One for the girls

Rating: 5/10 (2 January 2014)

It's a princess movie, dealing with issues such as love, sisterhood, love, parental loss and singing. Personally, that's really not my thing so it will never be my cup of tea. My 6 year old son, who's a sensitive soul, seemed to enjoy it, though my 4 year old, who is less so, became disinterested halfway through - he did better than me. Aside from the "girliness" of the film, I found the starting half an hour or so of the film laboured, and it wasn't until this part of the film was over that the stage was set. Compare this with something like Beauty and the Beast which had the stage set in the first ten minutes. Storywise, there seemed to be a few things unanswered for me. Why were the trolls not more involved in dealing with Elsa's condition? Why did the trolls have a relationship with the Christof? Who was running the place whilst Elsa was locked away in her bedroom for umpteen years? I understand it's a kid's movie, and I can see how girls would love it. But I'm not a kid or a girl.