Some people are worth melting for.....

The film "Frozen" has all the magical elements that you would expect from a Disney princess tale, and it's a lot of fun.

There's plenty of other really good stuff on the margins around the central story, particularly in terms of the film's humour. Once Anna sets out, though, the film settles into an agreeably funny groove, with plenty of nice badinage between Anna and Kristoff, cute slapstick involving Sven, as well as some oddball supporting characters like a Swedish shop owner and Kristoff's adoptive family of magic trolls.


The main comedic focus of the film is Olaf (Josh Gad), a tiny living snowman who can't wait to see what happens to snow when summer comes around. Olaf initially seems like a stereotypical, slightly annoying character added purely to keep kids amused, but he actually serves as an outlet for some genuinely weird comedy, much of which revolves around him being dismembered and remaining relentlessly cheery about it all.

The voice cast is pretty fantastic. Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell are fantastic singers, and the big show-stopping music sequences really work here. Menzel and Bell are great in their roles, and the animators have fully developed their characters. Jonathan Groff is good as Kristoff as well. The standout of the voice cast is Josh Gad however. Gad plays the snowman Olaf, and he brings some fantastic comic relief to a story that has some rather serious elements.

In general, "Frozen" is a warm reminder that true love heals; whether from your friends or special someone, but nothing beats family.

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