Friday, November 15, 2019
Here is What the critics are saying about 'Frozen 2'
In the
interim between Disney's final traditionally animated princess flick, The
Princess and the Frog (2009), and the overwhelming, the current era of
Disney+, mystical, CGI-animated female empowerment got the spotlight in
both Brave (2012) and Frozen (2013). However, only one of
those movies got a highly anticipated sequel six years after its release: one
starring Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel as duo-female leads, backed by the goofy
Josh Gad and Jonathan Groff.
Frozen
2 follows the original's protagonists, Elsa, Anna, Olaf, and Kristoff, as
they journey through an enchanted forest to uncover the truth about Anna and
Elsa's lineage. Film directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck,
song-writing duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and writers
Lee and Allison Schroeder reunited to create the sequel, which premieres in
theaters on November 22, 2020.
Following
are the views of critics, read on to see what critics thought of the ambitious
sequel to Frozen, the highest-grossing animated film of all time for five
years after its release.
Frozen 2 has a decidedly different tone than the
original film
Kate Erbland from IndieWire says,
Still, fans of the Disney feature have long clamored
for a sequel to the musical charmer, if only to spend more time with a cadre of
cute characters (including, of all things, a hammy reindeer and Josh Gad as a sentient a snowman who has zero right to be as cute as he is) inside an inventive new
world.... Perhaps they should have been careful what they wished for, if only
because it’s about to be upended by a fresh new story.
Christian Holub from Entertainment Weekly says,
Interestingly, Frozen 2 doubles down on some of
the darker elements of the original. After spending Frozen yearning
for his own death-by-sunshine, Olaf now openly wonders if anything in the world
is permanent. The horrible off-screen death of Anna and Elsa’s parents, already
difficult enough to explain to an inquiring child, now becomes a central focus
of the plot… Frozen 2 stops just short of letting old things die, but
earns kudos for acknowledging that royal families don’t exactly gain their
power because of how kind and generous they are.
Peter Debruge from Variety says,
“Frozen II” is anything but a mindless remake… this
gorgeous, glittering reunion of siblings Anna (Kristen Bell) and Elsa (Idina
Menzel) proudly flaunts its own identity, even while taking care to incorporate
so much of what worked about the original — like a steady stream of wisecracks
from wonderstruck snowperson Olaf (Josh Gad)… In a way, songwriting couple Kristen Anderson-Lopez and
Robert Lopez set this challenge for themselves by creating such a memorable
Broadway-style soundtrack for the first movie, and here, the first couple songs
(including the forgettable “All Is Found”) feel second best…
Richard Lawson from Vanity Fair says,
The directors—Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck—and
writers—Lee and Allison Schroeder—grasp for a new mythos to match the
original’s, but come up woefully short. In that striving to justify a sequel,
the Frozen team is forced to go bigger, grander, more existential,
while still keeping things accessible to children. One might assume... that at least one of these sweaty songs
is bound to recapture the old magic. They all sound fine, and are sung with the
usual bombast by Idina Menzel (as Elsa) and, finally getting a
belter, Kristen Bell (as Anna). And yet... not a half-hour after
seeing the movie, I couldn’t call up a single melody.
Justin Chang from L.A. Times says,
Their latest adventure feels darker yet less consequential
then the last one; the mythology is somehow both overly complicated and oddly
perfunctory.
Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian says,
Part of the strangeness of watching Frozen II is wondering
if there will be a specific “sequel” to Let It Go, a new number that takes its
sentiments forward in some way, and it is simultaneously a mild disappointment
and a vague relief that there isn’t, or not exactly, although there are some
hummable, catchy tunes.
Matt Goldberg from Collider says,
Even the songs don’t have that same punch this time around.
Songs like “Into the Unknown” and “Lost in the Woods” are certainly catchy, but
there’s nothing in here that I think will take the world by storm like “Let It
Go”. If anything, songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert
Lopez kind of play into their weakest aspects with a song from Anna that
veers into Randy-Newman-sing-about-what-you’re-doing territory.
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