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Gloom in sparkly Frozen sequel a welcome change

Royal sisters Anna and Elsa with their mother in Frozen 2.
Royal sisters Anna and Elsa with their mother in Frozen 2. PHOTO: THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
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Here come the earworms. This year's most anticipated follow-up movie - other than a certain one about a bald purple alien searching for coloured rocks - opens this week in all its sparkly, sugar-coated splendour.

Frozen 2 (PG, 103 minutes, opens today, 3.5 stars) mixes some gloom into the glitter, though. In parts, the tone, too, is subdued, almost sombre, with the high spirits of the first movie now replaced by confusion and yearning.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 21, 2019, with the headline Gloom in sparkly Frozen sequel a welcome change. Subscribe