Disney’s new animation feature, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” is also a nice musical, with eight original* songs.

    Quite different from Andersen’s story, this is about two sisters, the older blonde* Elsa and younger redhead Anna.

    Growing up in a huge castle*, they lose their parents to a shipwreck*, forcing Elsa to become queen in her late teens. Knowing that she has some kind of “dark powers,” Elsa has always paid attention to the warning not to let them show.

    But when, during her coronation*, she takes off the gloves* that keep them under control, her power for sorcery* becomes known to all.

    The power brings winter to her small kingdom. Wherever she goes, she can’t help but turn everything into snow and ice. Instead of just putting her gloves back on, Queen Elsa finds joy in her power — “No rules for me!” — and runs off to the North Mountain singing “Let It Go,” while her people shiver* back home.

    Anna has had her head turned by handsome young Prince Hans but soon leaves to look for her older sister. She soon gets help from big blonde mountain guy Kristoff, his reindeer* Sven and snowman Olaf.

    The duplicitous* Hans and a greedy foreign duke* organize their own trip to turn things in their own favor by evil means.

    Then follows a lot of action, some humor and a feel of some haste*, as some complicated means will be needed to solve the problem within 108 minutes.

    The real highlight is the music by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Sure, many of the song-and-dance numbers feel cheesy*, but they are sweet and catchy*. Visually, “Frozen” is a pleasure. It makes good, unforced use of 3-D and is the first widescreen Disney fairy tale since “Sleeping Beauty.”(SD-Agencies)