- A scientific and social exploration of the future of human reproductive technology.
- The Sundance Film Festival describes Frozen Angels as "a mesmerizing work that is not so much a science film as a startling conduit into the future of the American Dream, where 'perfect children' can be added to the shopping list." The film makes the connection between individual desire and a society that would seek to design its children. It takes a rollercoaster ride through Los Angeles, a city better known for freeways, film sets of epic proportions, silicone implants, Governor Schwarzenegger, Muscle Beach, and Disneyland - for elevating the superficial to an art. But in the Mecca of the "Body Perfect," one in six couples are now infertile and Angelinos lead the world in the number of fertility clinics per capita. With no government regulation to restrict them, L.A. is home to the world's largest egg donor agency, largest sperm bank, and largest surrogate mother agency. Nearly all these businesses' customers are wealthy, and almost all are white. With the potential to screen for more than 2,000 genetic diseases coming on line in the very near future, who would risk having imperfect children the old-fashioned way? And what corporation would insure them? Frozen Angels is a highly visual and stylized film, often more reminiscent of fiction or a science fiction film than documentary: the fluid camera is almost always in motion on a steadicam, in automobiles or helicopters. With no narration, the characters tell their own conflicting stories; viewers are asked to contemplate their own thoughts about the coming of the new eugenics and the world we will leave for the children being created. No one's moral code is left unchallenged.—ITVS
- "FROZEN ANGELS" is not a science documentary. There have been many films explaining the wonders of human reproduction technology and no doubt there will be many more.
"FROZEN ANGELS" investigates the "future" as it exists today in Los Angeles through the personal stories of wealthy sperm bank presidents, expectant surrogate mothers, gene researchers, hate radio talk show hosts, infertile suburban couples, almost adult designer babies, blonde and blue-eyed egg donors and feminist lawyers.
The promise of perfect children has been added to the shopping list of the American Dream. And why not? With the potential to screen for over 2,000 genetic diseases coming on line in the immediate future - who would risk having imperfect children the old fashioned way? Dr. Cappy Rothman, owner of the world's largest sperm-bank, says it will not be long before we make alterations to the genetic code just as one types on a typewriter.
"FROZEN ANGELS" follows a cast of characters through the wonder-world of assisted human reproduction while, at the same time, portraying Los Angeles, a city better known for elevating the superficial to an art, for Hollywood, Disneyland, freeways, silicone-implants, film sets of epic proportions, and perfect bodies at Muscle Beach. But in the Mecca of the Body Perfect, one in six couples is now infertile and Angelinos lead the world in the number of fertility clinics per capita. All of their customers are wealthy: 99% are white.
"FROZEN ANGELS", a highly visual film blurring the line between fiction and documentary, makes the connection to people and the society that would seek to design its children.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
![Frozen Angels (2005)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWYxY2U4YTEtODFhZS00OTU1LTlhNjktNjM2ODRiZGYxNzRmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjAzMTA3MQ@@._V1_QL75_UY133_CR2,0,90,133_.jpg)