I suppose a sequel was inevitable, but I can't help wondering if maybe they could have spent just a little longer on the substance of the story? This time around, "Elsa" has lost her powers and so, with the kingdom in peril - again - she, "Anna", "Kristoff", "Sven" and the scene-stealing "Olaf" are lured by a mysterious voice to a forest far away so they can find out what's gone wrong for "Elsa" and to try and restore her powers before her people - and those in the neighbouring "Northuldra" fall foul of an evil power that could destroy a dam and wash everything away. The animation is pristine, if not especially imaginative, and it's got a couple of belting power ballads - notably "Into the Unknown" and "Show Yourself" to help the soundtrack augment the pretty sentimental dialogue, that I found a bit wordy and quite dull. It's an Ok film, this - it was always going to be hard to follow the charm and the innovation of the first one. Plonk the kinds in front of it and no harm will be done. Plonk an adult in front of it and ennui might just set in.
