Frozen is magnificent!

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2013)

Frozen is hands down one of Disney animations most beautiful and cleverly written films in a very, very long time. It's a film that will appeal to children, but adults also. The characters are great(as is the performances of their voice actors) Idina Mendzel is amazing as Elsa, a princess born with cryokinetic powers and is taught to "conceal, don't feel" which isolates her from everyone,most especially her sister Anna(Kristen Bell) who is as goofy and caring as Elsa is serious and graceful. Kristoff(Jonathan Groff) is the orphaned ice salesman who bonds with Anna while leading her up the mountain to retrieve Elsa after she runs away. Santino Fontana is great as Prince Hans, the too good to be true Disney prince archetype. The greatly underrated Josh Gad is Olaf, the comic relief snowman that delivers humor and heart warming messages throughout the film. The story is inspired by Hans Christen Anderson's 'The Snow Queen' but is an entirely different animal. The story centers on the relationship between sisters, to be caring and selfless. This new wave of breaking the Disney formula is fresh and overdue-The princesses are not perfection, the princes and other characters are flawed and human, the stories don't center around wispy romances, but the love of family and friends. The animation is truly something to behold. The large amounts of snow and ice the animators had to create is stunning beautiful. Each landscape is different and special. The characters are beautifully designed. The musical team of Lopez and Lopez-Anderson is the best Disney's had since Menken and Ashman. The songs are memorable and beautifully written with lyrics worthy of joining the ranks of "A whole New World" and "Colors Of The Wind". The string of 3-d animated features Disney has been producing, "Tangled", "Wreck It Ralph" and now 'Frozen' will hopefully kick off a new renaissance of Disney classics.