Frozen

Frozen

Rating 6 out of 10

I had a good date for this movie so it's hard to be critical at all.  I took my lovely little granddaughter after a yummy meal at McD's.  There was a day when Disney ruled the roost when it came to animated movies.  They would crank out a classic every year or two having parents standing in line saying please take my money.  In the past decade Pixar starting with Toy Story has left Disney in the dust one movie after another.

Frozen is a cute enough Disney-type movie that you will enjoy, you youngsters will like and next year you won't remember ever seeing it.  It goes back to the old school days of Disney when they have a cute/likable lead, a minimal story and a funny sidekick or two.  They also go back to the characters breaking into song every 2-3 minutes.  I will say if you LOVE the musical parts of the old Disney movies you will also love this movie.  There must be 10-12 songs in the 85 minute movie.  I could have done with 2-3 tops.

With Frozen we start at a kingdom far away where the King has two lovely daughters.  One daughter is born with the blessing/curse of ice.  She can create ice/snow with anything she touches at will.  When the daughters are young the ice daughter Elsa (velvet voiced Idina Menzel) accidentally hurts younger sister Anna (Kristen Bell).  The king decides to keep them separate from then on to avoid another problem.  When Elsa is of age he opens the kingdom to her coming out party and problems abound.  She leaves the kingdom and Anna goes after her.

As I said the movie moves along at a decent pace.  Would have been better for this guy had they not broke into song so much.  My three year old date stayed amused for the hour and half (with help of a large bucket of popcorn).  I think last years Rise of the Guardians is far better than this one.  If you are looking for a cute movie to take the young kids to this is not a bad choice.  My theater was packed.