Ellen-Hilton

It is certainly one of the very few truly successful indie animated films. While the movie is based on the original Dutch story "The Snow Queen", it feels totally fresh and original and very well done - on every level. For most of the film, I was simply fascinated by everything (so much!) going on onscreen, which definitely makes it as good as some of the Disney-type animated films in recent history. However, unlike in the typical Disney films, most of the characters in the film had that unusual extra dimension that made the film a lot less predictable than those- and therefore a lot more interesting to watch.