Frozen

Ratings: 8.1/10
Film Class: A
Genre: Animation Fantasy

Anna, a fearless, down-to-earth and lovable princess must track down and find her sister Elsa who isolated herself in the ice mountains to protect those around her. Unknowing to Elsa, aka the ice queen, her isolation had caused her kingdom Arendelle to fall into an eternal winter. Anna meets Kristoff, an experienced mountain man and a snowman Olaf, magically brought to life by her sister, and together they must battle the chilling adversities to bring happily ever after warmth in Disney’s new found princessy tale.

Disney has finally “created” 2 new generation princesses (1 princess and 1 queen to be exact) that people can relate to. Not since Mulan has there been a princess marketable enough to be put in the ranks of the “old gang”; princesses from Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Litter Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas and of course, Mulan. In fact, there’re about 11 princesses, with the newer additions such as the Princess and The Frog, Rapunzel and Brave.  But this time round, Disney has finally hit a breakthrough, and it’s about time.

Countless covers of the hit-song “Let It Go” sang by one of the leads, Princess-turned-Queen Elsa (ironically her only song in the movie) have further popularised this much talked about Disney movie, enhanced by Disney’s added publicity efforts with the release of the official 25-languages version of the song.

And no, I’m not an ambassador of Disney, but I find it necessary to include the little trivia at the top because I knew about them before actually watching the movie. My expectations were of course, sky high.

I wasn’t totally swept off my feet, because somehow there’s still a hint of “girl-liness” in it (duh) but it sure was a darn feel good movie. There were many original songs sung by the characters almost without intermission… at the start at least, which made it close to being an animated musical. However, the story took a more serious turn after the first half of it, less singing, more character and story development.  

Frozen is a daring one, because it breaks the norms of Disney’s usual fairy tales. I shan’t thaw too much here, but despite the twists and lovable characters, I still find the songs to be the greatest asset of this little gem. A movie I will surely revisit when I have kids of my own… A sure hit with the younger ones, especially with your little princesses.