The Snow Queen
Seen it?2012 | 76 min | Animation, Fantasy, Family
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, almost no lasting buzz and a lukewarm 5.8 out of 10 from audiences, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans and families. If you loved Frozen, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 16 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG: scary moments. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
The Snow Queen creates a world of eternal winter, frosting human souls and emotions. When she turns Kai, the son of a wizard, into an ice statue, his sister embarks on a journey to save him and bring life back to the world.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
0% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
5.8 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
1 win and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$14 million worldwide on a $7 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 27K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Maxim Sveshnikov, Vladlen Barbe
- Ivan OkhlobystinOrm (voice)
- Dmitriy NagievVospitatel (voice)
- Lyudmila ArtemevaTsvetochnitsa (voice)
- Anna ArdovaAtamansha (voice)
- Elizaveta ArzamasovaDoch atamanshi (voice)
- Galina TyuninaSnow queen (voice)
- Anna Shurochkina
- Yuriy Stoyanov
- Ramilya Iskander
- Olga Shorokhova