An evil witch banishes a flower loving troll named Stanley, to New York City, where he befriends two young children.
Writer/Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Stars: Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leachman, Charles Nelson Reilly.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108395/
Watched online, ok copy.
4 songs in the Soundtracks; seemed like more were performed, although some is just repetition of the same song(s).
I don't really like it when I recognize the voices, and the 3 listed above definitely qualify. CL was the least intrusive of the 3, because she was playing a troll queen, and dialed it all the way up the evil queen scale. But DD & CNR were very much their normal voices. However, they were cast well, so it wasn't totally disruptive.
I don't understand the rating of 5.4 by 5.3k+ IMDb voters. I read a few reviews, and I can agree that this doesn't have the best plot structure. But it definitely has a point, repeated often enough (via song and dialog): you can make the world a better place. (My extension: You certainly won't help it get better if you don't try.) Maybe the negative ratings are the cynics who choose to ignore that message.
distr. Warner, dir. Bluth & Goldman; 6
