Disney’s “Frozen” -–
adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen’s book “The Snow Queen” -– is a solid piece
of Disney Princess entertainment with catchy music. It might not stand
aside instant-classic “Beauty and the Beast,” but it’s nice to see a throwback
to that early 1990s era. Plot: A princess (Kristen Bell) vows to save the older
sister (Idinia Menzel) she was once so close to as children after the latter
unintentionally puts their perfect kingdom into a literal deep freeze. See, the
sister/queen can create X-Men-style ice and snow with her hands, but has little control of
the power. The townspeople seek vengeance, but our princess pleads forgiveness.
Toss in a macho man, his BFF reindeer, and a singing snowman, and we have an
adventure. Not all the pieces fit -- I love that little snowman (voiced by
Jonathan Groff) with his ode to summer song, but he whiffs of tacked-on comedy
relief. Ditto rock trolls. I dug, though, our female leads and the genre-tweaking
dig at instant love and charming princes. The computer animation is flawless, naturally. But
watching this old-school story, I longed for the nuance of hand-drawn
animation. Flawless often can be … cold. B+
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