Overview
After the kingdom of Arendelle is cast into eternal winter by the powerful Snow Queen Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), her sprightly sister Anna (Kristen Bell) teams up with a rough-hewn mountaineer named Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his trusty reindeer Sven to break the icy spell. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee co-directed this Walt Disney Animation Studios production based on Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairy tale THE SNOW QUEEN.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Chris Buck - Director
Jennifer Lee - Director
Kristen Bell
Idina Menzel
Jonathan Groff
Josh Gad
Maia Wilkins
Santino Fontana
Alan Tudyk
Ciarán Hinds
Chris Williams
Stephen J Anderson
Details
- Format: DVD (Dolby, Widescreen, Digital Theater System)
- UPC: 786936838961
- Genre: CARTOONS & ANIMATION
- Rating: PG (MPAA) (For Some Action and Mild Rude Humor. Bonus material not rated.)
- Release Date: March 2014
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[T]his smartly dressed package injects a traditional fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen,' with enough contemporary attitudes and female empowerment touches to please both little girls and their moms. Energetic, humorous and not too cloying..." - 11/03/2013 Hollywood Reporter
"A quixotic snowman who longs to experience summer handily steals the show in FROZEN, Disney's 53rd in-house animated feature and one of its most classical." - 11/03/2013 Variety
4 stars out of 4 -- "It's a warm-hearted, rousing and stunning animated saga ideally poised for the holiday season." - 11/29/2013 USA Today
"With a cool, contemporary spin on a fairy-tale classic, a dramatic Nordic landscape animated in splendid storybook style and Broadway vets belting out power ballads, FROZEN is an icy blast of fun from the very first flake." - 11/21/2013 Los Angeles Times
"[The film has] a modern, exuberant spirit that draws heat from Broadway-style musical numbers and, before and after everything else, from marvelous 3-D animation." - 11/28/2013 Wall Street Journal
"[I]ts gleaming dream world of snow and ice is one of the most visually captivating environments to be found in a Disney animated film." - 11/28/2013 New York Times
"[T]he visuals are crisp and mesmerising. And in Anna, it boasts a triumphantly single-minded female role model..." - 12/02/2013 Total Film
"[I]n its simple pleasures, it’s every bit as enjoyable as WINNIE THE POOH, with a strong and valuable moral undercurrent to boot." - 11/27/2013 A.V. Club
3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he animated comedy-adventure has a sweet and very modern message, plus strong characters." - 11/29/2013 Washington Post
"Disney’s FROZEN works beautifully as a timeless fairy tale with a modern twist. As Walt himself might have put it: Here is a movie sure to captivate children, delight adults, and melt the hearts of audiences of all ages." - 11/26/2013 Chicago Sun-Times
"[T]he exploding-ice-crystal visuals are spectacular: You can almost feel them freeze-burning your fingers." -- Grade: B+ - 11/26/2013 Entertainment Weekly
3 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he animation is pretty, the songs are tuneful, and Josh Gad gets big laughs as Olaf, a snowman with a sun fetish." Rolling Stone
"[T]he snowy, icy animation is impeccable. The big songs are also appropriately stirring..." - 11/29/2013 Empire
"[N]ever less than gorgeous to watch. A majestic mountaintop ice castle is particularly exquisite -- glittery and detailed and tactile..." - 11/27/2013 RogerEbert.com