Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

cricketbat The Princess and the Frog is a refreshing return to classic animation for Disney. This movie adds a unique flavor to a popular fairy tale. It may be a little too intense for small children, though. Also, the musical numbers were fun, but not that memorable. I wouldn't put this up with the Disney "classics," but it's definitely an entertaining family movie.

Tweekums After a prologue where we a mother reading 'The Frog Prince' to her young daughter Tiana and her friend Charlotte we jump forward fourteen years. Tiana is now working hard to open her own restaurant in her home city of New Orleans. Around this time Prince Naveen arrives in New Orleans hoping to find a wealthy woman to marry; Charlotte is the perfect candidate and her father is hosting a ball in the Prince's honour. The Prince, and his valet Lawrence, meet the sinister voodoo witch doctor 'Dr Facilier' who offers to do a tarot reading for them… he has plans of his own though and transforms Naveen into a frog and Lawrence to look like the prince. Naveen the Frog later meets Tiana, and because of her costume mistakes her for a princess. Thinking he can be saved like the Frog Prince he asks her for a kiss… it doesn't work; she becomes a frog! They flee into the bayou and meet various dangers as well as some interesting new friends; notably an alligator who wants to be a jazz trumpeter and a firefly who believes the evening star is his beloved. Here they search out Mama Odie, a hoodoo priestess they believe can cure them.Shortly before this film was made it looks as though Disney was giving up on traditional animation; CGI was the future… this shows they hadn't completely given up; it also shows they can still make great films. The story is a delightful twist on the classic story and is populated with great characters. Much was made at the time of release about how Tiana was Disney's first African American princess; watching the film one wouldn't really think about it; she is just a great character who happens to be black… which is how it should be. She is a likable role model for all young viewers; she works hard to make her dream come true rather than waiting for a wealthy man to sweep her off to a life of luxury. Prince Naveen is likable despite his flaws, perhaps because of them. Dr Facilier is a suitably creepy villain who provides plenty of child friendly scares. The other characters met along the way are classic Disney and provide plenty of laughs… and perhaps a few tears in one particularly poignant moment. As one would expect the animation is top notch with good character designs and stunning backgrounds. Overall this was a really impressive animation from Disney; it is definitely worth watching and I imaging it will be loved for years to come.

nekosensei I wish I'd seen this sumptuous film in the theater, but the reviews made it sound so bad that I ignored my curiosity upuntil now. And not only did I enjoy it on a level I never found in a Disney film up until now, I found myself in tears all the way through the last half hour or so. Was I really that captivated by the plight of Ray the firefly or Tiana the would-be restaurateur turned amphibian? I think my connection with this film goes deeper than that.I remember the time when this film came out. New Orleans was in recovery from Hurricane Katrina, so setting this film in a time where the city could be shown in all its full cultural glamor was a more emotionally intelligent idea than Disney has been given credit for. Tiana the gifted Creole bent on success through hard work is clearly Barack Obama, our prince who won his palace on the Potomac just as Tiana finally got hers on the Mississippi.The world of Tiana is as rich in Americana as it is in gorgeous visuals. All the tropes of New Orleans flash by in a procession, beignets, zydeco, Louis Armstrong, Dr. John, hoodoo, Mardi Gras beads, along with a crowd of flash references from Cab Calloway to Tim Burton. What it all is is a metaphor for a democratic, meritocratic, multicultural America that's finally done with racism once and for all.The New Orleans of "Princess and the Frog" ia a metaphor for the Obama era, aplace where everything gets better and everybody gets along. Foreign elements enter easily and mingle with the locals. The whole bayou food chain gets together to travel towards a common goal. Insects and angels unite. European and African American set aside their differences and settle down to becoming family. Everybody who's good gets what they want and the greedy and ruthless get put away where they ought to be.Look where we are now. That's why this movie makes me cry.

ericjcant-1 Visually this movie looks beautiful, but unfortunately it was a little boring, which is kind of odd for a Disney film. I can look past almost every other hangup I might have with a movie if I am genuinely entertained, but not boredom. Not to say that the entire movie was boring, but enough that I did notice it, and when you get to point in a movie where you don't really care what is going on, well... that pretty much ends it. After seeing it I knew I had no desire to ever see it again even though some aspects were quite good. I know that most Disney movies have their predictable elements, but this movie seemed so by- the-numbers that it never surprised me and never moved outside the box.