'Frozen' Will Certainly Melt Your Heart

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2014)

Frozen, Disney's newest animated film directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee has been a box office success with its Oscar winning musical extravaganza. A magical snow queen, ambitious yet rambunctious princess, humorous snowman, along with other characters, come together to save a kingdom and mend the broken relationship between two royal sisters. The princess fairy-tale based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen", began in the fictional Scandinavian kingdom called Ardendelle with the eldest sister Elsa, voiced by Idena Mendel, who is born with the magical power of forming snow and ice at the touch of her hand. This gift becomes dangerous growing up due to a childhood accident she casts upon her little sister, Ana, which forces their parents to separate the two siblings damaging their relationship. As they continue to grow up, Ana voiced by Kristin Bell, insists on continuing their normal activities which introduced the classic Disney song, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". In result Elsa remains to isolate herself as a prisoner to her own room because her powers grow stronger which estranges the two siblings even further. As adolescents, the two princesses lose their parents to a shipwreck, leaving the two princesses behind to an isolated castle. This film's journey begins regarding the reveal of Elsa's hidden powers during her transformation to a Queen on her Coronation Day. Elsa accidentally sets off an eternal winter out of embarrassment and hides away in the icy mountains she creates. Ana, who is shocked and feels guilty, begins her journey to retrieve her sister to make things right between them and for the sake of the kingdom. Unlike other Disney princess movies, where the fairy-tale is based upon true love between a couple, Frozen exhibits the true love between two sisters. The movie carries important life lessons throughout its film from beginning to end, Disney's 'Frozen' will melt your heart. As mentioned, Frozen focuses on the relationship of siblings, which I extremely enjoyed. When Elsa exiles herself from the kingdom, she creates an ice palace in the mountains with her powers while letting go of her secret and restriction from her entire life. During this scene she expresses her feelings in the song titled, "Let it Go", which exhibits self-empowerment within herself by allowing herself the freedom and ability to be herself without compromise. This message tells the audience that it is OK to be yourself, if you accept yourself that is all that should matter. During this scene she also creates a snowman, named Olaf, who becomes the main humorous character of the film. Although Olaf is a live snowman, his character seemed believable, just as the rest of the humans in the film, due to his mild rude humor, curiosity, and ambition. When he is first introduced in the film, it seems as if he is an oblivious yet happy character, who later on reveals that he is smarter than the other characters think. He successfully helps the princesses and understands Ana's true feelings for a sledder named Kristoff. Kristoff, another main character voiced by Jonathon Groff, ultimately helped Ana locate Elsa in the ice palace of the mountains by a bribe. As he begins the film being annoyed of Ana, he later grows feelings for her during their journey to find Elsa. The dialogue between Elsa, Ana, Kristoff, and Olaf flowed perfectly as if realistic arguments and conversations would in real life. Internationally, Frozen has captured the heart and ears of people of all ages and cultures, including myself. I would recommend any person in need of a heart-warming, action-packed family comedy. It lives up to it's Oscar-Winning title, a movie that will certainly melt your heart.