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Olaf the snowman goes in search of Christmas traditions to cheer up Elsa and Anna.

Have no fear that this is merely a cash-in for the Frozen franchise. They got the whole cast back, the animation is just as good, the joke count is the same and the songs are good.

Twenty minute full-of-cheer story well worth the price when you see it in the bargain tub.

I liked, '..and you dress up its corpse with candles.'

Olaf and Sven are the best things about Frozen so I loved this short story about finding out about Cristmas traditions and starting your own.

I really think this shirt is getting unfairly bad reviews because it was shown in front of Coco. It was too long to be put there and Disney should have stuck with their plans to originally broadcast it on TV. If it was done this way, I believe more people would have found it a delightful Christmas show and allow it to stand on it later own merits. WTH that, I think it is a great children's movie. My 5 and 2 YOs loves it and continue to sing the songs. I am personally a little over the whole "Elsa is sad she ruined something again" and everyone runs around trying to make her feel better. We've forgotten Anna is the main character. But I still did enjoy the short. Getting to see more of the people of Arendelle was a treat and the songs were fun. Sven and Olaf are a god pair. I just wish there was more of Kristoff and moments between him and Anna. Disney also missed two golden opportunities- a kiss between Kristoff and Anna under the mistletoe and Kristoff asking what happened to his sled at the end of the movie or during the credits.

But seriously, ignore them, this short doesn't deserve it. Just because it was before Coco and it was 20 minutes long doesn't make it a bad short. It was a fun watch, songs were nice and catchy, and it almost made me tear up. Really recommend watching this if you've watched the first movie.

It was very and my heart full of happiness! you should watch round christmas time! if you like frozen then im sure you will love this.

The following comments are aimed at adults. As others have said, I honestly feared I was sitting in the wrong theater, and this treacle went on FOREVER. I was in a very foul mood when OFA ended. It's a testament to the stellar quality of Coco that I had forgotten OFA 5 minutes after Coco started and my mood was soaring. Check with the theater before arriving and if OFA is playing first, show up 20 minutes late. You'll be in a much better mood when Coco starts.

This 21 minute "short" went by very quickly and it was actually not bad at all!

Olaf is not my favorite character (he is rather annoying), but I still think the Frozen franchise is very nice.

This "short" has been made with love and the more Frozen songs, the better I think.

OK, the story is not earthmoving, but it's just a fun little movie.

Don't be mislead by the low IMDA rating and decide for yourself, you might actually enjoy this.

wasting time 21 minutes before coco film. I hate it, my friend too, my family also, that's all. I hope I'll find fast forward button to skip this movie. why Disney put that movie before coco? 21 minutes are like 21 hours. Nobody came to see frozen short movie right before a film about kid who lost in the other world. wrong film in the wrong place. so much people don't like it. congratulations, Disney make the auditions feel bad mood because of "short" movie.

This a perfect Christmas animation featuring all the characters you love from Frozen. I watched this of my own accord after seeing Frozen 2 in 2019 (initially this was presented as an overlong, at 21 minutes, 'short' before another feature movie in the theater in 2017, which isn't giving this the place it deserves as a standalone animation, and presumably resulted in its low score)

I feel like this, and Frozen Fever are excellent palate cleansers for those who were daunted by how overwrought with emotion Frozen 2 was. You can consider these shorts 'sequels' as such which continue the same more cheerful tone and characterization as Frozen had. The animation looks wonderful, it add some backstory to events from Frozen, and it will definitely get you in the Christmas spirit. Highly recommended viewing for anyone who enjoyed Frozen.

The original players who are voices for the characters are back for this short feature film. The animation is superb and quite detailed. Anna and Elsa are sisters finally reunited but they don't have a tradition of their own. Olaf decides to find a tradition for Anna and Elsa for the holidays. Olaf has a collection from many of The townspeople. The ending seems abrupt and unexplained to the audience. Still it was great to see them again.

I used to look for the Pixar's shorts previous to their movies as the little place where the new talent can risk, and eventually (the most of the times) come with a little masterpiece. Disney has killed that. Olaf's Frozen Adventure is a perfect technical piece of void. No soul, no risk, nothing new, just the old fashioned automatic script applied and extended for too much run time.

This is an adorable little movie with warm fuzzies. Watched this last night on ABC, cute way to go about the subject of the many traditions around this time of the year.

All right, I managed to watch this 22-minute-short (or featurette as this would have been called by Disney if this had been shown during the '70s) before the feature Coco before the studio pulls it after tomorrow because of numerous complaints of patrons thinking they went to the wrong theatre because of the length. Many reviews on this site are negative because of what I just cited so I kept that in mind as I was watching it. My verdict: Yes, it's a bit long for a short and the songs seemed to be a bit too many. Still, it's quite entertaining during much of the running time, there were some funny gags, and a pretty touching message about family in it. Olaf did not wear out his welcome as I partially feared and the fact that the others like him enough was enough for me to like him, too. In summary, Olaf's Frozen Adventure was entertaining enough for me.

It just. Would. Not. Stop. This 'short' is way longer than any short cartoon I remember, which might be fine (I usually love cartoon shorts the precede the main feature), but this just did not have a good story. Lots of zany colorful heavily sentimental stuff just weighed down the minimal story.

......but It put me is an a dower mode before the movie started. There has been a lot of hate on Frozen ever sense it garnered popularity back in 2013. I never got the hate and I thought the movie was just okay. But after seeing the overly long, boring, schmaltzy mess that is OLAF's FROZEN ADVENTURE, I think I may hate Frozen now.

It really is a shame this waste of time and talent was forced unto such a beautiful, smart and powerful movie like Coco. But hey! Disney has to milk it's dying cash-cow some how! Why not put it in front of a movie a lot of people are going to watch! That way they have to watch it! It's to late they already bought the ticket!

Bad move Disney....BAD!!

I honestly think people overreacted when this "short" (much emphasis on "short") was released along with Coco back in 2017. Yes it was too long. Yes it wasn't a Pixar property. Yes it wasn't REALLY needed. But is it the animated abomination people are making it out to be? No. In all, it's a harmless, cutesy, fun way to spend 22 minutes. If you hate the character Olaf, then I could understand why you might despise this thing. But for someone who enjoyed Frozen and could take or leave Olaf, I really didn't understand what all the fuss was about after I watched this whole short through the first time. It wasn't THAT bad. Granted, there were parts of it that were annoying or seemed stupid, Olaf was definitely more charming in Frozen than he was here, and the movie that followed the short (Coco) was ten times better. However, the animation was stunning (as always), the songs were nice and the characters we've come to know and love were still the same.

If you liked Frozen, give this a chance at least once to form your own opinion. You may be surprised. But I guarantee one thing: had this been released on ABC or Freeform as a holiday special instead of a theatrical short, Olaf's Frozen Adventure's 5.3 IMBD rating would be much higher.

This short was total trash. Even the kids were getting bored. Total trash. Now compare that to the other sorts, like the frozen snowman who keeps getting forgotten by the daughter, or the two volcano islands... Those were a lot more entertaining... It's not hard to do a short... ! Olaf is totally annoying... Not that he wasn't in Frozen... Speaking of Frozen...

Just as frozen, lovely warm beautiful funny story!

I guess this mostly works if you watch it as a warm up to Christmas. Also having seen the Frozen movie does help. Overall this does not have the quality of the Pixar short movies, so either we are spoiled in that regard or we may not be able to enjoy a simple short story. The little ones may be able to do so, unless they have been spoiled too of course.

If you love Olaf, you may not care about story or lack thereof. There are some jokes that are aimed at and for the parents. Some are not so bad and the overall morality is easy to digest if you are not too much of a cynic.

Let me start with my son. He is 10 years old and a big fan of everything that has animation in it. He has seen Frozen, he remembered the very first Frozen trailer (remember the one with Olaf and Sven on the frozen lake?) and he was looking forward to this short. And guess what? When it ended, he told me: "Disney, I HATE you for this!"

That's nicely wrapping it up. This short is a ridiculous caricature of the things that once made Disney great. It looks as if someone was making fun of Disney classics by exaggerating everything to the point of being of unbearable. The movie features the singing of songs that sound as if generated by a computer, the actions of cliché characters that leave us completely untouched, and a story that is neither funny, nor exciting, nor touching, nor interesting. It's pure kitsch. Watching the movie is like eating a cake that only consists of sugar and tastes of nothing.

If Disney's idea was to market the next Frozen movie, this short has failed spectacularly. At least in our family, no-one feels any inclination anymore to watch Frozen 2. Congratulations.

Very shocked at the low score on the reviews, this is a truly brilliant short.

I thought this was a cute story. Olaf is great as usual. But I chose to watch it on Disney+. This originally played before Coco in theaters, and it's long for a typical pre-movie short. So I think the bad rating is due to annoyed people who never signed up to watch it.

I normally wouldn't write a review about a short. However, I hated this movie so much that I felt compelled to rant about what an utterly worthless pile of trash this short is. Everyone involved with this movie should be deeply ashamed, especially Josh Gadd who delivers one of the worst and most annoying performances ever. Not sure how this guy manages to have any kind of a career. Hoping the backlash to this monstrosity is enough to get it pulled as it's a profound disservice to Coco.

It's relevant that the holiday brings up some old wounds that haven't all healed. Anna and Elsa reunited in Frozen but they've still missed out on a lot of time together. This is a nice way to acknowledge there's still room for more healing.