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Summary The government says there’s nothing to worry about – it’s just a problem with bears making trouble in the mountains and forests of Norway. But local hunters don’t believe it – and neither do a trio of college students who want to find out the truth. Armed with a video camera, they trail a mysterious “poacher,” who wants nothing to do wit...

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Summary The government says there’s nothing to worry about – it’s just a problem with bears making trouble in the mountains and forests of Norway. But local hunters don’t believe it – and neither do a trio of college students who want to find out the truth. Armed with a video camera, they trail a mysterious “poacher,” who wants nothing to do wit...

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72% Positive
18 Reviews

12% Mixed
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72% Positive
18 Reviews

12% Mixed
3 Reviews

16% Negative
4 Reviews

The Troll Hunter offers high-caliber entertainment despite a low-budget production.

One of the many pleasures of the Norwegian director André Ovredal's clever and engaging mock documentary Trollhunter is the way it plays with the idea of the supernatural rule book.

Before Trollhunter is done with, the truth about these fairy-tale creatures - they gnaw on trees and truck tires, can be turned to stone by exposure to light, and have something against people who believe in Christ - is revealed.

Plays like the Brothers Grimm meets "Cloverfield" with a hint of Monty Python-esque ridiculousness. For a small indie film from Norway, Trollhunter rocks it gargantuan style and then some.

What Trollhunter isn't is particularly scary, but in its defense, it's not trying to be.

As de-mythologizings go, Trollhunter has neither the wit, nor art, nor social insight to honor the legacy of George A. Romero's "Martin."

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 "Deliverance."

67% Positive
89 Ratings

27% Mixed
36 Ratings

6% Negative
8 Ratings

67% Positive
89 Ratings

27% Mixed
36 Ratings

6% Negative
8 Ratings

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Production Company Filmkameratene, Film Fund FUZZ, SF Norge A/S, Norsk Filminstitutt, Sogn og Fjordane Fylkeskommune

Release Date Jun 10, 2011

Duration 1 h 30 m

Rating PG-13

Tagline You'll believe it when you see it!

Amanda Awards, Norway

• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival

• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations