Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017) User Reviews

Nice short film for Christmas.

[Fudge-3 · 7/10 · 5 December 2019]

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.'

Let this short stand on its own. Being in front of Coco doesn't make it bad

[esmacqueen · 7/10 · 2 December 2017]

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.

lovely to watch

[anapalmathsberry-91854 · 6/10 · 5 August 2018]

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.

Ignore the bad reviews

[kaushikassagur · 18 June 2020]

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.

Better than Frozen

[tandrihiggs · 7/10 · 19 November 2019]

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.

seems like wrong movie

[harry_stg · 1/10 · 29 November 2017]

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.

Not bad at all!

[tomhouben · 7/10 · 1 December 2017]

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.

Yikes! A terrible opener for the brilliant Coco.

[cp-wood · 3/10 · 27 November 2017]

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.

Excellent Christmas animation

[ShesGabrielle · 10/10 · 25 November 2019]

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.

Olaf is finding a tradition!

[Sylviastel · 7/10 · 7 December 2017]

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.

Somehow both frantic and interminable

[jodyhey · 1/10 · 25 November 2017]

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.

Don't let the haters dissuade you

[RoamingTigress · 10/10 · 18 December 2019]

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.

Not as bad as people say

[TheBLTSandwich · 6/10 · 9 September 2019]

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.

How to turn a masterpiece short Pixar tradition into a Disney commercial soulless

[netsior · 1/10 · 2 December 2017]

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.

Olaf

[0U · 5 March 2020]

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.

It did what it was supposed to

[Horst_In_Translation · 6/10 · 4 January 2018]

"Olaf's Frozen Adventure" is an animated short film from 2017 and the most recent addition to the Frozen universe before the sequel of the Oscar-winning movie comes out. They picked this one to air before Pixar's newest Coco, but after heavy criticisms, they quickly revoked that decision and it will probably be a long time until a short film of this runtime will air before a full feature film again. Oh well.. but still you should not really blame this film here for the bad decisions made about it. It is like a weaker Frozen version in every regard. The music is not as good, the emotional impact is not as meaningful, the funny moments are not that entertaining and the general plot about Christmas traditions is not too significant. But that it is not as great as Frozen oesn't mean it's bad. The beloved characters are all still there, at least in the first and third chapter, the second basically only belongs to title character Olaf. And the looks of it are downright stunning again, we should not take it for granted. Arendelle is such a place to be really, especially during the holidays when there's snow everywhere. Could this short have been better? Most certainly. Is it a failure? Absolutely not. All in all, it makes for a good pick to watch together with Frozen if you want to rewatch the latter. I give it a thumbs-up and recommend checking it out. Don't be too harsh on it only because you loved Coco.

Didn't ruin Coco but.....

[stagedlined466 · 3/10 · 28 November 2017]

......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!!

Olaf's Frozen Adventure was pretty long for a short, but was still entertaining enough for that length

[tavm · 7/10 · 6 December 2017]

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.

Disney has reached the bottom

[halimaton · 2/10 · 5 December 2017]

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.

Why are people so angry

[jacksparrow_1700 · 8/10 · 15 April 2019]

I know I'm in the minority here but I don't really understand why people are mad about this short. I went into Coco not knowing this was the short ahead of it and I enjoyed the whole thing. Obviously people are entitled to their own opinions but I found this inoffensive and sweet like the rest of Frozen. It came a few years after the over saturation so it wasn't annoying to me. Also I didn't even realize how long the short was, it felt normal short length for me (10 minutes max).

Christmas spirit

[kosmasp · 6/10 · 16 April 2018]

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.

Biggest piece of garbage

[sandeep85 · 1/10 · 25 November 2017]

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...

A Delightful Surprise

[BR_BlueY7 · 10/10 · 14 December 2019]

Often times, I don't really go out of my way for animated shorts. They generally come off forced and rushed to accommodate for such little time. Mickey's Christmas Carol is a prime example, although it remains a staple to this day that bridges back to my childhood Christmases and of the memories made. I went into Olaf's Frozen Adventure with a low expectation and came out of it, pleasantly surprised! It had everything I expected and more. I then was curious to how others felt about it and seeked out other inputs. I'm glad there are others who are in agreement as opposed to slamming such a heartwarming short film for being attached to Coco. This short film may be a result of Disney commercializing Frozen and Christmas, but (aside from Star Wars), Disney won't put out a film unless it has heart at it's core. Olaf's Frozen Adventure made me laugh, cheer and cry. Something that the Frozen franchise has managed to pull off, at least with me. It's a good reminder as to what Christmas should and needs to be about. My only complaint is that this short film left me wanting more adventures with Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, especially the latter two. Olaf and Sven make for a good team, they had me rolling in laughter!!

Cute story

[smeemctyre · 7/10 · 5 December 2020]

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.

God Awful

[soulsun69-1 · 1/10 · 28 November 2017]

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.