![]() Frozen II will make plenty of money and surely satisfy the younger audiences it’s mostly aimed at, but even as someone who enjoyed the ’90s-musical throwback of the first Frozen, I found little to relish this time around. The result is a convoluted, sporadically sensical, occasionally trippy film that can’t quite find a purpose amid all the manic world-building. But Frozen was such an unprecedented smash that these omens were ignored, sending Elsa and Anna (and the directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck) into the enchanted forest’s mystical haze. Previous follow-ups were capers like The Rescuers Down Under and Ralph Breaks the Internet as another Disney project recently proved, it’s difficult to write new chapters for fairy tales with definitive endings. Frozen II is, in fact, the company’s first-ever theatrical sequel to an animated princess film, so it has a high bar to clear simply to justify its existence. Though Disney has never been averse to revisiting a story for profit, continuations of its cartoon features used to be direct-to-video. What could lie beyond those mists? Why, it’s the siren song of sequel money! But hark! As Frozen II begins, Elsa starts hearing a strange noise from the north, echoing out of an enchanted forest enveloped in fog. ![]() In this haven among the icy fjords, Queen Elsa (played by Idina Menzel) and her sister, Anna (Kristen Bell), have lived in peace since completing their last adventure, which revolved around Elsa’s magical powers and Anna’s poor taste in visiting princes. After the colossal success of Frozen, Disney’s 2013 princess blockbuster to end all blockbusters, audiences should be well aware of the mythic kingdom of Arendelle.
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