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Actors:	Bruno Campos, Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Jenifer Lewis, Jim Cummings
Format:	AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Release Date:	2010-03-16
Aspect Ratio:	1.78:1
Audience Rating:	G (General Audience)
Category:	DVD
Label/Manufacturer:	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
UPC:	786936795332

Product Description

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

Stills from Princess and the Frog (Click for larger image)

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Rated

on 2010-07-30

In the World, its been 70 years in the making. In my world, its been 34.

I have heard all of the criticism: prince Naveen is too light skinned (what a light skinned man can love a Black woman?), that it shouldn't have been set in New Orleans (that person is an idiot) and should not have had voodoo (uh hello, have you ever been there?!)

As a Black (well, biracial) woman whose adored father died before he could see her transition to greatness, this film delivers.

Disney has the grace to go old school with gorgeous hand drawn sets that made me smile huge. When they get on the street car, I got excited. When they drove past mansions, I thought, "hey, I've been there!" and when they showed a loving family sharing dinner with their neighbors, it gave me a warm glow.

One of the messages of the movie is clear: sometimes what we want and what we need are different. Oh and sadly, sometimes hard work is not enough. The former is a lesson I know well. The latter, I'm still working on.

The vivid, vibrant colors, the voice of Anika Noni Rose and the characters Tiana encounters are fun and just what you would expect from a Disney feature. The Shadow Man, played with style by Keith David, is a tip of the hat to that Voodoo Trickster god Papa Legba (and if I was you, I'd stop talking smack.)

Personally, I loved it. The vibrancy and spirit of this film fits not only one of my favorite places on Earth, but works with 1920's vivid cultural panarama. One of the characters I truly loved is Lotte: say what you will, but I promise you, I know many a Southern girl just like her. Funny, vivicious and spoiled rotten! I thought Lotte was pure fun.

At the very end, Tiana sings the final line of the movie "Dreams come true in New Orleans" and my heart simply welled up and overflowed: because dreams do come true in New Orleans and that is why the movie was set there.

Focusing on it being the site of a terrible tragedy and overlooking its rich and magnificent history is a travesty.

Don't focus on how long it took to get a Black princess or any of the silly, trivial little things that people jumped on (really? the prince is too light skinned? *rolls eyes*)

Instead, celebrate a return to real classic animation, to a beautiful new young princess and her prince finding true love. To New Orleans being featured in all her glory, proving that Nola is alive and well. Celebrate the magical, musical, colorful, delight that is the Princess and the Frog.

Rated

on 2010-07-30

My boys ages 21 months, 4.5, & 6.5 really enjoyed this disney film. It is very colorful w/ beautiful animation set in New Orleans. Lots of songs throughout to keep the little ones interested. Good story and happy ending as well. About an hour and 40 minutes long. I'd recommend it, may purchase if price falls. Wide-screen image (1.78:1) fills the whole TV screen !

Rated

on 2010-07-28

CG Animation is a beautiful thing - it's given animation permission to explore themes that it couldn't before, like non-musical stories. Disney Traditional still hasn't gotten that in their thick skulls, and this movie makes many of same mistakes they were making post-Lion King (a politically correct voodoo priestess?! C'mon!).

But the movie is no less enjoyable; a great tale about balancing ambitions with character. It contains characters with strong dreams to risk, in addition to a villian worthy of fear (Parents, it may be rated G, but there are some shocking moments in the graveyard). As an aside, there are fantastic animation moments, worthy of the name Disney contained in 3 of the songs. During these sequences, you "leave" the story for a moment, enjoy it, and when you're back you'll say to yourself, "Oh yeah, we left off here".

While watching this movie, remind yourself that those lines you're seeing (which define the characters) are actually the artists'own marks (albeit the clean-up artist, but the movement is straight from the animator) - and that, my friends, is a privilege.

Rated

on 2010-07-27

me encanta esta pelicula... me parece muy hermosa y su musica tambien.. el dvd muy bueno. aunque le falto mas material extra para ver... o simplemente sacar una edicion especial dos disco para esta pelicula no hubiese sido mala idea

Rated

on 2010-07-25

This movie was cute and fun. It was well done. It was surprising how it all unfolded.

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