The Princess and the Frog

I watched The Princess and the Frog this week. It was entertaining and had a nice, fun little twist on the traditional princess and the frog fairytale. It seemed like it generally shared good messages. “It doesn't matter what you look like,” you have to work hard to make your dreams come true, trying to mess with bad, dark, shadow magic (through “friends on the other side”) gets you into trouble, dreams can come true, love is more important than anything else, etc. (Or as kids-in-mind.com put it, “Love can overcome all odds.”) I didn't quite like that it made it look like seeking “good” voodoo magic is good, but I think that to be a minor concern, because it can be mostly resolved by discussing it with children who watch the movie.

In general, it was a good, fun, Disney movie. It did a pretty good job a creating a good princess character for children to identify with, and I like it.