For people that grew up on movies like this it's a joy and kids will probably like it too!

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2013)

'FROZEN': Four Stars (Out of Five)
Disney's most financially successful and critically acclaimed animated musical film since it's glory days in the 1990s! It's a loose adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale 'The Snow Queen' and tells the story of a queen with cryokinetic abilities who accidentally places her kingdom in a state of constant winter weather and her estranged sister who sets out to save the land and her sister. The film stars one of my favorite actresses Kristen Bell, as the voice of the heroic princess, and also features a voice cast including Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Santino Fontana, Ciarán Hinds and Alan Tudyk. It was directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and co-written by Buck, Lee and Shane Morris. I'd say it's definitely a lot better than the current crop of animated Disney films (that Pixar's not involved with) and mostly deserves it's critical praise.
The film begins when Anna (Bell) and Elsa (Menzel) are children. They're princesses of Arendelle and Elsa also has the ability to freeze things. One night when they're playing together Elsa accidentally hurts Anna with her powers. Their parents take them to see magical trolls and Anna is healed but in order to protect her Anna's memories of Elsa's special abilities are erased and Elsa is forbidden from playing with her little sister anymore. After the king and queen die at sea (when the girls are much older) Elsa is made queen of Arendelle. At her coronation Anna meets Prince Hans (Fontana) and immediately falls for him. When he proposes Anna gleefully accepts but Elsa refuses to give her blessing for their wedding (due to the fact that they just met). This causes an argument which unleashes Elsa's magical powers in front of all the guests. Elsa runs away while accidentally freezing all the land. Anna sets out to find her sister in order to save her and Arendelle. She finds help in the form of a childhood snowman which comes to life, named Olaf (Gad), and a mountain man, named Kristoff (Groff), and his reindeer Sven.
The film surprisingly isn't filled with the usual bad kids jokes (and lame pop culture references) Disney usually fills it's animated kids' movies with. It's actually charming, the characters are likable and the story and drama is somewhat involving. It's funny enough in an adequate way and emotional enough where it needs to be. The songs are also catchy and well done. It's got all the magical touches that used to make Disney animated films classic and Kristen Bell is wonderfully cast as a Disney princess. The movie also has a great message about family and love. For people that grew up on movies like this it's a joy and kids will probably like it too.
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