The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Directors:

Ron Clements
John Musker

Writers:

Ron Clements (original story)
Ron Clements (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 December 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

A fairy tale set in Jazz Age-era New Orleans and centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again.

Plot Keywords:

New Orleans | Based On Story | Bayou | Cajun | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 15 nominations

Cast

Anika Noni Rose	...	Tiana (voice)
Bruno Campos	...	Prince Naveen (voice)
Keith David	...	Dr. Facilier (voice)
Michael-Leon Wooley	...	Louis (voice)
Jennifer Cody	...	Charlotte (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Ray (voice)
Peter Bartlett	...	Lawrence (voice)
Jenifer Lewis	...	Mama Odie (voice)
Oprah Winfrey	...	Eudora (voice)
Terrence Howard	...	James (voice)
John Goodman	...	'Big Daddy' La Bouff (voice)
Elizabeth M. Dampier	...	Young Tiana (voice)
Breanna Brooks	...	Young Charlotte (voice)
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Reggie (voice)
Don Hall	...	Darnell (voice)

Also Known As:

The Frog Princess (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #45696) | UK:U | South Korea:All | Singapore:PG | Ireland:G | New Zealand:G | Australia:G | Finland:K-7

Company:

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Trivia:

Tiana is left-handed for a reason: Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Tiana, asked for it because she is a left-handed. Mark Henn, supervising animator of the princess accepted.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Princess Tiana: I don't seem to recall anything in the fairytale about... kissing on the lips.
Ray: Oh ho. It looks like this could take quite some time.
[flies towards the movie's logo]
Ray: Ooh. That's a catchy title right dar.
Princess Tiana: I mean I didn't even know frogs had lips. How 'bout a nice firm handshake.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Jay Leno Show: (#1.45)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Never Knew I Needed

A Disney comeback for sure!!

Wow. That's one word to sum up everything about this movie: Wow.

Since Emperor's New Groove, Disney slowly went downhill until it was nothing but low-quality crappy sequels and badly made CGI movies, not to mention nothing but teenybopper shows on the Disney Channel. As for Toon Disney, I think the people working there confused themselves with Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon; something that is not their style.

However, Michael Eisner got fired and Robert Iger took his place as CEO of the Disney company, promising to get Disney back to the way it was supposed to be. Since then, I noticed improvements with movies like Enchanted and Bolt, but not to the point where everything was good again all of a sudden. I guess Eisner had some projects already set in motion that couldn't be stopped. But that was all right, because movies were the most important, and they would eventually get everything right.

With The Princess in the Frog, what a movie to start another era out of the second Dark Age! This movie has EVERYTHING: great story, superb animation, great humor, excellent acting and singing, thought-provoking lessons to learn throughout the movie, the list goes on and on. I think it truly deserves its place as a true Disney classic. To top it all off, the newest Disney Princess, Tiana, has spunk, intelligence, and determinations. She is a great example for kids to look up to. She just needs to learn to relax once in a while, which Naveen teaches her. In return she teaches him that life isn't all parties and women.

Movies like this make me realize that I can't wait for Disney to come out with greater stuff in the future, like Rapunzel in 2010. I am really curious for the stuff they will do in the future. They have already done so much, but there's so much out there that they haven't done yet. It's also interesting to see them write original movies like they did with Lady and the Tramp, Enchanted, and Bolt. This movie definitely deserves a 10; it was that good. I totally recommend it for anyone.