Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, whatever you call it, it's here. Because I am both obsessed with holiday-specific movie watching and a Disney fanatic enthusiast, I like to revisit The Princess and the Frog on this day. Set in 1920s New Orleans, this movie features beautiful 2-D animation, a lively jazz soundtrack, and one of the most level-headed Disney heroines in the form of Tiana, a hardworking young woman with dreams of owning her own restaurant. It's light and fluffy and full of the usual Disney hijinks, but the film has style and I love the music, especially the song "Almost There." That's my favorite sequence in the whole film, in fact...the animation is just so cute.
Add a trumpet playing crocodile, a lovable firefly in love with a star, and an evil voodoo witch doctor, and you've got yourself a fun little family night film. And who can say no to that?
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