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| In ice, no one can hear you scream. |
Writer: Jennifer Lee
Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad
Runtime: 102 mins.
2013
Disney's Frozen has a lot going for it. The visuals are stunning. The soundtrack has its moments. The characters are strong and well-written. The humor hits the mark with pleasing consistency. The pace is usually brisk. The cast is spot on. It's also just damned fun to watch.
The movie has another thing going for it though. It strives to be a contemporary feminist version of the well-established Disney Princess paradigm. In one sense, this branding of Frozen as a feminist film leads to a lot of bickering that distracts from the movie itself (some examples in a minute). In another sense, the movie begs to be viewed and reviewed as a subversive step forward for women's issues in Hollywood--it's written into the film's DNA. So that's how I'm going to review it.
