Dr. Facilier

Things take a strange turn when a greedy trickster called Dr. Facilier, uses voodoo to turn the visiting Prince Naveem into a frog - and he turns to Tiana for help.

News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2009

Things take a strange turn when a greedy trickster called Dr. Facilier, uses voodoo to turn the visiting Prince Naveem into a frog - and he turns to Tiana for help.

News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2009

The movie is not without its faults: the section on the bayou goes on entirely too long (and the evil hillbillies are entirely superfluous), and the music is mildly disappointing ("Friends on the Other Side" just about BEGS you to compare it to "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from The Little Mermaid, but, sadly, it doesn't even come close--Dr. Facilier IS a pretty fantastic villain, though).

The Princess and the Frog (2010) Adam Roberts 2010

My only big complaints with the film are that it moves too quickly I bet even "The Emperor's New Groove" took a couple more pauses than "Princess" and that the villain, Dr. Facilier, does not get quite enough screen time to make him a classic villain, though he is still an estimable menace.

Sound Off: Disney's Princess and the Frog - Your Thoughts? « FirstShowing.net 2009

Did you have difficulties in fleshing out the villain in Dr. Facilier and making him different from previous movie villains?

Interview: The Princess and the Frog Directors Jon Musker and Ron Clements | /Film 2009

Emmy Award® winner Keith David is the magical and menacing Dr. Facilier; romantic Ray, the Cajun firefly, is illuminated by Emmy Award nominee Jim Cummings.

6 Movie Clips and a Featurette from Walt Disney’s THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG – Collider.com 2009

My main fear going in was that the music from Randy Newman would be extremely generic, and except for the aforementioned song from Dr. Facilier, it almost always is.

Archive 2009-12-01 Reel Fanatic 2009

And the hand-drawn animation is at its best in two scenes, one of the fireflies leading our motley crew through the bayou to the toothless voodoo queen Mama Odie and, closer to the end, as Dr. Facilier unleashes his shadow agents to track down Naveen.

Review: "The Princess and the Frog" Reel Fanatic 2009

And the hand-drawn animation is at its best in two scenes, one of the fireflies leading our motley crew through the bayou to the toothless voodoo queen Mama Odie and, closer to the end, as Dr. Facilier unleashes his shadow agents to track down Naveen.

Archive 2009-12-01 Reel Fanatic 2009

Keith David as the evil Dr. Facilier is brilliant.

"Princess and the Frog" (2009) Steven Barnes 2009