Despite my first thought of not allowing my children to watch frozen 2 I decided to take them tonight. I heard rumors that Elsa is made out to be gay in the second movie. I had decided I would not allow my kids to see it but after a friend said she saw it and didn’t see anything of concern I thought it would be a good way to start out Thanksgiving break.
I am writing a review on the movie from a Christian momma’s perspective. I just want to give my honest opinions about what I saw and my thoughts about it.
Before I went I saw an article about it too. Definitely not written from a christian perspective but it did give me some understanding into the reason why those ideas have been floating around.
I will likely spoil most of the movie so don’t read this if you want to be in suspense on how it ends.
My Review
I really enjoyed the movie. I noticed my 4 year old kind feeling stressed by the drama. It was a lot more intense than the first one. There is a song Anna sings that is very mature. It talks about grief and being lonely and feeling darker than she has ever felt. I don’t really think those words are appropriate for a child’s song. Yet I do think they would likely go over the heads of most children and possibly if an older child is feeling those way the song could inspire them to push through those feeling like Anna did.
The songs Elsa sings are more mature and I can see how someone watching the movie can start to get the idea that the voice she hears calling is her inner voice telling her shes not in the right place… maybe that she is gay. But by the end you figure out that it is her mothers voice telling her she is the “5th spirit” in the enchanted forest and that is where she belongs.
There are no specific inclinations that Elsa is gay. She doesn’t kiss a girl or hold hands with one. The girl she has a talk with around the fire has no kind of relationship with her past telling her about the 5 spirits and encouraging her to search out the voice that keeps calling to her.
In the end the story tells how her parents met and how her mother was the one who saved her dad from the enchanted forest and that is how she got her powers.
All in all it may be a little mature for my 4 year old to get all the funny things about the movie. There were parts I thought were funny because I am an adult (no adult humor) kristof sings with reindeer as his backup singers and it reminded me of a boy band type song. HAHA. Anna and kristoff only kiss maybe 2 or 3 times and Olaf sings about how nice it will be to be mature. He does say Butt. That is the only word that I remember hearing during the movie.
I would recommend it. If your kids get scared easily it may be too intense. Most of the movie is intense. Would I want to watch it over and over? no. Will I buy it ? no. But is there any evidence that Elsa is gay? Absolutely not. She’s just not your typical boy crazy Disney princess. Shes more serious. The emphasis is on sister love and not on romantic love.
I hope this helps. I also hope it isn’t ruined for you. Don’t get mad at me if you take your kids and get a different interpretation. This is just what I came back with.
Thanks for reading
Signing off
Jenny Wren