The Princess and the Frog is a real mixed bag for me it has some solid storytelling and creates well fleshed out characters particularly in the first 30 mins and then really looses steam as it progresses. When I say that I mean the moment the main characters turn into frogs.
The first 30 minutes really creates a fleshed out personality in Tiana who is struggling to earn enough money to buy a property so she accomplish her and her fathers dream of owning a restaurant. You are seeing how hard she is working and are really rooting for her to do this. I find that this is really relatable to a lot of everyday people who may have similar goals or struggles.
Prince Naveen is quite the entertaining character and displays his explosive personality making for some enjoyable sequences. The villain Doctor Facilier is an enjoyable presence on screen providing what I think is the best song of the film Friends On The Other Side. Keith David also really nails the character you can tell he is really enjoying himself.
Then they turn into frogs and the film turns into your stereotypical adventure of we need to do this before we run out of time situation. Tiana and Prince Naveen turning into frogs really killed any of the connection the two had for me and really made their characters less relatable.
The humor in this film is very unoriginal and just relies on generic slapstick and childish jokes. The side characters introduced are not that great expect for Mama Odie who I very much enjoyed watching, unfortunately they tended to just be quite irritating especially Ray.
Overall this film had great potential to be a Disney classic with its unique setting in the lovely city of New Orleans and a great foundation for these characters to be incredible. It unfortunately completely crumbles into a generic kids cartoon for most of the film.
The first 30 minutes really creates a fleshed out personality in Tiana who is struggling to earn enough money to buy a property so she accomplish her and her fathers dream of owning a restaurant. You are seeing how hard she is working and are really rooting for her to do this. I find that this is really relatable to a lot of everyday people who may have similar goals or struggles.
Prince Naveen is quite the entertaining character and displays his explosive personality making for some enjoyable sequences. The villain Doctor Facilier is an enjoyable presence on screen providing what I think is the best song of the film Friends On The Other Side. Keith David also really nails the character you can tell he is really enjoying himself.
Then they turn into frogs and the film turns into your stereotypical adventure of we need to do this before we run out of time situation. Tiana and Prince Naveen turning into frogs really killed any of the connection the two had for me and really made their characters less relatable.
The humor in this film is very unoriginal and just relies on generic slapstick and childish jokes. The side characters introduced are not that great expect for Mama Odie who I very much enjoyed watching, unfortunately they tended to just be quite irritating especially Ray.
Overall this film had great potential to be a Disney classic with its unique setting in the lovely city of New Orleans and a great foundation for these characters to be incredible. It unfortunately completely crumbles into a generic kids cartoon for most of the film.