Some parts may be difficult for younger or sensitive kids, although my kid was fine. For several minutes of the movie, two main characters are thought to be dead and we see the intense grief of a remaining character. If this upsets your kids but they still want to watch, you may tell them the ending will be happy.
FROZEN is recommended for a general audience aged 6+. Children under 4 years old will not be admitted into the auditorium. Every member of the audience must be able to sit unaided in their own seat.
Meanwhile, Common Sense Media notes Frozen 2 is best for kids 6 and up as it's "slightly darker" than the first, which the organization said was OK for children 5 and older.
(Note: Much of Frozen 2 appears to be a reaction to the reaction the first film received for not including many people of color and for “whitewashing.” The problem with how Frozen 2 handled this is that they really couldn't up and change the race of the lead characters, so instead they just had them retroactively ...
Elsa is never properly identified as asexual or aromantic, something that would help immensely to increase visibility and awareness. Considering Disney's record with LGBT characters (remember the underwhelming 'gay moment' in Beauty and the Beast?)
Frozen contains some scenes of action violence and peril, some accidental injury, implied death and occasional threats of violence. For example: As a young girl, Anna is accidentally hit in the head by a bolt of her sister's magic. This leaves her unconscious with a white streak in her hair where she was hit.
Sadly, “Frozen 2” did not live up to expectations. It disappointed not only me, but plenty of other fans. “Frozen 2” takes you on an emotional rollercoaster, including Olaf's amazing singing skills, the plot was nothing compared to the original. Small incidents were made into huge deals, which was unnecessary.
The film covers deep and heavy topics unknown to Disney princess films. The first Frozen broke the Disney formula by sharing “true love” doesn't need to be romantic. The second film addresses loss, grief, depression, and how to find hope and personal growth through life's uncertainties.
Frozen 2 is a completely kid-friendly movie, as the first film was, but just like with Frozen, there are a few small moments during its runtime that parents should be aware of before their young kids sit down to watch it.
In the process, though, the movie takes a very sharp turn and becomes one of Disney's darkest movies to date, with Elsa's journey a bit scarier than we first assumed. In seeking answers to her origin story, Elsa realizes her dad, King Agnarr, was saved by her mom, Queen Iduna.
The original Frozen may seem like a children's movie, but this movie is the opposite of that. It covers more mature themes that are able to appeal to wider groups of people. Not only is the story more complex, but both the animation and soundtrack add to the story, making it more powerful than the original.
Don't let your child have ice until they're around 4 years old. Though it may seem like a good idea to let your baby suck on a piece of ice to ease teething pain or cool down on a hot day, ice cubes are a choking hazard. They're slippery and just the right size to get stuck in a child's throat.
My kids were 2 and 4, and both had a blast. We were surrounded by kids of all ages, and Disney On Ice does an amazing job of making the show fun and accessible for the whole family. Kate, the Minimaster Mom, lives and works in Southern California with her husband and daughters, ages 6 and 4.
Frozen 2 makes Elsa the immortal fifth spirit, giving the Disney film a happy ending but with some horrible implications for the future. Disney's Frozen 2 may have caused Elsa to be reborn as an immortal magical spirit, but that's not all good news for her.
Anna and Elsa are both traumatized by elements of their childhood. Elsa is still insecure and fearful of letting anyone down, while Anna is codependent and her greatest fear remains losing Elsa.
There's a hidden Mickey in the scene when Olaf sings "When I Am Older." "There's one Mickey Mouse hidden in there," the head of animation of "Frozen 2," Becky Bresee, told Insider. "You have to find it though." We believe we spotted it in the above moment when Olaf falls into a large dirt hole.
The symbolic explanation for why Elsa froze is more straightforward. Elsa freezes in response to the trauma of discovering her family's colonial past. Similar to the plot in Frozen, Elsa is overcome with emotion and loses control of her powers — she is so overwhelmed by her own ice magic that she is literally frozen.
Frozen 2 picks up a few years after the first movie, with Anna and Elsa living happily in Arendelle. After Elsa hears the call of the "unknown,", she and Anna explore the wider world to find out the source of Elsa's spiritual powers.
The studio reports Frozen 2 is now the highest grossing animated release globally of all time with estimated earnings at $1.325 billion, beating records set by its predecessor Frozen ($1.281 billion) and Incredibles 2 ($1.243 billion).
Although Elsa's disability is encoded as a magical ice power, the language the film uses to talk about her condition maps on to the experiences of people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities in recognizable ways.
Children respond to stories that employ magical realism, so Elsa—as a superhero with what one of our daughters (Maryam's) and her friends call “ice powers” (the ability to create a whole castle of snow and ice using only her fingers)—has special appeal.
Boys, girls, and their parents had to have loved it after its theatrical run for it to become the best-selling home-owned movie of all time. Boys particularly appreciate the numerous action scenes that in the film.
