psycosid03 The Swan Princess is a 1994 American animated musical fantasy film based on the ballet "Swan Lake". Starring the voice talents of Matthew Broderick, Tony Jay, Eddie Murphy, and Sandy Duncan, the film is directed by a former Disney animation director, Richard Rich, with a music score by Lex De Azevedo and Alan Menken. It was released theatrically on November 18, 1994 where it received generally mixed reviews by critics and was a box office bomb. The film was followed by four direct-to-video sequels: The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997), The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (1998), The Swan Princess Christmas (2012), and The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale (2014).

rbn_lrk-1 I remember seeing the poster to this movie in a supermarket way before the release in our country.This is a cartoon about a girl that must be freed from her transformation spell as a swan.Here you have it a classic fairytale.The animation is hand drawn.If you want to take a break from modern all star CGI movies see this.Now that we are looking back at the long string of hand drawn movies of the 1990's.There was Anastasia, a long row of direct to sequels and movies like this.The movie is having unforgettable, and upbeat songs.From a saving the day song to a jazz like villain song.The monster that must be defeated, a happy ending and literary a long row of princesses.It's not anything serious like Branagh's Hamlet of course, but some light fun.Go look for it at the flea markets.10/10

David Lags Well I personally loved the movie when I was little and still love it now as an adult. It was that movie that I could watch 100 times and still love it. It had everything you wanted from a movie, it has fantasy, mystery, action, romance, comedy, and drama. It had songs you would be singing the next day, it had unforgettable quote "what else is there?". The movie isn't for everyone especially people who prefer visually stunning pieces or deeper character depth. They don't go into great characterization especially of the romances, as they just seem to fall in love. Showing this recently to little cousins they don't see the brilliance of the story behind the movie. I love this movie and the sequels. Not for everyone but a favorite of mine.

Lee Eisenberg OK, so "The Swan Princess" is another children's movie. When I saw it, I thought that it was really neat that John Cleese provided the voice of the frog, and I later found out that Jack Palance (once known for "Shane", now known for "City Slickers") provided the voice of the villain. Who would have envisioned those two plus Steven Wright and Frank Welker (Fred on "Scooby-Doo" and Ray on "The Real Ghostbusters") in an animated feature? It wasn't until years after I saw the movie that I found out what the source material was: while in St. Petersburg, I attended a production of Pyotr Chaikovsky's "Swan Lake" in the Mariinsky Theater and realized that it was the same characters. Of course, what stuck in my mind most of all was the haunting theme song. That ballet is more recently recognizable as the subject of "Black Swan" (which I haven't seen).Anyway, the movie's nothing particularly special.Michelle Nicastro, who provided the voice of Odette, was an opera singer (she died of cancer last year). Howard McGillin, who provided the voice of Derek, was one of the people who played the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera".