| The Princess and the Frog | 
| Studio: Buena Vista
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,652
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DISD102609D
UPC: 786936795332
EAN: 0786936795332
ASIN: B0034JKZ86
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
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After the visual bombast of many contemporary CG and motion-capture features, the drawn characters in The Princess and the Frog, the Walt Disney Studio's eagerly awaited return to traditional animation, feel doubly welcome. Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin), The Princess and the Frog moves the classic fairy tale to a snazzy version of 1920s New Orleans. Tiana (voice by Anika Noni Rose), the first African-American Disney heroine, is not a princess, but a young woman who hopes to fulfill her father's dream of opening a restaurant to serve food that will bring together people from all walks of life. Tiana may wish upon a star, but she believes that hard work is the way to fulfill your aspirations. Her dedication clashes with the cheerful idleness of the visiting prince Naveen (Bruno Campos). A voodoo spell cast by Dr. Facilier (Keith David) in a showstopping number by composer Randy Newman initiates the events that will bring the mismatched hero and heroine together. However, the animation of three supporting characters--Louis (Michael-Leon Wooley), a jazz-playing alligator; Ray (Jim Cummings), a Cajun firefly; and 197-year-old voodoo priestess Mama Odie (Jenifer Lewis)--is so outstanding, it nearly steals the film. Alternately funny, touching, and dramatic, The Princess and the Frog is an all-too-rare example of a holiday entertainment a family can enjoy together, with the most and least sophisticated members appreciating different elements. The film is also a welcome sign that the beleaguered Disney Feature Animation Studio has turned away from such disasters as Home on the Range, Chicken Little, and Meet the Robinsons and is once again moving in the right direction. Rated G: General Audiences, suitable for ages 6 and older: violence, some scary imagery, tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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 Best Disney Movie in a While May 30, 2010
S. Ali (Toronto, ON)
I think this may be the first Disney "princess" movie where the main emphasis isn't on how beautiful the protagonist is, but moreso on the strength of her character and the goals she set for herself. That in itself makes this movie worth watching. To top it off, the story is original and the characters loveable.
That being said, if you're expecting castles and dragons and more mystical, storybook settings, this movie doesn't follow the usual Disney fare. There is definitely magic, though! Can't take that away from Disney.
I love this movie, and it's worth watching again and again, imo! :)
 The Princess and the Frog April 25, 2010
L. Wyszinski (Laval,Que Canada)
Very cute movie. Reminded me of the old style of Disney animation.
Walt Disney would have been proud.
AMAZING March 22, 2010
Cristina R. Andres
"when I'm human and I'm gonna be.."
AMAZING MOVIE
A DISNEY ORIGINAL CLASSIC~ EVERYTHING ONE LOVES ABOUT CLASSIC DISNEY!
BECAME ONE OF MY FAVORITES RIGHT AFTER THE MOVIE THEATRE
I OFFICIALLY HAVE A NEW FAVORITE PRINCE! <3
TAKE IT FROM ME I'M A DISNEY FREAK!!!!!!
2D is coming back to Disney March 20, 2010
Frances L. Arsenault (Nanaimo, BC, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm glad that 2D is coming back to Disney, because as I said: I grew up with the 2D Classics and I'll always love them for years to come...I mean 3D's great and all but it's artistically beautiful as 2D. I think The animation is beautifully done, and the music is awesome; the film is also the return to the classic Disney animated musical. After seeing it, the film instantly became one of my favorite new millennium Disney animated features, along with Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear and Home on The Range...I don't why everyone hates it, some people do love it, you know. The film retells the age-old "Frog Prince" story; with a slight twist.
This story starts in New Orleans in the 1920s. A young lady named Tiana works two jobs...Yes she works two waitress jobs: one at night and one in the day. She works to earn money to own a restaurant, because it was her and dad's dream of owning their very own restaurant; but sadly her dad died during World War I.One day, during her day-shift, her rich best friend Charlotte LeBouff is excited because Prince Naveen of Maldonia is coming to New Orleans, and is invited to her family estate for a masquerade party. Then Charlotte pays Tiana for catering at party. Excited by the amount of dollars Charlotte had given her, Tiana was sure she got money to the buy the old sugar mill to transform it into her dream restaurant.
For the next part of the story: Yes, Prince Naveen did arrive in New Orleans. But not just for an invite to a masquerade party, but to marry Charlotte LeBouff for her dad's fortune. You see, his royal parents cut him off for his spoiled, play-boy, jazzy lifestyle. While on the streets with his butler Lawrence, they come across a voodoo magician Dr. Facilier referred as "The Shadowman." Facilier invites them into his emporium, and "reads" their future through the tarot cards. Seeing what the two men each want - Naveen wants the free, jazzy lifestyle; Lawrence who was pushed around his whole life wants to be in Naveen's shoes. Facilier cuts a deal with the Voodoo gods for the special powers that will enable him to turn Naveen into a frog, and use a voodoo talisman to fill Naveen's blood with to make Lawrence look like Naveen and marry Charlotte. But really,The Shadowman plans to murder Lawrence and LeBouff, seize the fortune for himself, and turn the city over to the evil Voodoo gods, who will feed on the souls of the citizens.
Meanwhile while working at the LeBouff's grand masquerade party, Tiana learns that someone else put down a higher offer on the old sugar mill, and is now left with nothing unless she can top him after Mardi Gras...now that is just bull-s**t! Having given up hope, she desperately wishes on the evening star, when Naveen-the-frog appears. Thinking that she is a princess, for she is costumed as one, he convinces her to kiss him in order to break the curse and turn him back into a human again, but the spell backfires (because Tiana is not really a princess) and Tiana becomes a frog as well. The two are chased out as Lawrence impersonates Naveen and win the heart of Charlotte. But the talisman filled with Naveen's blood slowly starts to drain away. So Doctor Facilier sends out his shadows to retrieve the prince, who has escaped to the bayou with Tiana.
In the bayou, Tiana and Naveen encounter Louis, an alligator who wants to become human so he can be a jazz musician and Ray, a Cajun firefly who is in love with the evening star (whom he has named Evangeline), which he thinks is another firefly. They take them to see Mama Odie, the good but eccentric voodoo priestess of the swamp. Along the way, despite their earlier disputes, Naveen and Tiana fall in love with each other, though Tiana chooses to hide her feelings and pursue her goal of having her own restaurant.They eventually reach Mama Odie, who insists they need to "Dig a Little Deeper" to get what they need. Naveen realizes this means being with Tiana, but Tiana misinterprets this as having to work even harder for her restaurant, much to everyone's disappointment. Mama Odie reveals that for the two to become human, Naveen must kiss Charlotte, who is the Mardi Gras Princess before midnight, when Mardi Gras ends...Princess since her dad had just been maded Mardi Gras King. That's all I could tell you folks, you will have to see the film for yourself how it ends.
This is Disney's best film! And I think Dr. Facilier should join other great Disney villains like Chernabog (Fantasia), Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) and Judge Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame). To me the Dr. is like someone out of a story to scare kids into being good...like: "Don't stay up late, or the Shadowman will get you." "Eat your vegetables, or the Shadowman will get you." Or..."Come inside now! or I will tell the Shadowman." So my last word is that this film is awesome!
Great Movie! March 12, 2010
DDSDIVA (Ontario, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
In response to T. Burns,
Majority of Disney movies are romances. From Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid (just to name a few) and now Princess and the Frog.
It seems your issue with this movie more deeply rooted than it being a romance.
I thought the movie was great! It is exciting, the songs are fun and lively. On a deeper level it shows little girls everywhere to stick to your dreams. You don't have to give up any goals or aspirations to have the husband, picket fence and 2.4 kids.... you can have it all!
The fact that disney finally put a visible minority in the spotlight is an added bonus. This is the world we live in.
I highly recommend this movie. It will make a great addition to any Disney collection.
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