Frozen II (2019) review

As youngsters, Ice Queen Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and sister Anna (Kristen Bell) remember hearing stories of the mystical Enchanted Forest told by their father, but years later - when they're adults - Elsa hears a female voice calling her to that area, which is locked off from the rest of society.  The first Frozen acted as a thinly veiled metaphor for Elsa's "being different" (read: not heterosexual), but this takes a sizeable step away from that concept (it is a Disney movie after all, and they are worried about box office revenue) and turns it into a story about the need for the current generation to "right past wrongs" and "restore peace."  This may have earned the studio billions, but it's still - speaking as someone not in their target audience - a rather stale proto-musical, with songs that anyone over the age of 12 should forget as they exit the theatre.  There are some 'cutesy' elements for the younger crowd - magical snowman Olaf (Josh Gad) and a salamander that can set a forest ablaze - but older folks might find it the equivalent of eating a block of graham crackers without milk.