Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

nicoleabetts Waste of time, boring. I could have told a story that would of been more entertaining than this.-The coloring was hard on the eyes. -The special effects had promise, however they missed the mark at making it look good. -The packaging and write up on the DVD were very deceptive (in the write up it says she pierced his heart in the movie it was his eye) - it appears as if the movie starts in the middle, giving us no clue as to the beginning - he is pierced by a splinter of mirror, in the write up it says a splinter of ice -movie made us not want to read any of the authors writings in conclusion I would rate the movie with negative stars the 6.5 rating on your site was very deceiving

escoles This is a confused and confusing adaptation, wherein stylish minimalism substitutes for story and meaningless special effects replace plot elements until the story is more or less completely gone.A key plot event, for example, entails utterly unexplained and un-anticipatable magical powers being deployed, where Andersen's original invokes more poignant and symbolically instructive natural cycles.The writers of this adaptation transform a story with powerful symbolic resonance into a bad Saturday morning cartoon.Instead of this I strongly recommend you seek out some version of the 1959 Lev Atmotov / Nikolai Fyodorov adaptation, which preserves the symbolic power of Andersen's material.

sunnysusan12 I really wanted to like this movie, especially when I saw that Patrick Stewart was in the cast as the voice of the raven since I'm a long-time Patrick Stewart fan. I realize I'm a snob when it comes to "The Snow Queen." This was one of my all-time favorite children's stories. I also realize that anytime you read a story and create your own image of things, a movie will have a hard time living up to your creation. That being said, I really enjoyed "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe" but, alas, I cannot say the same for this movie.The CG effects were cool but distractingly obvious. It was sort of like watching somebody's first attempt at a video production using CG. Gerda's mother was played by an actress (Juliet Stevenson) I had seen before but couldn't remember where. To give a gauge as to how emotionally engaging the movie was, I spent most of the movie trying to figure out where I had seen her before.I would say that, for young children not familiar with the original story, this would be a good 'pop it in the VCR for an hour so I can get some cleaning done' movie. But if it wins any awards, I'd be shocked.

Girl_Friday_ I happened on to this last night on TV while babysitting my niece. It was a wonderful movie with strong performances. The supporting adult roles in particular, but Sydney White (Gerda) gives a very well rounded performance as well. The whole imagery of the movie makes you feel as if you are watching painted pictures instead of a movie, which took a few minutes for me to get used to, but I found it perfect as I sat and watched. My only complaint is that I feel it could (and perhaps should) have been longer. I felt as if some parts went by much to quickly. Overall a charming movie that made me fall in love with a childhood that I had forgotten.