The Princess and the Frog

Little White Lies“Adheres closely to the Disney formula...” Of course, a Disney film would not be a Disney film without singing, dancing and lots of wonderfully animated colour, and it is here that The Princess and the Frog really delivers...

Total Film “A notable first for the House of Mouse...” The Princess And The Frog uses the Big Easy of the 20s and its surrounding bayous as an atmospheric, colourful backdrop. Disney’s attempt at an instant animated classic will impress the kids, but leave older Mouseketeers wistful for former glories.

Empire“The gooiest love stories with plenty of non-human slapstick...” Exactly as good as Musker and Clements’ earlier efforts, so a return to the form of Disney’s early 1990s classics. The animation is gorgeous, the heroine feisty and the animals amusing — but this may be too scary for the very small...

Guardian“A delightful romantic comedy...” The graphic work is simple and exquisite, Randy Newman's songs are lilting and amusing and there are sequences centring on Dr Facilier's black arts that are as scary as anything in Snow White and Pinocchio...

The Times“A refresher course in Disney past, but in a good way...” The real surprise here is not about race, but how Disney has mined its own heritage for inspiration. It's fantastically old-fashioned and thrives on show tunes, simple hand-drawn frames and the value of finding love beneath outward appearances...

Variety“An unmistakable pleasure...” Unlike most tales of its type, in which the heroine spends the whole movie in pursuit of Prince Charming, this follows the modern romantic-comedy template, granting its amphibious duo plenty of shared screen time and making them polar opposites...

The Independent“Vibrant signs of life in the age of Avatar...” I'd watch it all over again just to see Mama Odie's pet snake tip Tabasco into the gumbo. It's details like that which make this fly: Disney have turned the funeral march for old-school animation into a jolly hand-crafted pageant...

The Telegraph“Your money’s worth of musically-gifted animal sidekicks...” Intermittently appealing and great to look at, this doesn’t add up to classic Disney, but it’s heaps better than Home on the Range (2004), which looked to be the last gasp of these old-style toons. It proves there’s life in dem bones yet...

Time Out film“An exercise in retro recreation...” There are some great characters, some even better jokes, a general sense of good humour and that entrancing, eye-ravishing old-school animation...

Channel4 Film“A beautifully animated fairytale...” It's a nice set-up, but the supporting cast are retreads of characters we've seen many times from Disney throughout the ages, and their wisecracks won't measure up for a grown-up crowd...