Anna (Frozen) Disney considered collaborating with Samuel Goldwyn to produce a biography film of Hans Christian Andersen. However, the story and particularly the Snow Queen character proved to be too problematic to Disney and his animators. Namely one of the troubles they encountered was that the original story lacked necessary interaction between the main protagonist, Gerda (who later served as an inspiration for Anna), and the Snow Queen. Most obviously, Andersen's version did not feature any confrontation between them: when brave little Gerda enters the Snow Queen's ice castle and sheds her tears on Kay, the Snow Queen is nowhere to be
Frozen (2013 film) an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Beautifully animated, smartly written, and stocked with singalong songs, "Frozen" adds another worthy entry to the Disney canon." Metacritic, which determines a rating out of 100 from the reviews of mainstream critics, calculated a score of 74 based on 43 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." CinemaScore gave "Frozen" an "A+" on an A+ to F scale, based on polls conducted during the opening weekend. Surveys conducted by "Fandango" among 1,000 ticket buyers revealed that 75% of purchasers had seen the film at least once, and 52% had seen it twice.