Pam: Every Friday night we have Family Movie Night at our house. We let the kids eat dinner in the front room (a major rule breaker!), or at least have popcorn and a drink and we all watch a movie together. We did not see this in the theater, so I put it on our Blockbuster queu. It's about time Disney created a princess of color, and they did a beautiful job with this one. The setting of New Orleans, LA is perfect for tying in many different influences: voodoo, bayou, cuisine, big daddy's money, and a poor working class daddy. The time period is turn of the century, but the ideals and opinions of the princess are decidedly modern. She wants to open her own restaurant using her dear daddy's gumbo recipe, which is symbolic of the varied mixture of cultures represented in the Louisiana society. Her best friend is the white daughter of a family that her mother cleans house for (hmmm?) who is set on marrying a visiting prince. The hilarity ensues at the girl's engagement party - the humor comes from a mixture of magic and mistaken identities. There are cute side characters, one of my favorites being a lightening bug named Ray. Sweet story with a good message - classic Disney. 4 stars out of 5
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