2012 · animation · family · fantasy
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess
Directed by Jamie Mitchell47m2012
Set in the storybook world of Enchancia, the music-filled movie follows Sofia, an average girl whose life suddenly changes when her mother marries the king and she is whisked off to live in a castle with her mom, new step-father, King Roland II, and step-siblings, Amber and James. Along the way this ordinary girl learns to navigate the extraordinary life of royalty, and in the process makes everyone around her feel special.
Our read: Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (2012) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive animation · family · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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