Rated: G
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes
Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley
This beautifully animated 2-D movie is set in New Orleans during the Great Depression and introducesDisney’s first African-American lead character. In the movie, our lead character Tiana encounters a frog but unbeknownst to her, he is really a prince. He convinces her to kiss him, hoping the kiss will restore him to his original princely form. In exchange for her kindness, he gives his word that he will help her achieve her lifelong goal of having her own restaurant.
The strategy backfires and Tiana becomes a frog herself! The two are sent on a wild journey through the Louisiana Bayou in search of a witch doctor, the only one who can return them back into human form. But they must hurry! If they don’t reach the medicine man in time to undo the curse, Tiana and the prince will live the rest of their lives as frogs.
Along their journey they meet fantastic characters, including a trumpet-playing alligator, a lovesick Cajun butterfly and a blind old woman living in a tree in her boat-house. Collectively they make their way to the Voodoo Queen who lives deep in the Bayou. She is the only one who can undo the wicked spell and turn Tiana and her prince friend back into humans.
In the meantime, the evil Doctor Facilier, the man who put the spell on the frogs in the first place, learns that the two are searching for the queen so he heads off to stop them. To get extra help, Dr. Facilier enlists the help of the Voodoo spirits and tells them that if they capture Tiana and the prince, he will give them all the souls in New Orleans.
This film is fantastically animated in an old, rich style and is paired with toe-tapping music that you’ll be singing to yourself the rest of the day. The well-developed and interesting characters will find friends with audiences of any age. With this movie as Disney’s first movie of “color,” there is no gratuitous stereotypes to offend anyone of any color; it is believable and tastefully done.
I’m not sure this will go down as a Disney classic but it’s certainly a nice addition to have in the family movie collection. You’ll love the music, and the unusual animation will quickly grow on you.This film is hardly a theatrical newbie, not by a longshot.Because of the intricacy of the animation and the memorablesongwriting, the movie earnedthree Oscar Nominations, two for Best Original Song and the other for Best Animated Feature.
This is such a unique and unusual movie for Disney but if you are picky about the movies you select for your children, you won’t regret letting this one in the house!
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