Heartwarming *deliberate pun*

Rating: 10/10 (24 July 2014)

I walked into this movie not knowing it was based on a favorite childhood story, "The Snow Queen" by Andersen. As the story progressed, the similarities between the original and Disney's version appeared, as subtle as a snowflake and I began to see that the basic moral was the same: Love takes discipline! Yes, Love takes discipline to overlook flaws and see the good, to let the heart melt as the feeling progresses. Now back to Anna and Elsa: they are sisters and Older Sister is protective of Younger, a most natural condition, and thus the story plays out amid glorious animation. An added attraction is the setting, to my eye the setting during the Andersen years of circa 1820 - 1840 in Scandinavia. Lovely singing, of course, with 'Let It Go' deserving its accolades. Olaf and Sven were happy, silly bits in the more serious story, while the shopkeeper in his sweater was hilarious!