Disney’s Frozen borrows from Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale, “The Snow Queen”, but in typical Disney fashion offers the perfect combination of elements, an engaging and touching “love” story, adventure, humor, magic, memorable characters and a twist ending that is sure to make Frozen, a classic for generations to come.
“It’s about fear versus love, told through a family’s epic journey – their struggle to overcome fear and find the true meaning of love, ” according to director Jennifer Lee.
Disney’s Frozen is set in the fictional kingdom of Arendelle, offering movie goers a stunning and different backdrop inspired by Norway’s spectacular landscape.
According to the Producer Peter Del Vecho (“The Princess and the Frog), the production team traveled to Norway for extensive research which informed the creators to develop ground breaking technology to achieve the right look for the film and it shows as the visuals for the movie are just gorgeous.
Watching the movie, you definitely get a sense of the breathtaking snow capped mountains and tranquil fjords of Norway that the team saw during their research trip. And this is important to centering the movie goer because Arendelle’s kingdom and surrounding countryside pretty much acts as another character in the movie.
This is one of those movies in which all the characters are well thought out from the two sisters, Anna and Elsa to the sidekick Olaf and of course the “love interests,” Kristoff and Hans.
This movie visually will amaze you from beginning to end and I for once recommend seeing it in 3D. Trust me, with the exception of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney’s latest movie, Gravity, this is the one animated film I recommend to see in 3D. There are so many scenes that I think really would lose something in 2D.
Frozen features eight original songs from Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Winnie The Pooh) and her Tony award winning husband Robert Lopez (Book of Mormon and Avenue Q).
We asked our selves what it must be like for Elsa to have to completely let everything in her past go in order to be herself and let her power soar.” Says Anderson-Lopez. The powerful “Let It Go” sung by Elsa (Idina Mendzel) is sure to not only grip you but stay with you forever. “
And boy does Elsa, let go. This song by far will make you stand up and take notice and if it doesn’t win the Academy Award for best song, I will be shocked, that’s how good it is.
Parents will love the overarching theme about the power of family. I definitely recommend this movie for the upcoming holiday season.
4 hints for this movie.
- DON’T be late because there is an opening short featuring the original Mickey Mouse and it is spectacular, again 3-D glasses are a must.
- There is a surprise ending
- If you have a child younger than 5, there are a couple of scary spots including scary monsters.
- And fair warning, Olaf will soon be the next big thing in your household. What a talking and funny snowman? Impossible!!
5 Fun Facts About Disney’s Frozen Starring Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel
- “Wait, What?” one of Anna’s favorite phrases is improvised scripting courtesy of Kristen Bell.
- Rosemaling, is a style of decorative folk art found throughout Norway’s history and appears throughout the film, on clothing, on the castle doors and the castle architecture.
- Movie making behind the scenes fact – During the making of the film, individual animators had to sit in the red “hot seat” and present their shots to the director for feedback. If the directors were happy and the scene needed no further notes, they would ring a bell – approved and everyone would applaud.
- SO SAMI – The character of Kristoff was largely influenced by the Sami people who are indigenous to Northern Norway.
- SITRON – Hans’ horse name means lemon in Norwegian.
FROZEN opens in theatres everywhere on November 27th!. Visit the official website, disney.com/frozen and stay social “Like” FROZEN on Facebook and ollow FROZEN on Twitter.
Disclosure: NYC Single Mom attended a screening of the movie, Disney’s Frozen to facilitate this review.
