Would you ever kiss a Frog?

Movie Review for The Princess and the Frog

Princesses, villains, magic, true love and happy endings are what every fairytale film is all about, and we love it, don’t we? Well, you are about to meet Disney’s lastest fairytale that you would more than love! The Princess and the Frog. This film, which is very different from Disney’s traditional fairytales, such as Snow White, Cinderella and Little Mermaid is unique because it has an inspirational theme mixed with hard work, trouble and true love.

Tiana, is a typical New Orleans hard-working girl, who always shared the dream of owning a restaurant with her father. Since she was a little girl both of them dreamed of serving their famous gombo in their New Orleans restaurant. When Tiana’s father died, Tiana’s desire to pursue her dream became more powerful. With her two jobs to keep out with, she worked long and hard to earn enough money so she could buy the place of her dreamed restaurant. However; someone out bid her and threw her plans of track…

“There is no way in the whole wide world that I would ever, ever NEVER kiss a frog! Ew”, Tiana used to say when her mom read The Prince Frog to her and her rich friend Charlotte when they were little. Charlotte loved that story and wished to kiss a frog and become his prince, but not Tiana… She was disgusted by the idea and ironically she was the one who ended up doing the kissing… When Prince Naveen from Maldonia asked her to kiss him because he had a spell that the Shadow Man -- the voodoo magician, Doctor Facilier—had put on him and the only way to fix was to kiss a real princess… But when Tiana kiseed the frog, she turned into one!

With both Naveen and Tiana desperate to go back to their human form, they turn for help to 197-year-old Mama Odie with the company of Louis – a jazz-loving alligator—and a lovesick firefly called Ray. Mama Odie tells Tiana and Naveen that Naveen needs to kiss a princess before midnight so that they could go back to normal, and Charlotte was perfect for that job because she was the carnival queen. As they got back, Naveen and Tiana discover that both of them shared a pretty unexpected new feeling about each other, but they had to concentrate to get things back to normal first…

In my opinion, this 2D animation film is different and original from the previous Disney movies, obviously because of the characteristics of how it was made and because the plot is completely original and includes the first African-american princess. The Princess and the Frog is not the same old princess looking for her prince charming and once she finds him, they live happily ever after; this one has adventure, struggles and action through out the whole film, and it still fits into the princess and prince fairytale category.

The Princess and the Frog has clever villians, attention-dragging obstacles, lots of creativity and love. I strongly recommend it for audience of all ages because everyone enjoys a Disney princess fairytale, right? This one more than the others! Trust me.