THE Princess and the Frog,the first Walt Disney film to include an African-American princess, is an enchanting reworking of the Grimm Brothers’ fairytale, set in New Orleans around the time of World War I.
Restaurant owner James (voiced by Terrence Howard) cooks the best gumbo in the city, while seamstress wife Eudora (Oprah Winfrey) tends to daughter Tiana (Anika Noni Rose).
When the old man goes off to war and never returns, Tiana is forced to make her own way in the world, dreaming of the day she might open her own restaurant and serve up her father’s signature dish.
Those dreams are put on hold when Tiana is approached by a smooth-talking frog, who claims to be Prince Naveen of Malvonia (Bruno Campos).
He asks for one kiss to break the spell that has been placed on him and she obliges, only to be transformed into a frog herself.
This colourful tale of female empowerment buoys the soul as it introduces a menagerie of cute and cuddly critters, who – like the plucky heroine – prove that anything is possible.
