The wise words in Frozen are that “Only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart.”
Frozen is indeed proof that the Disney we loved is, indeed, back…and back to melting hearts.
Loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Snow Queen, “Frozen” is the 53rd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It appears from early reviews the magic is back in the House of Mouse! Frozen is destined to join the Studio’s string of brilliant family friendly animated musicals that dominated the box office n the late ’80s and ’90s—The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin.
What the critics are saying…
Forbes – ‘Frozen’ Is Disney’s Triumphant Reaffirmation Of Its Cultural Legacy
ScreenCrush wrote that the songs in the movie are performed like Broadway show-stoppers and although there is a love triangle in the story, it is secondary to the primary goal of reuniting the two sisters.
IGN: Disney’s Best Animated Musical Since ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Read the full review
Variety: ” Disney’s 53rd in-house animated feature and one of its most classical, with a Hans Christian Andersen pedigree, a full-fledged show tune score and little of the ironic humor that has become the lingua franca of most contemporary toons.
New York Post
Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow Queen,” “Frozen” is a great big snowy pleasure with an emotionally gripping core, brilliant Broadway-style songs and a crafty plot. Its first and third acts are better than the jokey middle, but this is the rare example of a Walt Disney Animation Studios effort that reaches as deep as a Pixar film.
Watch the Official Disney “Frozen” Trailer!