The Snow Queen
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Movie Reviews of The Snow Queen
Movie Review: I'd rather go to the dentist...
Summary: 1 Stars
... than have to watch this movie again. It just kept going on and on and on and on and on, like winter in Siberia, with no point. At the end, I didn't care whether or not Gerda ever found Kai -- I was frozen with boredom. Movie Review: Snow Queen. Bidget Fonda
Summary: 1 Stars
Upon receipt of this dvd I was disappointed to find that it is unplayable outside of The USA and Canada Furthermore there are no versions obtainable from any source, that are compatable with European formats.I am pleased to report that Amazon resolved the problem with the minimum of fuss.Movie Review: The Snow Queen
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this movie for my daughter for Christmas and she absolutely loves it. She's watched it numerous times already and she's had it less than a month!
I would recommend this movie to anyone that likes fairytales.
Movie Review: Boring, like watching snow melt...
Summary: 2 Stars
The Snow Queen is an ancient story from Northern Europe about a beautiful lady with a heart of ice who resides near the North Pole, and uses winter to take the lives of innocent human beings, and uses her beauty and charm to seduce innocent men. Live action movies and cartoon versions of this story have been made in numerous decades in multiple languages. One of the later ones is this 3 hour version by Hallmark Entertainment. Taking place somewhere in Scandinavia; most likely Denmark, the setting is a small rural village in the mid 20th century. A father loses his wife to winter, and raises his daughter at their hotel. One day, he hires Kai, a young man, to help with labor around the hotel. He and the daughter fall in love, but the Snow Queen steals Kai away. The daughter sets forth on a journey across earth and the four seasons to find the lair of the Snow Queen to rescue Kai.
The movie's story is quite good and offers much promise. But the movie drags too much; the dialogue is often muted, and the Snow Queen is somewhat wooden; not enough emotion. The idea of a beautiful queen of ice is done much better in the Chronicles of Narnia than here, as Bridget Fonda does not do much talking at all. The idea of the robbed girl having to travel across the spring, summer and autumn to find Kai is quite innovative and only possible by the crew of Hallmark, but again it was not done well. The action scenes were somewhat fake, and most importantly, the snow in the winter scenes clearly looked like fake snow. Overall, a good attempt but a bad result.
Movie Review: Enjoy it for what it is!
Summary: 4 Stars
I disagree with "Treeseed's" review of this movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. Bridget Fonda was perfect as the Snow Queen. She delivered her lines appropriately for the character. Her beautiful profile was made use of many times throughout the film. Pretty scenery and great sound glide this movie along. So go on and enjoy it for what it is - a beautifully-told story with good (although not great) acting. It's for entertainment folks - I think it accomplishes the purpose.