THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

Claimed and a "Disney comeback", The Princess and the Frog (USA, 2009) has impressed a lot of people in the theaters. This cartoon made in the original "Disney 2D-style" is made mostly for the audiences used to the classic Disney animations, such as Cinderella, Snow White or Sleeping Beauty.

The Princess and the Frog has a touching story (for little girls) and brings the Disney magic back to the cinemas, after those not-original-but-awesome Pixar movies.

The movie is about Tania (voice by Anika Noni Rose) who works hard to have her own restaurant. Tania, as every girl, dreams about a prince. She's not a princess and she's also not rich: Tania in the middle economic class.

One night, she goes to a carnival party. There, she loses a contract that would give her a building so she could start to live her dream. Then she goes upstairs, disappointed knowing that her best (and rich) friend, Charlotte (Jennifer Cody) is living her dream: she's dancing with the prince, Naveen (Bruno Campos) who's in a money crisis.

To solve his money problems, Naveen goes to a voodoo guy, who will transform him and his assistant, in whatever they want to be/have. Instead of asking for money, the prince is tranformed into a frog. His assistant becomes the prince, using a voodoo amulet containing the real Naveen's blood.

The frog meets Tiana in the upstairs of the castle and (eventually) she kisses him. But instead of Naveen being transformed into a person again, Tiana becomes a frog too. That's the film's charm: it twists the original idea, opening doors for different situations. They run away from people (who try to kill them) and go to the forest.

SPOILER ALERT! - Don't read ahead if you have not seen the movie yet!

As time goes by, Naveen learns what's the really important thing in life. After a lot of mess, the prince marries Tiana, they turn into humans again, open Tiana's restaurant (after a lot of hard work) and live happily ever after.

Final thoughts...

Great movie to take children, specially little girls. This movie brings the magic-that-movies-don't-have-anymore back to the cinema: Disney made a great and touching story with a lot of lessons being teached.

I just don't think *everybody* is gonna like it because of it audience restriction. I personally did not like it much, but i'm not a part of the audience Disney wanted to see: I watched it with my little sister and she loved it. I hated it because I'm a boy and I'm 14. -.- it was boring... -.- -.- -.-

>> iRaphael [2/5]

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