2009 · animation · family · musical
The Princess and the Frog
Directed by Ron Clements, John Musker1h 38m2009
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Our read: The Princess and the Frog (2009) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive animation · family · musical entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
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“You want jazz-age Disney magic, hard-work heroine, and Louisiana musical charm.”
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