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Princess & the Frog, The
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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 29 critic reviews
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Based on 39 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Animation | Family/Kids | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Written by:
Ron Clements
John Musker
Directed by:
Ron Clements
John Musker
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 25, 2009
DVD: March 16, 2010
Running Time: 97 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring Anika Noni Rose, Terrence Howard, John Goodman, Keith David, Jim Cummings, Jenifer Lewis, and Oprah Winfrey
The Princess and the Frog is a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. (Walt Disney Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
What matters is that Tiana triumphs as both a girl and a frog, that dreams are fulfilled, wrongs are righted, love prevails, and music unites not only a princess and a frog but also kids and grown-ups.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Corliss
In an amazing year for animation, The Princess and the Frog is up at the top. Go on, give it a big kiss.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
The Princess and the Frog invite viewers to see the world as a lively, mixed-up, even confounding place, to recognize essential parts of ourselves in what we see, and to say: This is what we look like.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Amy Biancolli
The animation, sparkling and graceful, also ranks as the studio's best traditional work in ages.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Randy Newman's songs are catchy and are effective within the movie's context, but I can't see any of them having "legs" beyond the screen the way tunes from the earlier animated musicals did.
Read Full Review >New Orleans Times-Picayune Mike Scott
Local viewers will be tickled by the wealth of New Orleans details in the production. One of the best just might be in the film's music.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
The film billed as the first Disney animation to boast an African American "princess" is really about a resourceful bootstrapper in New Orleans, a young woman allergic to the fairy-tale pap spoon-fed to young girls.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Two things keep the film off Disney's top shelf. First, Naveen is a dull hero; his good-natured vanity isn't engaging until late in the story. Second, Newman's songs are less bland than usual but no more memorable.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan
It's no "Fantasia" or "Sleeping Beauty," but it's no "The Rescuers Down Under," either.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson
Disney’s triumphant return to hand-drawn 2-D animation still holds an awful lot of familiar, comfort-food charm.
Read Full Review >Slate Dan Kois
Represents a course-correction for Disney's multibillion-dollar princess franchise: It attempts to celebrate the virtues of hard work and pluck, even if the movie itself can feel at times like a lesson rather than an enchantment.
Read Full Review >Empire Helen O'Hara
Exactly as good as Musker and Clements’ earlier efforts, so a return to the form of Disney’s early 1990s classics. The animation is gorgeous, the heroine feisty and the animals amusing -- but this may be too scary for the very small.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Marks Disney's rediscovery of a strong narrative loaded with vibrant characters and mind-bending, hilarious situations.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey
The dialogue is fresh-prince clever, the themes are ageless, the rhythms are riotous and the return to a primal animation style is beautifully executed.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Mary Elizabeth Williams
The sweetest, most sincere romantic comedy to come along in ages, and a luminous love letter to a great American city.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
It's Disney's best traditionally animated outing in ages.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
Emphasizes backing up wishes with hard work. That proviso is a thoughtful message for young moviegoers.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The Princess and the Frog inspires memories of Disney's Golden Age it doesn't quite live up to, as I've said, but it's spritely and high-spirited, and will allow kids to enjoy it without visually assaulting them.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Overall, the film is not quite up to "Aladdin" and "The Little Mermaid" from the same directing team of Ron Clements and John Musker, not to mention the recent string of masterpieces from Pixar.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
A welcome return to the Disney tradition of 2-D animation, this lively musical spices up Hans Christian Andersen's "The Frog Prince" by transplanting it to New Orleans in the early 20th century.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
The movie slam-jams its overpacked story in a frenetic, needlessly complicated manner. It lacks for nothing in setting and atmosphere but comes up short where it counts: the characters.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
The voice actors are also excellent, especially Michael-Leon Wooley as a bouncy trumpet-playing alligator and Jim Cummings as a lovelorn Cajun firefly.
Read Full Review >Time Out New York David Fear
Eye-candy–wise, the film plants a big wet smooch; everything else about this happily-ever-after tale, however, feels like a mere air-kiss.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
Part of the problem with "P&F" is that Tiana and Naveen's connection feels superficial.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Scott Foundas
The Princess and the Frog is pleasantly, if unmemorably, drawn. But the movie as a whole never approaches the wit, cleverness, and storytelling brio of the studio's early-1990s animation renaissance (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) or pretty much anything by Pixar.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
It’s not easy being green. But to judge from how this hand-drawn movie addresses, or rather strenuously avoids, race, it is a lot more difficult to be black.
Read Full Review >Variety Justin Chang
This cheeky update of a classic fairy tale boasts almost as many talking points as merchandising opportunities.
Read Full Review >St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Williams
It's a worthy cause and an honorable film, the first full-length Disney cartoon with an African-American heroine. But without a strong story, it's a case of one step forward and two steps back.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 39 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Eggy G gave it a4:
The story concept & setting are interesting....promising fresh approach & view to classic tale. BUT the execution and production value just terrible...below average animation, so-so voice talent, average music, boring dialog...really bring down the whole movie to amateurish quality. Just too bad.
Andrew P gave it a10:
Princess and the Frog was a delightful Cajun spiced black fantasy extravaganza. A+!
Kerrie J gave it an8:
It's a great movie, a fun movie, an entertaining movie, and a beautiful movie. But there is something missing. Something that doesn't quite live up to Disney standards, and I can't put my finger on it. Some scenes will have you thinking, "Move it along." But all-in-all, I loved it. The ending was pure genius! SPOILER ALERT: Could someone please explain to me why Disney feels the need to continually kill off main characters? It was completely unnecessary, and I saw at least 3 kids crying.
Jamie D gave it a9:
John, Ron, Lasseter and the others at Disney have proved without doubt that it is the storytelling ability, and not the medium which sells tickets. Good story, great songs, funny, and not an entirely predictable ending. This finally feels like the rebirth of classic Disney, yet fresh for a modern audience.
Tina C gave it a6:
A wonderful movie yet I thought it could have been much better. I agree with Judy T. there wasn't really a memorable song.
Maria S gave it a10:
This movie is funny,and cool.
Jon L gave it a10:
A triumphant return to tradition indeed.
