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A Troll in Central Park

1994 · 75 min

A sugary, song-filled cartoon romp through a flower-strewn New York, cheerful and corny, with a screechy villain to boo at.

Genres
Fantasy, Animation, Science fiction
Tagline
Believe in Yourself and You Can Do Anything!
Overview
A friendly troll with a magic green thumb grows one flower too many for the queen, whose laws require all trolls to be mean ugly and scare humans whenever possible. As a punishment, he is exiled to a world of concrete, where he should live a life of proper trolldom: Manhattan.

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Genres
Fantasy, Animation, Science fiction
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • found family
  • freedom
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • fantasy world
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
kids
Form
  • animated
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour5
Realism1
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
fantasy, animation, science fiction, family
Directed by
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Written by
Stu Krieger
Starring
Dom DeLuise, Phillip Glasser, Tawny Sunshine Glover, Cloris Leachman, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Pryce, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jack Angel
Music
Robert Folk
Runtime
75 min
Country
United States of America, Ireland
Languages
English

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