Far from a Disney classic

Rating: 5/10 (26 April 2014)

I've rated this film 5 out of 10 for the following reasons:
1) The narrative is disjointed.
2) The music is forgettable. Some of the lyrics are distractingly inept.
3) The classic "good versus evil" theme of Disney films is badly handled. Prince Hans' transition from good to evil is thoroughly unconvincing. Queen Elsa's hovering between love of power and love of others is similarly so.
4) The sidekicks — specifically the snowman and the reindeer — who, as usual, are intended to provide moments of humour and to point up what is good are one-dimensional, with the snowman in particular being irritating.
5) The animation is no more than so-so in quality. It's time animators stopped relying on the kind of facial distortions found in Japanese comics, e.g. oversize eyes, unfeasibly round cheeks and turned up noses. These have become clichés.
I understand some backwards Americans have criticised the film for promoting homosexuality. This is arrant nonsense. It is merely a pale shadow of the glorious Disney films of yesteryear.