Voice over’s: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonthan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana.
Directed By; Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Disney’s newest masterpiece is a sure fire family entertainer. It not only packs a good storyline, it also has a fantastic musical score and sweepingly beautiful visuals. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snow Queen, Frozen won laurels for Best Animated Picture Film and Best Original Song at the 2014 Academy Awards.
Now you can experience Frozen like never before in an all-new, full-length Sing – along edition Follow the lyrics with a bouncing Frozen snowflake. Its pure enchantment and full of fun for the whole family. It is the exact movie except for subtitles on the songs. So if you want to learn the words to the famous songs, this is a good and fun way to do it.
As Bonus Material you have a short Get a Horse black and white animation flick for the kids, which is also available on the regular DVD. The only addition is ‘Breaking The Ice -- Get To Know Frozen From The Snowy Ground Up As The Filmmakers And Songwriters Discuss The Story's Roots And Inspiration; The Joys Of Animating Olaf, The Little Snowman With The Sunny Personality; and The Creation OF Those Amazing Songs’.
The songs are memorable, hummable and extremely catchy. Songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez play a great role in bringing some great tunes to the movie, giving it a modern touch to appeal to the new generation, with high pitch vocals and beautiful choruses. It sounds like a Broadway musical at times, the songs so well produced that you just have to replay them again and again. Let it go is one of the best loved songs in the movie that both young and old will cherish, while In Summer and Fixer Upper are equally superb.
Frozen tells the story of two princesses who are separated from each other at an early age. Elsa (Idina Menzel) has the power to control ice and snow, but unfortunately can’t control them, which resulted in her hurting her sister, Anna (Kristen Bell). On Elsa’s coronation day, her powers are exposed for the whole world to see, so she escapes to the mountain, leaving her kingdom of Arendelle stuck in an eternal winter. Anna, knowing her sister’s heart, ventures off to bring Elsa back and along the way is joined by a motley crew: a rugged mountain man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff); his loyal reindeer Sven; and an enchanted hilarious snowman, Olaf (Josh Gad). All battle the cold in a bid to find Elsa and save the kingdom.
Frozen looks absolutely flawless in its colors, with even the dialogue very crisp. Played on an HD display with home theatre system, the film is simply gorgeous and also has amazing sound quality.
Rating: *****
- Reviewed by Verus Ferreira