The Princess and the Frog

Name: The Princess and the Frog
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Animation, Family, Musical
Released: November 25, 2009
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey

2009

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: November 25, 2009 | G

Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey

Summary: The Princess and the Frog is 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. (Walt Disney Pictures)

Director: John Musker and Ron Clements

Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance, Animation, Family, Musical

Rating: G

Runtime: 97 min

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

What matters is that Tiana triumphs as both a girl and a frog, that dreams are fulfilled, wrongs are righted, love prevails, and music unites not only a princess and a frog but also kids and grown-ups. Read full review

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Ann Hornaday

The Princess and the Frog invite viewers to see the world as a lively, mixed-up, even confounding place, to recognize essential parts of ourselves in what we see, and to say: This is what we look like. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Randy Newman's songs are catchy and are effective within the movie's context, but I can't see any of them having "legs" beyond the screen the way tunes from the earlier animated musicals did. Read full review

Empire Helen O'Hara

Exactly as good as Musker and Clements’ earlier efforts, so a return to the form of Disney’s early 1990s classics. The animation is gorgeous, the heroine feisty and the animals amusing -- but this may be too scary for the very small. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Overall, the film is not quite up to "Aladdin" and "The Little Mermaid" from the same directing team of Ron Clements and John Musker, not to mention the recent string of masterpieces from Pixar. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

This is minor Disney at best, forgettable at worst. Read full review

Joe Williams

It's a worthy cause and an honorable film, the first full-length Disney cartoon with an African-American heroine. But without a strong story, it's a case of one step forward and two steps back. Read full review

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JonL

Dec 23, 2009

A triumphant return to tradition indeed.

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ajgseries

Dec 16, 2017

Ron Clements and John Musker never disappoint. The screenplay is wonderful. The setting of the movie is marvelous, New Orleans never looked more beautiful. Everything is very well animated, it made me miss the 2D animation. The movie has unforgettable characters and most of that it’s becauseRon Clements and John Musker never disappoint. The screenplay is wonderful. The setting of the movie is marvelous, New Orleans never looked more beautiful. Everything is very well animated, it made me miss the 2D animation. The movie has unforgettable characters and most of that it’s because of the voice acting. Keith David, Bruno Campos and Anika Noni Rose gave a memorable performance. The score and the original songs are out of this world, Randy Newman is a genius. The movie has some references and tributes to Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, Sword in the Stone…… Expand

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gm101

Dec 4, 2010

Excellent movie that really had a lot of 90s animation nostalgia. I was really glad Disney decided to go back and try 2d animation after a long absence, and I do hope the upcoming Winnie the Pooh movie won't be the last Disney 2d movie.

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Halfwelshman

Feb 26, 2012

The Princess and the Frog represents Disney's return to form, and to their natural home territory of traditional animation. It's a rich, heartfelt and involving story of a girl with a dream, and the journey she has to undertake to get there. The setting of 1920s New Orleans is lovingly andThe Princess and the Frog represents Disney's return to form, and to their natural home territory of traditional animation. It's a rich, heartfelt and involving story of a girl with a dream, and the journey she has to undertake to get there. The setting of 1920s New Orleans is lovingly and beautifully re-created by animators, and Randy Newman's wonderful Jazz and Blues heavy score adds further depth to the film. The voice cast are incredibly strong, with Anika Noni Rose making our protagonist Tiana, a poor waitress with big dreams, very easy to connect with and relate to (and she has a great singing voice). Bruno Campos' amphibian Prince Naveen, Michael-Leon Wolley's Louis Armstrong-inspired Louis the jazz-loving alligator, Jim Cummings' Cajun firefly Ray, Jenifer Lewis' bonkers blind shaman Mama Odie and Keith David's voodoo villain Dr Facilier all impress, and complete a very weird and wonderful cast of characters. The animation is great, the songs are great and the characters and story are also great. The only thing that lets The Princess and the Frog down is something beyond its control - the press coverage (both positive and negative) that the film received for having "Disney's first black princess". I really think too much was made of this - I don't remember the press picking up on Pocahontas being "Disney's first Native American princess" or Mulan being "Disney's first Chinese princess". Disney generally choose characters appropriate for the story being told, and it's the same case here - of course a story set in city like New Orleans, that African American culture is so much part of, is going to have a black princess. I personally feel anyone reading too far into why Disney now finally has a black princess (or taking offence at the film being set in New Orleans so soon after Hurricane Katrina) is taking the film a little too seriously. The film doesn't really make any sort of comment on race, or the state of the world, and never aims to - it's an animated family film, and only aims to take its viewers on an amazing journey. Hopefully you'll be able to recognise that The Princess and the Frog isn't some sort of veiled racial propaganda or some malicious tool of offence, but simply Disney proving that it's still the very best at what it does. The story is well-told, acting and singing top-notch, animation flawless and beautiful and the score truly evocative of the state of Louisiana. It's a fine animated film that'll bring joy to all but the most hardened and confrontational of hearts.… Expand

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VirgonoShaka

May 26, 2018

The princess and frog chances the setting of the traditional Disney movie, but apart from that it doesn't do anything more out of the ordinary. That being said, Disney's ordinary is more than enough to be a good movie with some catchy songs, great animation, some heartfelt moments and someThe princess and frog chances the setting of the traditional Disney movie, but apart from that it doesn't do anything more out of the ordinary. That being said, Disney's ordinary is more than enough to be a good movie with some catchy songs, great animation, some heartfelt moments and some good characters. I could happily go to New Orleans like this.… Expand

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MichaelD

May 8, 2011

I wouldn't call this movie bad. But I would put this movie between average and good. Don't get me wrong, Disney did a good job remaking this movie but these kind of movies aren't really my type.

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Moviefan101

Apr 9, 2012

This was such a bad film that if i could i would give it -100 because it wasnt funny, to much singing and it was predictable. I will never watch a more horrificly bad film like that again... Hopefully

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