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A Russian animated adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, Snow Queen proves both visually cruddy and narratively muddled. Boasting the type of third-rate CG typical of direct-to-video Barbie features, Vladlen Barbe and Maksim Sveshnikov's film concerns the efforts of Gerda (Jessica Straus) to save her brother, Kai (Marianne Miller), from the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson). The evil villainess has captured Kai because she thinks he's the last remaining heir of a man who made magical mirrors that reveal people's true selves. These mirrors pose some sort of threat to the Queen's plans to turn their fantasy world into an icy wasteland, though it's not clear why, since every character's genuine nature is already apparent at first glance. Trying to d...

Title: Snow Queen Directed by: Vladlen Barbe, Maksim Sveshnikov Starring: Doug Erholtz, Wendee Lee, Marianne Miller, Cindy Robinson, Christopher Smith, Jessica Straus, Kirk Thornton Running time: 80 minutes, Unrated (PG), VOD on October 10, 2013 and in Theaters on October 11, 2013 Orm the troll narrates the story of the Snow Queen. The Snow Queen has set out to capture and destroy all artists – painters, musicians and wizards in order to keep mankind’s morale low enough to control and manipulate. Her last target was Master Vegard, a man who made magic mirrors, and unbeknownst to her, had two children who still pose a threat. She sends Orm to find [ Read More ]

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