Moviefone describes the song as "sob-inducing", and "the best song in Frozen". USA Today called it "a lovely musical number that illustrates Anna's emotional yearning, sung with heartfelt sweetness by Bell." Alonso Duralde of The Wrap labeled it "poignant". Kyle Smith of The New York Post dubbed it a "classic". The song received widespread acclaim from film critics, music critics, and audiences. Thematically, the idea of having the two princess sisters on opposite sides of a door within the same shot - both desperately wanting to open it but unable to - was something that greatly appealed to the songwriters. When the same clip was mentioned in an interview, director Jennifer Lee explained that according to Disney music producer Chris Montan (who has worked on nearly every Disney and Pixar animated film from the start of the Disney Renaissance), it is traditional in Disney animated musicals to have no more songs after the end of the second act. Lopez added, "if you watch it in the flow of the movie, it would be jarring to have them break into song at that moment." Commenting on the fan clip in January 2014, Anderson-Lopez mentioned that at one point, she actually had pitched a reprise of the song for the film's climax. Christophe Beck, who wrote the film's score, added the interlude for the montage scenes.Īfter the film was released, a fan put together a version of the song to show how a reprise could have worked at the climax of the film, when Elsa realizes that Anna is completely frozen. Ultimately, studio employees demanded it stay in." During the film's development, Lopez at one point had to travel to Los Angeles to work in person with the production team to try to fix the song, and they had to sit down and work through how Elsa sounds versus how Anna sounds. StitchKingdom explains, "due to pacing of the film, this song was constantly being cut and put back in during the film’s development. However it was put back after being well received by the Disney staff. Within the film, the last of these moments occurs after the sisters' parents have died at sea in a storm.Īt one point Disney considered removing the song from the film because as originally composed, it was too sad and it was also too complicated in that it contained too much exposition. The song captures three different moments at which Anna tries and fails to persuade Elsa to spend time with her: as children, teenagers, and adults. After Elsa accidentally harms Anna with her ice powers, she locks herself in her bedroom.
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