of its c ..
Blog Oregonlive
3.3
Writer/director Andre Ovredal heads in the latter direction, finding ample opportunity for both dark comedy and social commentary.
D Cist
3.5
TROLLHUNTER is a film that one can appreciate as a chilling horror film and at the same time enjoy the absurdity of the premise.
Leepers Us
3.5
TrollHunter is both creepy and funny, a clever combination for this sly monster movie.
Blu Ray Ign
3.0
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New York Metro Mix
4.5
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Screen Junkies
3.5
A leisurely, shambling, deadpan movie about a man who finds trolls and kills them. Thats enough.
Yahoo Movies
3.0
Enjoy it before the inevitable sequels and Hollywood remake sully its memory.
Electric Sheep Magazine
3.0
The trolls here all are the spitting image of Muppets with a hyperthyroid problem. In fact, imagine a Sweetums doll after three wash cycles.
Culture Catch
3.5
The latest film to reinforce the trend is Norwegian Andre Ovredals thrilling monster movie, The Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren).
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