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The Princess and the Frog

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• Animation
• Family

• 2009
• Ron Clements
• 93 mins
• U

Summary

Animated fantasy featuring the voices of Anika Noni Rose and Bruno Campos, and songs by Randy Newman. In jazz-age New Orleans, a waitress and a playboy prince seek the help of some quirky creatures as they try to break a witch doctor's spell that has turned them into frogs.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Disney's trumpeted return to hand-drawn animation is set in New Orleans in the Roaring Twenties, where waitress Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose) longs to fulfil a lifelong dream of owning a restaurant. But a witch doctor's curse on playboy Prince Naveen (Bruno Campos) transforms him into a frog, and when Tiana agrees to kiss him, she too is changed. After a bumpy start true love then inevitably beckons. Notable for featuring Disney's first African-American cartoon lead, in the shape of the ambitious and hard-working Tiana, the film tweaks the original fairy tale and stretches its premise rather thin. Randy Newman's jazzy songs are also quite weak, and there's nothing here that approaches the wit or cleverness of The Little Mermaid or Aladdin, the previous glories of directors John Musker and Ron Clements. But the zany antics of Tiana's creature pals will get the kids laughing, especially trumpet-playing alligator Louis and Cajun firefly Ray. The animation is also impressive, with vibrant fluorescents for the (fun if scary) French Quarter voodoo scenes and a warm richness for the bayou. This is a likeable enough southern-fried fantasia but it lacks the transporting magical quality of other more memorable Disney efforts.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameTianaAnika Noni RosePrince NaveenBruno CamposDr FacilierKeith DavidMama OdieJenifer LewisRayJim CummingsLouisMichael-Leon WooleyEli "Big Daddy" La BouffJohn GoodmanCharlotteJennifer CodyJamesTerrence HowardEudoraOprah Winfrey

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rolenameDirectorRon ClementsDirectorJohn Musker

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Theatrical distributor

Disney

Released on

2010-01-29

Languages

English | French

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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