Hey, I paid to see a Disney film, I put on my 3D glasses, and it's all, like, flat.

So, finally, 6 years after, ahem, "Home on the Range", Disney returns to 2D after an overlong sidestep into CG works, giving us Chicken Little, Meet The Robinsons and Bolt, three exhaustively lacking films, we find Disney almost pleading with the audience to give them a second chance with The Princess & The Frog, and you know what, it's not an awful, soulless piece of quick buck entertainment like the stupid Direct-To-DVD sequels we ignore forever.
No, The Princess & The Frog is not perfect, the songs, in fact, are uninspired for the most part and not memorable, but the comedy can be wonderful, the characterisation is fantastic, the animation a thing of beauty, an inspired 20's style restaurant song and dance featuring high-society style sketches is gorgeous, and some of the characters, inspired.

Who'd have thought watching the opening 15 minutes that at one point the Prince and the young woman would encounter a crazy firefly who would not only be hysterical, but a wonderful emotional tent-pole to the proceedings? Or how dark the Shadowman could be, and the voodoo sequences scary and well done? When a crocodile playing the trombone isn't annoying and is, in actual fact, a wondrous addition to an already well done We're in this together so whilst we hate each other, we'll keep staying together plot, alongside a hysterical cut away to a river boat jazz group, you know Disney are coming back to form.

It's not all perfect, the closing 30 minutes are a little too generic, understandable, yes, but easily avoided, and the John Goodman and his daughter character, rich white tycoon and princess-style daughter, were mere one note characters where at least a further dimension was nearly hinted at at points, could have been better done, it doesn't matter.

Kudos, by the way, to Keith David for his Shadowman performance, the best song in the film, the best character sans Ray the firefly, poor guy, and, well, he's got such a voice, I like to point it out every so often.

Magical, entertaining, heartwarming and wonderful, a must see for anyone and everyone, kids or not, even people as cynical as me, if not moreso, will find something to enjoy.
8/10