There's nothing wrong with that old fashioned, squeaky-clean Disney formula. When it's well done, it can be a refreshing break from the crude comedy of most family films today. Yet Ice Princess is not particularly well done.

| Mar 22, 2019

Sweet, inspiring story tween girls will love.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 24, 2010

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2005

The surprisingly twisty plot skates along with zero friction, giving new meaning to 'Disney on Ice.'

| Mar 22, 2005

There are far too many cringe-inducing clichs and gaping plot holes.

Full Review | Mar 21, 2005

Funny how things never work out like you think they should. Ice Princess isn't just a surprise, it's a wonder, and I couldn't help but bask in blissful happiness as I watched it delicately unfold.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 19, 2005

The movie does have a strong sense of the special charisma and beauty of these young demons of grace who ride the thin line between dance and sport with unerring precision.

| Mar 18, 2005

Trachtenberg is thoroughly believable, an unspoiled charmer. Her rise from clumsy girl to someone brimming with confidence and the author of one heckuva physics project, she's a pretty cool princess to root for.

| Mar 18, 2005

Watching this week's world figure skating championships in Moscow, one wonders why the scriptwriters went to such artificial lengths. There's drama enough in the sport as it is.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 18, 2005

A savvier movie (and script) might have been able to mix some grays into its black and white palette.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2005

A cut above most pictures of its type.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 18, 2005

If you want the real deal, stay home and catch the world championships on ESPN this weekend.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 18, 2005

If you're wondering which way the movie is going, note that it isn't called Quadratic Equation Princess.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 18, 2005

Although this is the kind of entertainment designed to send its audience home happy, Ice Princess has its share of stinging moments and has a good deal more edge than one might have expected.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 18, 2005

Poor, suffering child; if something doesn't change, and fast, she might wind up studying physics at Harvard.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 18, 2005

Harvard President Lawrence Summers recently touched off a firestorm by speculating on why more girls don't display an interest in science. He might consider Tim Fywell's Ice Princess Exhibit A.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 18, 2005

Likable but poorly crafted.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 18, 2005

All the parents in Ice Princess are pushy. Pushy-pushy-pushy. All the teens are squeaky clean. Squeaky-squeaky-squeaky.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Mar 18, 2005

Trachtenberg gives a sweetly compelling performance as Casey, as does the wonderfully kooky Cusack as her mother, but their charms can't save this painfully unoriginal movie from coming out of a triple toe loop and landing flat on its bottom.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 18, 2005

Ice Princess proves that it's still possible to teach an old formula a few new tricks.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2005