Review of The Swan Princess (1994) by Holland P — 19 Jun 2009

Insanely corny, but still a beautiful pick. This was a favorite of mine as a child, and I'm surprised, but pleased to say, that I still love this movie.

I won't go into plot details; the story premise is fairly basic. The animation won't wow you either, but there is still something about this movie. One highlight is the funny animal companions of Speed the Turtle (my personal favorite), Jean-Bob the frog (who believes he's a prince but is truly just a conceited frog), and Puffin (a delightful Scottish penguin-general).

The Prince, Dereck, is decidely cheesy, and his hair is a bit "why?", but for some reason I still crushed on him as a kid, and I was totally enjoying all of his and Odette's romantic scenes (I'm a sucker for childhood love/hate relationships, no matter how cliche they've turn out to be).

Despite my messy review, I simply want to say this is a beautiful and corny film that is sure to bring back good memories of the hopeless romantics we used to be; but I mean that in the best possible sense. 8 out of 10, plus a heeping of nostalgic love.