Frozen (2013)

Frozen is a 2013 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Insp...

Frozen is a 2013 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's 1844 fairy tale "The Snow Queen", it was directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and produced by Peter Del Vecho, from a screenplay by Lee, who also conceived the film's story with Buck and Shane Morris.{full_page}

The film stars the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, and Santino Fontana. It follows Anna, the princess of Arendelle, who sets off on a journey with the iceman Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and the snowman Olaf, to find her estranged sister Elsa after she accidentally traps their kingdom in eternal winter with her icy powers.

Frozen underwent several story treatments before it was commissioned in 2011. Christophe Beck was hired to compose the film's orchestral score, and Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez wrote the songs.

After its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 19, 2013, Frozen had its general theatrical release on November 27. It was praised for its visuals, screenplay, themes, music, and voice acting, and some critics consider it Disney's best animated film since the studio's Renaissance era. The film grossed over $1.280 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing animated film until the remake of The Lion King overtook this position in August 2019.[9][10] It finished its theatrical run as the highest-grossing film of 2013 and the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time.

The film's songs, characters, story, and appeal to a general audience led to it being dubbed a pop culture phenomenon.

The film's popularity spawned a franchise which includes a short Frozen Fever (2015), a featurette Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017), and two feature-length sequels—Frozen 2 (2019) and the upcoming Frozen 3 (2027). Among its accolades, it won Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song with Let It Go, the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, and two Grammy Awards.

Plot : Princess Elsa of Arendelle has naturally occurring magical powers of ice and snow. After she accidentally injures her younger sister Anna with her magic, their parents bring them to a colony of trolls led by Grand Pabbie. He heals Anna and erases her memories of Elsa's magic. The king and queen decide that until Elsa learns to control her powers, they will close the castle gates and isolate her. Years of isolation creates a rift between the sisters and, when they are adolescents, their parents are killed at sea.

On Elsa's coronation day, the castle gates open to the public for the first time. Visiting dignitaries include the handsome Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, whom Anna falls in love at first sight. Hans proposes to Anna, but Elsa objects to the marriage and lashes out, accidentally revealing her powers to the terrified court. Accused of witchcraft by the scheming Duke of Weselton, Elsa flees to the North Mountain and feels free for the first time. She builds an ice palace and decides to live a hermit's life, unaware that her magic has plunged Arendelle into an eternal winter.

Anna ventures out to find Elsa, leaving Hans in command. She meets an ice courier named Kristoff and his reindeer, Sven, and convinces them to bring her to the North Mountain. On the way they meet Olaf, a living snowman created by Elsa's magic, who agrees to guide them. At the ice palace, Anna tells Elsa about what has become of Arendelle. Elsa's fear makes her hit Anna with ice, accidentally freezing her heart. In desperation, Elsa creates a giant snow monster and casts Anna out of the castle to keep her safe.

With Anna slowly freezing to death, Kristoff takes her to the trolls for help. Grand Pabbie says that only "an act of true love" can thaw her heart. Kristoff and Olaf race back to the castle so Hans can give Anna a true love's kiss, but Hans captures Elsa. Instead of kissing Anna, he reveals that he has actually been plotting to become ruler of Arendelle by marrying Anna and then killing Elsa. The sisters escape and Olaf helps Anna reunite with Kristoff, whom he has inferred is in love with Anna.

Hans confronts Elsa, saying that she has killed Anna. Elsa breaks down, which abruptly stops the blizzard she created. Seeing Hans about to kill Elsa, Anna sacrifices her chance to be saved by Kristoff and steps between Elsa and Hans. She freezes solid, which devastates Elsa. As she hugs her sister, Anna slowly thaws; her heroism is "an act of true love".

Realizing that love is the key to controlling her powers, Elsa ends the winter. With the truth revealed and with Elsa fully in control of her abilities, the citizens of Arendelle quickly accept her as queen. Hans is arrested and exiled for treason and attempted assassination. Elsa appoints Kristoff the royal ice deliverer, and he and Anna share a kiss. The sisters mend their relationship, and Elsa promises never to lock the castle gates again.

Voice cast : Kristen Bell as Anna, a fearless and optimistic 18-year-old princess of Arendelle and Elsa's younger sister who is determined to save both her kingdom and her relationship with her sister.

Livvy Stubenrauch as 5-year-old Anna. Katie Lopez provided her singing voice.

Agatha Lee Monn as 9-year-old Anna.

Idina Menzel as Elsa, also known as the Snow Queen, the 21-year-old queen of Arendelle and Anna's elder sister who possesses magical ice powers.

Eva Bella as 8-year-old Elsa Spencer

Lacey Ganus as 12-year-old Elsa

Jonathan Groff as Kristoff, an iceman who is accompanied by a reindeer named Sven

Tyree Brown as 8-year-old Kristoff

Josh Gad as Olaf, a sentient comic-relief snowman that Elsa and Anna created as children, who dreams of experiencing summer

Santino Fontana as Hans, a prince from the Southern Isles

Alan Tudyk as the Duke of Weselton