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The Princess and the Frog

  • Currently 5/5 Stars.

Cinema Release Date 29 Jan 2010
DVD Release Date 21 Jun 2010
89% of raters want to see this
Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, John Goodman, Jenifer Lewis, Ritchie Montgomery, Jennifer Cody
Writer(s): Ron Clements, Rob Edwards,
Producer(s): Peter Del Vecho,
Director(s): Ron Clements, Rob Edwards


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So, what's it all about?

Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical "The Princess and the Frog," an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans. From the creators of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.

Movies.ie Review

It's New Orleans, the 1920s, and servant girl Tiana (Rose) is holding down two jobs in the hope of making a deposit on the restaurant that she and her late father always dreamed of opening. When the dashing, fun-loving Prince Naveen (Campas) comes to town, catering the lavish party being thrown in his honour by Tiana's spoilt little rich girl friend, Charlotte (Cody), will fill that last saving tin. Only trouble is, voodoo conman Dr. Facilier (Wooley) has made a pact with the cash-strapped royalty, and the prince and (thanks to a misguided kiss) Tiana soon find themselves turned into frogs, trying to get back from the swamps in time to stop a sham wedding that will leave them both locked in their new bodies forever.

THE VERDICT: With 2007's truly enchanting Enchanted having made Disney realise that there's still is an audience out there who want some old-fashioned fairytales the way only the Mouse House used to make, the animation giant has resurrected its old 2D ways for a movie that could certainly sit comfortably beside much of that earlier, classic output.

Indeed, as proceedings open, you feel as though they've merely put back up the sets for 1955's Lady & The Tramp, even if this latest outing is set very much in New Orleans.

The influence of Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas and even DreamWorks' Shrek are notable here too, but the main homage being paid is to the Disney of old. It's great to have them back...

RATING: 4/5

Words - Paul Byrne

Member Reviews

mell61
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
Jenfiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 Good Disney movie with a real nostalgic feel to it.I enjoyed it but I didn't really enjoy all the songs- it was a bit too much and not very catchy. A classic Disney all the same.
hammer
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Such a class movie. Raymond is a legend, Disney you've done it again
claireb_66
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
efa
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Really enjoyed it. Got to the premiere. Lots of little princesses running around. Disney is going back to the classics. Reminds me of Aladdin, they look very similar.
michaela
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 Disney goes back to its roots. A fun-filled old fashioned animation.
nialldinho
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
clivebb
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Kids loved it
JennyBurke101
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 Brilliant honestly so heart warming and great for children ...the two frogs are so cute and the male one is so funny! I would reccomend for all to see its a real Disney princess movie!!!! Plus the blonde girl in it is brilliant!!!
mart
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 this film shows we dont need 3d at all, a good story wins every time
smithy_91
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Sweet, fun film. Nice return to classic Disney animation.
Swagga Whaa
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Great movie.The songs were no were near as good as the classics but still a great disney film as always !
gavinjc
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
masonica
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Very entertaining and nicely realised traditional animation. Dark when needed and funny, great return of Disney animation. Minus one star for there being far too many songs.
kathy.koolade
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 Yay for the return of good old fashioned 2D Disney! Charming, funny with catchy songs, I didn't want it to end. It had me laughing out loud in some scenes and booing along with all the kids around me. Loved it! 5*
monika_fan
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
giggleberrywoof
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 Old School classic! :D Love the new take on the story too, very good movie. My 2 year old brother loved it!
annapmurphy
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 Absolutely fantasitc. This movie will hold its own along with the classics. Lots of catchy songs, funny moments and great to get back to some hand drawn animation.
tetsujin1979
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 a wonderful, funny, well told, return to form for Disney animation.
TheSpecs
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 Decent enough film. The kids all seemed to enjoy it, which is basically the main idea. At times, it seemed a little boring and a mash-up of previous Disney films. Loved the shadows though. Deadly.
davidbabby
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 The return to 2D and the old-school choreography – a caterpillar becomes an accordion in a burst of song – will have you in fits of quiet happiness. At first, when the Prince starts rambling on about the city of jazz, it seems that there is too conspicuous a push on New Orleans as this landmark film’s landmark setting, but by the end it’s hard to imagine the film being located anywhere else. New Orleans is the perfect place to examine class divisions – this is a truly modern fairytale. I don't know what I expected upon hearing of Disney's first black princess – that she’d be a princess incidentally of colour or that she’d be the daughter of a tribal queen – but the reality is both more prosaic and dramatic: our Princess has to work her way to the top. This is a Disney film of substance. Delightful.
sofia.astrom2
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
 Some good animation but you never got to know the characters and never really cared for them. It's definitely a film that will appeal for younger children, but sadly, it is not a film that would appeal for the entire family.
Randy
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 The first classical animation outing by Disney in a long time, brought out the enjoyment I had from the classics many years ago. Tiana (played wonderfully by Anika Noni Rose), a hardworking black girl from a poor background, in New Orleans, at the beginning of the 20th century, is toiling away at inhumane hours so as to save up to realise her dream – opening up a restaurant. An annoying, playboy prince from Maldonia (a place that does not exist but empowers the sense of geographical ineptness since it sounds like a cross between Macedonia and Moldova; they could have been a little more creative) has come to town to have some fun and pursue another agenda. He's persuaded into some nasty voodoo business and is turned into a frog as a result. Tiana, by chance, fails to rescue him with a kiss and is subjected to the same predicament. Together, with the help of unlikely but lovable inhabitants of the forest, they set off to find a cure and escape from the scary voodoo guy. I haven't had as many laughs in ages. It was truly and enjoyable production – a literal feast for the eyes, and ears. I really cared and felt for the characters. The story wasn't as predictable as I had thought. The landmark thing is that it features a black “princess”. She's explicitly referred to as disadvantaged because of her gender, skin colour and background. Disney's getting better, with time. I'd actually rate this higher than Pixar's Up. The latter didn't move as The Princess and the Frog did. The latter's more intimate. In Up there are the screen is occupied by the square- and circle-shaped faces of the heroes but here the possibilities of a blank page are limitless. It's truly magical. Here's hoping there will be more films like this. Unsurprisingly, afterwards the audience was awash with applause. A truly enjoyable experience.
ssconnolly
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Set in 1920s New Orleans The Princess and the Frog follows waitress Tiana who works in two jobs so that she can raise enough money to open restaurant her and her late father always dreamed of owning. Then Prince Naveen arrives in town to attend the party of Tianas spoilt friend Charlotte. Before he gets to the party however he comes in contact with voodoo conman Dr.Facilier who turns the Prince into a frog. He reads the story of The Princess and the Frog and convinces Tiana to kiss him, thinking she is a Princess. This turns her into a frog and so they must work together to get home and stop a sham wedding which will leave them both trapped in their new bodies. Now when I went into this film, all I had heard about it was its list of milestones. The return of hand drawn animation, the first black princess etc. And these are features worth remarking on but they in no way sum up this film. Now I have never really been a huge Disney fan. When I was a kid I liked The Three Amigos and The Mask and all that, and I never really watched the Disney classics. So when I got tickets to the premiere of this film I wasn't sure what to expect and I honestly though I wouldn't really like the film much. The fact of the matter is I enjoyed the film a lot more than I had anticipated. The Princess and the Frog is a film that proves that 2D animation ain't giving up without a fight. Recently we have had some amazing animated films Up, Wall-E, Fantastic Mr.Fox, Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs and The Princess and the Frog is right up there with the best of them. The film delivers on all counts and I think it'll be a hard film to dislike and there really isn't a complaint I can make. This is a wonderful return to the old school animation that lifted the spirits of people worldwide for decades. This film will definitely not be making the new kind of animation obsolete but it does show that after 80 years of Disney animation they can still make them just as good as they used to. And the film does keep some of the old features and the character list reads like most of the past film. There's the beautiful princess, the handsome prince, a fairy godmother, talking animals and the villain. But despite the unoriginal characters the film manages to make itself wonderfully unique. The best thing about the film was undoubtedly the music. The soundtrack, composed by Randy Newman is amazing. Each song is better than the one which preceded it and there is at least one song for everyone. And the films looks great too. The directors bring a great vibrancy to the film with their stunning use of colour. They also use a lot of beautiful shots to make some of their scenes genuinely tragic and heartbreaking. It is a great directorial achievement, but in fairness I expected no less from the men behind some of the most outstanding Disney classics such as Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. The film was a suprisingly engaging and enjoyable film. It was funny, witty, sad and thrilling and had a lot more going for it than expected. The characters were all very well done. The spoilt rich girl and her pushover father were very funny, the princess was far more elegant than any fake woman should be and every single one of the taking animal characters were hilarious and it is impossible not to fall in love with them. Then there was the bad guy, Voodoo conman Dr.Favilier who was really a great villain and for me is one of the best of any Disney film I've ever seen. So all in all The Princess and the Frog is a thoroughly enjoyable animation which is more than worth the watch for adults and children alike. The humour will amuse both parties, the tragedy is probably more suited for adults as I can see the waterworks coming with the young ones. With all the recent 3D hype its nice to see the hand drawn 2D animation return to show us they aren't giving up without a fight and this film really is just as good as Up and Wall-E and I can't see anyone not enjoying it. And no one better give out about the films ending, cause it wouldn't be as good without love conquering all. Thats the Disney way.
bigslick184
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 Loved this film. Thanks to Movies.ie for the chance to see this. I had forgotten how great a classic animated film could be with all the computer animation that is present in todays cinema society. Great plot charactets and some classic comedy moments which i loved. Go see this film whether you are 8 or 80 and you will throughly enjoy it
phoebe
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Disney hand drawn animation is back! A good movie that will be loved by little girls everywhere. Worth seeing!
tearis
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 First of all a very very BIG thank you to movies.ie for the free tickets to see the Irish premier of this movie. It is very much appreciated. The movie is a delight. Best summed up with one word: Disney! It is a dream come true, you have characters you will love and some you might hate, you will laugh, you will smirk, you will probably shed a tear or maybe even cry. It is not only a kid's movie, it is a movie for everyone who enjoys Disney. The new and refreshing take on the story "The Frog Prince" is only the beginning. The animation is flawless. The songs and music make you (and the kids around you) hum along even without having heard it before. And as the beautiful Anika Noni Rose said before the viewing began the movie is brought to you with a lot of love and you can tell it is.
General Grievous
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 Excellent Movie. Great animation+brilliant voice work. I enjoyed all the songs in the movie and found the villain to be interesting and very charismatic. 5 stars.
luluk
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 Cute and very enjoyable movie. The story and songs are somewhat formulaic, but the animation really is a joy to behold – it's simply stunning, with bright colours practically popping off the screen. I loved the supporting characters who bring some good laughs along the way. I'd love to see more movies like this from Disney in the future.
WildRose86
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 Beautiful animation where you can truely see Aladdin & Prince Eric in the newest Disney Prince Naveen. A beautiful love story, full of jazzy fantastic music and fun characters. A gem and a future classic, hooray for bringing back old school disney Princesses!