Frozen (2013)
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Critics Consensus: Beautifully animated, smartly written, and stocked with singalong songs, Frozen adds another worthy entry to the Disney canon.
Critics Consensus: Beautifully animated, smartly written, and stocked with singalong songs, Frozen adds another worthy entry to the Disney canon.
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Featuring the voices of Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, "Frozen" is the coolest comedy-adventure ever to hit the big screen. When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer Sven on an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, the Snow Queen, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff … More- Rating:
- PG (for some action and mild rude humor)
- Genre:
- Animation , Kids & Family
- Directed By:
- Chris Buck , Jennifer Lee (XXX)
- In Theaters:
- Nov 27, 2013 Wide
- On DVD:
- Mar 18, 2014
- US Box Office:
- $400.7M
Cast
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Kristen Bell
as Anna -
Idina Menzel
as Elsa -
Jonathan Groff
as Kristoff -
Josh Gad
as Olaf the Snowman -
Santino Fontana
as Hans -
Alan Tudyk
as The Duke of Weselton
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Critic Reviews for Frozen
All Critics (189) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (168) | Rotten (21) | DVD (5)
Frozen reminds you how many animated films rely more on inside jokes. It's modern without being hip, earnest with being sappy.
Extravagant care is taken with minutiae, and the directors, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, whistle through the first twenty minutes of the plot with a controlled giddiness that would leave many live-action adventures staggering in their tracks.
If you thought there was only so much to be done with ice and snow as visual fields, think again along the lines of prismatic crystals, epic storms and fantastical structures built on water's gift for freezing itself into see-through art.
Frozen' has both showtunes and darkness, but most satisfying is a formula-defying finale that successfully subverts the fairytale status quo.
In a year of weak animated features, Frozen - loosely based on "The Snow Queen" - takes the lead by default.
It's hard to generate a sense of warmth when the plot points all feel so coldly calculated, and it doesn't help that the musical numbers are so pedestrian.
Had the icy transformations, the shadows, the devilment and the edge-of-seat action all been sustained for longer at the expense of the odd spoonful of sugar it would have been untouchable in the modern era.
Funny, whimsical and delightful to a fault, it is one of those movies that engages minds of all ages.
The fairy-tale ending promises not only marriage but adds the didactic twist that 'the only fixer-upper' true love is not restricted to coming exclusively from a lover.
loses points for being a not-very-good musical
With a billion dollars in the bank, two Oscars on the shelf, and the ire of ridiculous, right-wing pundits who think it's turning the children of the world gay, Frozen has pretty much pulled off the trifecta of cinematic accomplishments.
Born out of warring needs to both play things safe and be truly bold, so it while it's never outright bland, it lacks staying power.
Frozen is really about all of us learning that we can share our unique qualities with the world, as long as we also develop the maturity and responsibility to understand how our powers work and when it's the right time and place.
Josh Gad's winningly goofy talking snowman... is too dim to realise that longing for the arrival of summer is not particularly wise for one of his kind.
With its wonderful songs, spectacular animation, and heartwarming story, 'Frozen' ranks right up there with 'Beauty and the Beast and 'The Little Mermaid' in the Disney pantheon.
Frozen represent the middle of the animation bell curve. It's a far cry from the insufferable pop-culture spewing, catchphrase-ridden films churned out during at the beginning every holiday period, but nor does it hit the heights of Disney's best output.
The expected Disney components are on display, from gleaming imagery to catchy songs to engaging humour, but this classically told fairytale revels in its moving modernity, crafting a strong ode to empowerment.
The action is set in a chilling landscape but Frozen warms the heart.
It's not the best of the modern Disney set, but it's a sweet, charming, musically diverse film that makes you feel bad for not liking it as much as it wants you to.
A touching tale of sisterhood with a priceless message about blood being thicker than an ill-advised crush.
A deeply conservative Disney animated film that left me unmoved.
Uma obra emocionante, divertida e que comprova que as animações com o selo Disney continuam tão inventivas e envolventes quanto na época em que o velho Walt comandava o estúdio.
The story is well paced, characters beautifully created and voiced, and the animation is breathtaking, with the sight of a snow covered world (Disney style) a thing of pure driven beauty.
Disney's animation renaissance continues apace.
This is definitely one for the whole family to chill out with on a hot Aussie summer's day.
Audience Reviews for Frozen
Frozen is a convincing imitation of Disney films of yesteryear, it's got the looks but it hasn't got the substance. I'm glad to say that it doesn't rewrite and thus destroy any great works of literature but I feel the messages are still mixed and unhelpful as far as children are concerned. How on earth can a Socialist community support a Royalist dictatorship? That's the magic of Disney I guess but how it helps a child's imagination is beyond me, Disney have bought your child's imagination and have sold it back to you for treble the price. I went to go and see the film based on the really lovely trailer involving a Reindeer and a Snowman fighting over a carrot. Said trailer was misleading as non of the humour or content actually appeared in the film. The fact that the film did well is a reflection that there were no other kids films in the cinema during the holidays, in fact the kids in the cinema that I went to all looked bored to tears. Still, it's better than that other film called Frozen where everyone get eaten by Wolves but only just.
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If its final scene had ended with one more musical reprise and not with such a typical fade-out conclusion, 'Frozen' would've cemented its place in my top 3 favourites of 2013. But hey, it's the movie that completed the rejuvenation of Walt Disney Animation Studios, and for that I'm eternally thankful.
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Sorry -- I don't get the popularity of this film. While the animation was exceptional, all the songs but one were pedestrian and unmemorable. The story was silly and the story behind the princess' special freezing power was never explained. Disney has done many films better than this one, which I consider average, at best.
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Frozen Quotes
- Olaf the Snowman:
- Some people are worth melting for.
- Elsa:
- (Sings) Let it go, let it go, can't hold it back anymore!
- Olaf the Snowman:
- Hey we were just talking about you! All good things, all good things!
- Anna:
- Do you want to build a snowman?
- Additional Voices:
- We are not letting anymore people come here from weasel town
- The Duke of Weselton:
- It's Weselton!!!
- Kristoff:
- Olaf stay out of sight
- Olaf the Snowman:
- Got it
- Additional Voices:
- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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