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Reviewers give their take on the anticipated sequel, which picks up three years after the 2013 film.

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00:00You are not going alone.

00:01Anna? No, I have my powers to protect me. You don't.

00:05Excuse me, I climbed the North Mountain, survived a Frozen heart, and saved you from my ex-boyfriend,

00:09and I did it all without powers. So, you know, I'm coming.

00:12Me too. I'll drive.

00:13I'll bring the snacks!

00:15Frozen 2 is almost here, but the early reviews already are.

00:20The movie doesn't hit theaters until November 22nd,

00:22but critics have already seen the latest adventures of Elsa, Anna, and Olaf.

00:27And the early consensus is pretty positive, but not overwhelmingly so.

00:32The sequel's Metacritic score sits at 68 after the first round of reviews on the Critical Aggregator site.

00:39The tomato meter for critics at Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 83% mark.

00:44The site says,

00:54The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy agrees,

00:56calling it a sequel that can't miss,

00:58but also it can't help but feel predictable,

01:02safe, and beholden to formulaic rules.

01:05Other critics felt the same.

01:06Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson called the movie

01:09pretty exciting, pretty funny, pretty transporting,

01:12but says the discoveries are rushed and are served up half-baked.

01:16Peter Bradshaw at The Guardian felt a little harsher.

01:19He called Frozen 2 underpowered and contrived,

01:22saying the sequel feels more like an extended bonus featurette.

01:27At Forbes, Scott Mendelsohn described it as a generic dark sequel template

01:31that barely bothers to focus on specifics,

01:34but did say it works as a character-driven comedy.

01:37And Kate Erbland at IndieWire said,

01:40despite the script occasionally getting lost in the woods,

01:43she found the sequel to be crammed with material that worked.

01:47Tell me, you're older and thus all-knowing.

01:49Do you ever worry about the notion that nothing is permanent?

01:53Uh, no.

01:55Oh, really?

01:56Wow.

01:57I can't wait until I'm aged like you

01:59so I don't have to worry about important things.

02:02Frozen 2 hits theaters six years after the original,

02:05which grossed $1.2 billion at the box office.

02:08Frozen scored a 73 on Metacritic

02:11and grabbed a 90 at Rotten Tomatoes.

02:14For full coverage on what the critics are saying about Frozen 2,

02:17head over to THR.com.

02:19For The Hollywood Reporter, I'm Mike Janela.

02:25For The Hollywood Reporter, I'm Mike Janela.

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