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Frosty the snowman and friends try to teach the townsfolk of Evergreen to believe in magic; After Frosty comes to life due to a magic hat, he must elude the hat's owner and get to a colder climate or melt; Frosty battles an invention that threatens to remove all snow, including him.ove all snow, including him.
Genre: Children's Video
Rating: NR
Release Date: 18-OCT-2005
Media Type: DVDThe classic cartoon of Frosty the Snowman gets a suburban update in The Legend of Frosty the Snowman. Narrated by a folksy-sounding Burt Reynolds (who also sings the Frosty the Snowman holiday jingle), The Legend... takes us to the rigid small town of Evergreen, which looks like a housing development drawn in a 1990s stylization of 1970s architecture. Run by a cheerful fascist of a mayor named Tinkerton, Evergreen is obsessed with rules--and when a talking snowman arrives, he encourages the town's children to step outside of the lines. The school principal, who feels that Tinkerton isn't strict enough, usurps power; after melting Frosty, he turns Evergreen into a brightly colored Orwellian nightmare. Only Tinkerton's son Tommy, who discovers the true story of Frosty in the catacombs of the public library, can save the day. The Legend of Frosty the Snowman paints Frosty as a benign Pied Piper, bringing a vague, soft-edged anarchist impulse to a generically oppressive world. Frosty never had much personality to begin with, but here he barely exists as anything but a symbol of personal freedom. The animation is pleasantly designed and technically proficient, but it's hard to imagine that the bland story will entrance or inspire even young children. --Bret Fetzer Read more
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