Olaf's Frozen Adventure

{{Short description|2017 animated short film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Olaf's Frozen Adventure

| image = Olaf's_Frozen_Adventure_poster.jpeg

| alt = Olaf's Frozen Adventure theatrical release poster depicting Sven and Olaf

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = {{Plainlist|

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| producer = Roy Conli

| screenplay = Jac Schaeffer

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| music = {{Plainlist|

  • Christophe Beck{{Cite web|last=Deitchman|first=Beth|date=October 10, 2017|title=Olaf's Frozen Adventure Soundtrack to Ring in the Season|url=https://d23.com/olafs-frozen-adventure-soundtrack-to-ring-in-the-season/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011350/https://d23.com/olafs-frozen-adventure-soundtrack-to-ring-in-the-season/|archive-date=November 12, 2020|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=D23}}
  • Jeff Morrow (uncredited)

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| layout_artist = Cory Rocco Florimonte

| cinematography = Alessandro Jacomini

| editing = {{plainlist|

  • Jeremy Milton
  • Jesse Averna

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| studio = {{Plainlist|

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| distributor = Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

| released = {{Film date|2017|11|22|with Coco}}

| runtime = 21 minutes{{Cite web|title=Olaf's Frozen Adventure|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/olafs-frozen-adventure-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zotu5mzi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722194747/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/olafs-frozen-adventure-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zotu5mzi|archive-date=July 22, 2021|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=British Board of Film Classification}}

| country = United States

| language = English

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Olaf's Frozen Adventure is a 2017 American animated featurette produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers. The screenplay was written by Jac Schaeffer, with Josh Gad, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff reprising their roles from Frozen (2013).

In November 2017, Olaf's Frozen Adventure premiered in theaters for a limited-time engagement in 3D format preceding the screening of Pixar's Coco and made its television debut on ABC in the following December. It received mixed reviews from critics. It was nominated for Best Animated Special Production, Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production, and Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production at the 45th Annie Awards.

Plot

It is the first Christmas season since the gates reopened and Anna and Elsa host a celebration for all of Arendelle. With the townspeople unexpectedly leaving early to prepare for their holiday traditions, the sisters realize that they have no family traditions of their own. Upon hearing Elsa lament that the cause was her childhood isolation, Olaf and Sven decide to look for traditions and see if any of them are suitable to borrow or adapt.

Going through the town, Olaf encounters various family traditions relating to Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter Solstice. After a visit to Oaken, Olaf, Sven, and their sleigh full of traditions travel through the snowy tundra only for a piece of coal (from a portable sauna that Oaken had given them) to set the sleigh on fire. They slide down a hill and Olaf and Sven end up separated by a chasm. With only a fruit cake, Olaf attempts to travel through the woods and is attacked by wolves.

Meanwhile, Anna and Elsa discover some forgotten items in their attic. Sven returns to Kristoff and informs him (in vain), Anna, and Elsa of Olaf's plight. They gather the residents of Arendelle to go look for Olaf. Elsewhere, Olaf manages to escape the wolves but loses the fruit cake to a hawk and gives it up by a tree not too far from the kingdom. Anna and Elsa find Olaf and cheer him up by revealing that they do have a tradition: Himself. After Elsa and Anna had been isolated from each other, the latter began annually sliding cards and dolls of Olaf under the former’s door. They then all celebrate the holidays together.

Voice Cast

Production

On February 9, 2016, the short was announced as a television special set to be released on ABC,{{Cite web|last=Peterson|first=Tyler|date=February 9, 2016|title=ABC to Air Frozen Holiday Special in 2017; Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell & Josh Gad to Return!|website=BroadwayWorld|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ABC-to-Air-FROZEN-Holiday-Special-in-2017-Idina-Menzel-Kristen-Bell-Josh-Gad-to-Return-20160209|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129120116/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ABC-to-Air-FROZEN-Holiday-Special-in-2017-Idina-Menzel-Kristen-Bell-Josh-Gad-to-Return-20160209|url-status=live}} which would be produced by Roy Conli, and directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers. The title was revealed during the airing of The Making of Frozen: Return to Arendelle on ABC in 2016, and it was announced that it would feature original songs by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, the latter the sister of Frozen songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez. However, in June 2017, it was announced that the film would instead receive a limited-time theatrical release in front of Pixar's Coco, as it was deemed too cinematic for television. It reprises the main cast from the Frozen (2013) including the return of Josh Gad, Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, and Jonathan Groff.Multiple sources:

  • {{cite web|last=Booth|first=Kaitlyn|title=Olaf's Frozen Adventure Trailer For The 21-Minute Featurette In Front Of Coco|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/06/13/olafs-frozen-adventure-trailer-featurette-front-coco/|website=Bleeding Cool|access-date=December 2, 2017|date=June 13, 2017|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015165724/https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/06/13/olafs-frozen-adventure-trailer-featurette-front-coco/|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite news|last1=Perry|first1=Spencer|title=Olaf's Frozen Adventure Trailer Returns to the World of Frozen|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/858103-olafs-frozen-adventure-trailer-returns-to-the-world-of-frozen|access-date=June 13, 2017|website=ComingSoon|date=June 13, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023053737/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/858103-olafs-frozen-adventure-trailer-returns-to-the-world-of-frozen|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite magazine|last1=Snetiker|first1=Marc|title=Q&A: John Lasseter Debuts New 'Frozen' First Look|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/06/13/olafs-frozen-adventure-john-lasseter-exclusive/|access-date=June 13, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=June 13, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419104936/https://ew.com/movies/2017/06/13/olafs-frozen-adventure-john-lasseter-exclusive/|url-status=live}}

The music was recorded by an 80-piece orchestra in May 2017. The short was the filmmakers' first musical. They noted the requirement to keep the plot "pretty simple", and commented that they removed anything that diverted too much from that story. The fruitcake jokes in the short are a continuing motif from the filmmakers' previous project Prep & Landing. As they crafted the story, the Frozen team had barely started sketching out the plot of Frozen II.{{Cite web|last=Radish|first=Christina|date=November 15, 2017|title='Olaf's Frozen Adventure' Directors Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton on Crafting the Featurette|website=Collider|url=https://collider.com/olafs-frozen-adventure-interview-kevin-deters-stevie-wermers-skelton/|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=March 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312010545/https://collider.com/olafs-frozen-adventure-interview-kevin-deters-stevie-wermers-skelton/|url-status=live}}

Soundtrack

{{Infobox album

| name = Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Original Soundtrack)

| artist = Various artists

| type = Soundtrack

| released = November 3, 2017

| recorded = May 2017

| label = Walt Disney

| length = 25:40

| producer = {{flatlist|

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There are four original songs in the film, written by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, titled "Ring in the Season", "The Ballad of Flemmingrad", "That Time of Year" and "When We're Together". The film's score was composed by Christophe Beck and Jeff Morrow. The full soundtrack was released on November 3, 2017, by Walt Disney Records.

  • {{cite magazine|first=Devan|last=Coggan|date=September 8, 2017|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/09/08/olafs-frozen-adventure-songs/|title=Frozen songs from Olaf's Frozen Adventure|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116002621/https://ew.com/movies/2017/09/08/olafs-frozen-adventure-songs/|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite news|first=Blair|last=Marnell|date=September 10, 2017|url=http://nerdist.com/olafs-frozen-adventure-disney-new-songs/|title=New songs from Olaf's Frozen Adventure celebrate the Holidays|website=Nerdist Industries|access-date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312010545/https://collider.com/olafs-frozen-adventure-interview-kevin-deters-stevie-wermers-skelton/|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07619BRSB|title=Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Various Artists)|website=Amazon|access-date=October 13, 2017|archive-date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722013313/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07619BRSB|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite news|first=Blair|last=Marnell|date=November 3, 2017|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FIRST-LISTEN-Four-Original-Songs-Featured-on-OLAFS-FROZEN-ADVENTURE-Soundtrack-Out-113-Pre-Order-Now-20171102|title=Olaf's Frozen Adventure Soundtrack Out Today|website=BroadwayWorld|access-date=November 3, 2017|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811222039/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FIRST-LISTEN-Four-Original-Songs-Featured-on-OLAFS-FROZEN-ADVENTURE-Soundtrack-Out-113-Pre-Order-Now-20171102|url-status=live}}

{{track listing

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| total_length = 25:40

| headline = Original Soundtrack

| title1 = Ring in the Season

| extra1 = {{flatlist|

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| length1 = 1:58

| title2 = The Ballad of Flemmingrad

| extra2 = Jonathan Groff

| length2 = 0:44

| title3 = Ring in the Season

| note3 = Reprise

| extra3 = Menzel

| length3 = 1:16

| title4 = That Time of Year

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

  • Gad
  • Menzel
  • Bell
  • Cast

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| length4 = 3:03

| title5 = That Time of Year

| note5 = Reprise

| extra5 = Gad

| length5 = 0:52

| title6 = When We're Together

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

  • Menzel
  • Bell
  • Gad
  • Groff

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| length6 = 2:50

| title7 = Olaf's Frozen Adventure

| note7 = Score Suite

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

  • Christophe Beck
  • Jeff Morrow

}}

| length7 = 4:27

| title8 = The Ballad of Flemmingrad

| note8 = Traditional Version

| extra8 = Groff

| length8 = 3:06

| title9 = Ring in the Season

| note9 = Instrumental Karaoke Mix

| extra9 = {{flatlist|

  • Elyssa Samsel
  • Kate Anderson

}}

| length9 = 1:58

| title10 = That Time of Year

| note10 = Instrumental Karaoke Mix

| extra10 = {{flatlist|

  • Samsel
  • Anderson

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| length10 = 3:02

| title11 = When We're Together

| note11 = Instrumental Karaoke Mix

| extra11 = {{flatlist|

  • Samsel
  • Anderson

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| length11 = 2:49

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Release

With the exception of Pixar's first film, Toy Story (1995), which was not theatrically preceded by a short film worldwide,{{Cite web |date=2024-06-08 |last=Laman |first=Lisa |title=Where Have The Pixar Short Films Gone? |url=https://culturess.com/posts/where-have-the-pixar-short-films-gone-01hzn5nqd2nc |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=Culturess |language=en-us}} all of Pixar's feature films from A Bug's Life (1998) to Cars 3 (2017) had been preceded by a new in-house Pixar short film during their full initial worldwide theatrical runs until the release of Coco (2017).{{cite web|last=Negroni|first=Jon|title='Toy Story 4' Won’t Have an Animated Short, Which Could Be The Start of a New Trend|url=https://jonnegroni.com/2019/06/17/toy-story-4-short/|access-date=April 19, 2025|date=June 17, 2019}}{{Cite web|last=Bradley|first=Bill|date=December 1, 2017|title='Coco' Director Addresses Criticism Of That Long 'Frozen' Short|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coco-director-addresses-criticism-of-long-frozen-short_n_5a20e7e5e4b03350e0b59fc4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701021419/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coco-director-addresses-criticism-of-long-frozen-short_n_5a20e7e5e4b03350e0b59fc4|archive-date=July 1, 2019|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=HuffPost}}{{Cite book|last1=Richardson|first1=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8JpAgAAQBAJ&dq=pixar+shorts+before+features&pg=PA219|title=The Oxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aesthetics|last2=Gorbman|first2=Claudia|last3=Vernallis|first3=Carol|date=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-998509-8|pages=219|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Amidi|first=Amid|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5WZDgAAQBAJ&dq=pixar+shorts+before+features&pg=PA9|title=The Art of Pixar Short Films|date=2017-05-16|publisher=Chronicle Books LLC|isbn=978-1-4521-6521-9|pages=9|language=en}} Olaf's Frozen Adventure, in a 3D format, was chosen to precede screenings of Pixar's Coco beginning on November 22, 2017. Coco co-director Adrian Molina said that the short's placement before Coco was "a little bit of an experiment" given that (at 21 minutes) it was longer than the shorts that typically precede Pixar movies. The week after Coco{{'}}s release in Mexico, local media noted audiences' strong dislike for the length of the film.{{cite news|date=November 1, 2017|title=Espectadores molestos por el corto de Frozen previo a Coco|language=es|trans-title=Viewers annoyed by the short of Frozen before Coco|website=Excélsior|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2017/11/01/1198231|url-status=dead|access-date=November 2, 2017|archive-date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317113308/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2017/11/01/1198231}}{{cite news|last=Digital|first=Milenio|date=November 1, 2017|title=Esto es lo peor de 'Coco' según usuarios de redes sociales|language=es|trans-title=This is the worst of 'Coco' according to social network users|website=Milenio|url=http://www.milenio.com/tendencias/corto_frozen-coco-pixar-pelicula-dia_de_muertos_0_1057694412.html|url-status=live|access-date=November 2, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308122428/http://www.milenio.com/tendencias/corto_frozen-coco-pixar-pelicula-dia_de_muertos_0_1057694412.html}}{{cite web|last=Barco|first=Uriel|date=November 1, 2017|title='Coco': El detalle que está enfureciendo a las personas que ven la película|trans-title='Coco': The detail that is infuriating the people who see the film|url=http://www.dailytrend.mx/cine/corto-frozen-coco-pelicula|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126214425/http://www.dailytrend.mx/cine/corto-frozen-coco-pelicula|archive-date=November 26, 2017|access-date=November 2, 2017|website=DailyTrend|language=es}} A few days later, all Mexican cinemas offered apologies and removed the short from the exhibition.{{cite news|author=Redacción|date=November 4, 2017|title=Tras quejas, se verá 'Coco' sin corto de 'Frozen'|language=es|trans-title='Coco' will be seen without a short of 'Frozen'|website=El Universal (Mexico City)|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/tras-quejas-se-vera-coco-sin-corto-de-frozen|url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2017|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807154649/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/tras-quejas-se-vera-coco-sin-corto-de-frozen}} It was reported that some theaters put warning signs up about the length of the short ahead of Coco.{{Cite news|author=Telegraph Reporters|date=November 27, 2017|title=New 21-minute Olaf short angers Frozen fans at US Coco screenings|website=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2017/11/27/new-21-minute-olaf-short-angers-frozen-fans-us-coco-screenings/|url-status=live|url-access=registration|access-date=December 3, 2017|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=April 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427015011/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2017/11/27/new-21-minute-olaf-short-angers-frozen-fans-us-coco-screenings/}} Olaf's Frozen Adventure ended its limited-time run in U.S. screenings on December 8.{{Cite web|last=Poddig|first=Carolyn|date=December 2, 2017|title=Disney Pulling Frozen Short Before Coco|url=https://screenrant.com/disney-pulling-frozen-short-before-coco/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209232247/https://screenrant.com/disney-pulling-frozen-short-before-coco/|archive-date=February 9, 2019|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=Screen Rant}}

In the UK, Olaf's Frozen Adventure was shown before re-releases of Frozen on November 25 and 26, and December 2 and 3, 2017.

On November 23, Disney announced the release of Olaf's Frozen Adventure on Disney's cable television channels in Latin America, along with Netflix, on December 8, and later on Mexican channels Azteca 7 and 13.{{Cite web|last=Digital|first=Milenio|date=November 23, 2017|title=Cortometraje de Olaf llegará a Netflix|trans-title=Olaf short film coming to Netflix|url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/te-perdiste-el-corto-de-olaf-en-el-cine-ya-estara-en-netflix|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304171014/https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/te-perdiste-el-corto-de-olaf-en-el-cine-ya-estara-en-netflix|archive-date=March 4, 2019|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=Milenio}} The short made its network television debut on ABC on December 14, 2017, as part of 25 Days of Christmas.{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/908275-olafs-frozen-adventure-to-debut-on-abc-december-14#/slide/1|title=Olaf's Frozen Adventure to Debut on ABC December 14|author=Coming Soon|date=December 8, 2017|work=ComingSoon|access-date=December 8, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813180113/https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/908275-olafs-frozen-adventure-to-debut-on-abc-december-14|url-status=live}} It was viewed by an estimated 5.64 million people in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-dec-14-2017/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216034742/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-final-ratings-dec-14-2017/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2017|title='Thursday Night Football' adjusts up, still at season low: Thursday final ratings|first=Rick|last=Porter|date=December 15, 2017|work=TV by the Numbers|access-date=December 16, 2017}}

=Critical response=

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Bill Desowitz of IndieWire deemed the short as a "bridge" and a "setup" to Frozen II.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/olafs-frozen-adventure-disney-short-frozen-2-1201899903/|title=Disney Short 'Olaf's Frozen Adventure' Is a Bridge to 'Frozen 2' |last=Desowitz|first=Bill|website=IndieWire|date=November 22, 2017|access-date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014638/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/olafs-frozen-adventure-disney-short-frozen-2-1201899903/|url-status=live}} Nicola Methven of Daily Mirror felt it would "tide fans over" until the next feature-length installment of the franchise.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/frozen-mini-film-spin-olafs-11550645|title=Frozen mini film spin-off to tide Olaf fans over until sequel arrives|last=Methven|first=Nicola|date=November 19, 2017|website=Daily Mirror|access-date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930225140/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/frozen-mini-film-spin-olafs-11550645|url-status=live}} Writing for KSDK, Patrick Ryan commented it is an "Adventure' worth taking,"{{Cite news|url=http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-now/rest-easy-frozen-fans-disneys-olaf-centric-short-is-an-adventure-worth-taking/465-5d2f2fb8-8a6a-439c-bd95-a035bf87f82c|title=Rest easy, 'Frozen' fans: Disney's Olaf-centric short is an 'Adventure' worth taking|website=KSDK|access-date=December 3, 2017|first=Patrick|last=Ryan|date=November 22, 2017|archive-date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210722022633/https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-now/rest-easy-frozen-fans-disneys-olaf-centric-short-is-an-adventure-worth-taking/465-5d2f2fb8-8a6a-439c-bd95-a035bf87f82c|url-status=live}} while Ben Pearson of /Film wrote that "When We're Together" had the potential to be 2017's version of "Let It Go".{{Cite news|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/when-were-together-video/|title='Olaf's Frozen Adventure' Video: Is This The New 'Let It Go'?|date=November 21, 2017|website=/Film|access-date=December 3, 2017|last=Pearson|first=Ben|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330171200/https://www.slashfilm.com/when-were-together-video/|url-status=live}} Marissa Martinelli of Slate criticized the short's commercialism and felt that it was an "increasingly desperate one-man show."{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/11/27/olaf_s_frozen_adventure_reviewed.html|title=Disney's New Frozen Short, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Olaf the Snowman|last=Martinelli|first=Marissa|date=November 27, 2017|website=Slate|access-date=December 3, 2017|issn=1091-2339|archive-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729014016/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/11/27/olaf_s_frozen_adventure_reviewed.html|url-status=live}} Alissa Wilkinson of Vox reported that audiences in North America have been critical of Disney's promotional strategy of prescreening the short before the main attraction. Additionally, she suggested that the featurette would be better off broadcast to television as originally planned instead.{{Cite web|last=Wilkinson|first=Alissa|date=November 25, 2017|title=People really hate the Frozen short playing before Pixar's new film Coco|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/25/16697898/coco-short-olafs-frozen-adventure-hate-pixar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717023131/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/25/16697898/coco-short-olafs-frozen-adventure-hate-pixar|archive-date=July 17, 2021|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=Vox}}{{Cite web|last=Wilkinson|first=Alissa|date=December 14, 2017|title=Why the Frozen short that played before Pixar's Coco kicked up so much controversy|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/4/16709884/olafs-frozen-adventure-coco-disney-pixar-explained|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516232654/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/4/16709884/olafs-frozen-adventure-coco-disney-pixar-explained|archive-date=May 16, 2021|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=Vox}}

=Accolades=

Olaf's Frozen Adventure received three nominations at the 45th Annie Awards. The development of the featurette was nominated for the Best Animated Special Production. Christopher Hendryx, Dan Lund, Mike Navarro, Hiroaki Narita, and Steven Chitwood were nominated for Animated Effects in an Animated Production for their contributions to the project. Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, and Christophe Beck were nominated for Music in an Animated Feature Production for their musical performance incorporated into the featurette.{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=February 4, 2018 |title=Annie Awards: Coco Tops the Animation Celebration |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-annie-award-winners-complete-list-1067856/item/best-animated-feature-1080739 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204182354/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-annie-award-winners-complete-list-1067856/item/best-animated-feature-1080739 |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}

Home media

The featurette was released as a Tesco-exclusive DVD in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2017 with a digital format release on December 19. A Blu-ray/DVD was released in the US and Canada on November 13, 2018. The 2017 digital format release and the 2018 Blu-ray/DVD release included six additional Disney short films: Polar Trappers (1938), Winter (1930), The Hockey Champ (1939), The Art of Skiing (1941), Once Upon a Wintertime (1954), and Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952).

==See also==

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