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Freddie la grenouille

Original title: Freddie as F.R.O.7.
  • 1992
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
863
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Jenny Agutter, Brian Blessed, Ben Kingsley, Phyllis Logan, Victor Maddern, John Sessions, and Billie Whitelaw in Freddie la grenouille (1992)
Animal AdventureFairy TaleHand-Drawn AnimationParodyQuestAdventureAnimationComedyFamilyFantasy

A French prince who was turned into a frog becomes a secret agent and goes to England to stop an evil plot that begins when famous buildings there start disappearing.A French prince who was turned into a frog becomes a secret agent and goes to England to stop an evil plot that begins when famous buildings there start disappearing.A French prince who was turned into a frog becomes a secret agent and goes to England to stop an evil plot that begins when famous buildings there start disappearing.

  • Director
    • Jon Acevski
  • Writers
    • Jon Acevski
    • David Ashton
    • Peter Gardner
  • Stars
    • Ben Kingsley
    • Jenny Agutter
    • David Ashton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    863
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jon Acevski
    • Writers
      • Jon Acevski
      • David Ashton
      • Peter Gardner
    • Stars
      • Ben Kingsley
      • Jenny Agutter
      • David Ashton
    • 19User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Freddie
    • (voice)
    Jenny Agutter
    Jenny Agutter
    • Daffers
    • (voice)
    David Ashton
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Brian Blessed
    Brian Blessed
    • El Supremo
    • (voice)
    Jenny Funnell
    Jenny Funnell
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Nigel Hawthorne
    Nigel Hawthorne
    • Brigadier G
    • (voice)
    Michael Hordern
    Michael Hordern
    • King
    • (voice)
    • (as Sir Michael Hordern)
    James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones
    • Narrator (American version)
    • (voice)
    Edmund Kingsley
    Edmund Kingsley
    • Young Freddie
    • (voice)
    Phyllis Logan
    Phyllis Logan
    • Nessie
    • (voice)
    Victor Maddern
    Victor Maddern
    • Old Gentleman Raven
    • (voice)
    Jonathan Pryce
    Jonathan Pryce
    • Trilby
    • (voice)
    Bruce Purchase
    Bruce Purchase
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Prunella Scales
    Prunella Scales
    • Queen
    • (voice)
    • …
    John Sessions
    John Sessions
    • Scotty
    • (voice)
    • …
    Adrian Della Touche
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (as Adrian De La Touche)
    Billie Whitelaw
    Billie Whitelaw
    • Messina
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Jon Acevski
    • Writers
      • Jon Acevski
      • David Ashton
      • Peter Gardner
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews19

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    7Cylex

    Strange. Watch it for the Nessies.

    This is one of the strangest films I have ever seen, but I loved the idea & the Nessies.

    A prince is turned into a frog by his evil aunt & grows up to be a Bond-style detective. He makes friends with Nessie (excellently played by Phyllis Logan) & her extended family. Meanwhile landmarks such as Big Ben are disappearing. Freddie is on the case...

    If you feel like a change from the usual formula, then this won't disappoint. It's not that bad. Really. 7/10
    9nerophon

    Imaginative fairy tale.

    I have seen this film a few times, and have always enjoyed it. It is a fairy-tale; it is for children; if you can allow yourself to see it in that light, it will be entertaining. Clearly the creators of this film have a lot more imagination than your average Hollywood hack, though perhaps a little more respect for contemporary audience's expectations would have gone a long way to making this more popular. I really love the songs, though. Especially "Lay Down Your Arms" by Asia. Nothing like a bit of moral 80's cheese-rock.
    2La Gremlin

    Completely, clearly insane.

    Wow, my first new review in months. What a great one to start out on! Am I glad to see that IMDB has an entry for this completely demented movie. I was starting to doubt my own sanity.

    On to the review. This is one of those movies that is way to incomprehensibly bizarre to hate. If you like insane films, and you find it in the video store, rent it and watch it. Like it's obvious soul-brother, "Sayu-Ki", it might just change your life. Just don't say I didn't warn you.
    2therubixtheory

    Toadally awful film

    forgive the pun, i watched this movie about a week or two back for the fun of it since i was trying hard to remember it after not seeing it since childhood, let me tell you, the film seemed a hell of a lot better when i was a child.

    i gave it a 2 because of the good animation but other than that this is a pretty pointless and awful movie.

    the dubbing was the worst part of this movie to me, but the characters never had any worth remembering lines anyway so it doesn't matter.

    there were two songs in this movie that i really didn't see the point of, the queen of evilmania and nessie's song, both of them had absolutely terrible lyrics not even fit for an episode of postman pat and both seemed utterly pointless and wasted time, they were probably only put in to fill gaps.

    do we even find out at all during this movie who this insanely evil and pudgy dictator is, i don't think i hear his name once or even why he's involved with the movie.

    i don't get why freddie decided to go back to France to stop crooks, i don't understand why he drives this weird green car and i don't get how he managed to turn from a 6 inch frog to a 5 foot man during one scene or how exactly the other frogs managed to find him clothes, the fact that it's a kids animation is not a plausible excuse.

    the only other good bit i thought was the British man who always tripped over his own phone chord and got tangled up in it more than once in the film and each time more ridiculously, this to me was a pretty original and funny joke but they didn't execute it perfectly enough to make it funny.

    there's a Scottish character in it, and guess what his name is, that's right, Scottie, very very typical.

    my real question is, why exactly could all of britains monuments be used to power up a crystal which puts people to sleep, if you cant answer that question then there really is no reason for the second half of this movie.

    so anyway, my verdict, the film was too short, made no sense, was a work of nonsense and was poorly casted vocally.
    7sammy-80

    THIS IS A FROGGIN MASTERPIECE!!!!

    Where to start? This is one of the greatest animations to date, hell IT IS THE GREATEST ANIMATION TO DATE!!!! The story is as follows, a 17th century prince in France gets transformed into a frog, meets the loch ness monster and becomes present day secret agent Freddie the frog, fighting evil. Now the logic starts. All of Britains great monuments are disappearing because an obese warlord allied with Freddies evil aunt are shrinking them for a reason that makes perfect sense. All the Britons lives are directly linked to those monuments and if they are taken away, the British people die. Wow. What a film. So full of the logic and structure lacking in all of Spielbergs movies. It also has incredibly well done dialogue by a uniform cast and great songs that should have won an Oscar.

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    • Trivia
      A sequel, tentatively titled "Freddie Goes To Washington", was already in the works long before this film was released. Because this film did so badly at the box-office, the sequel was shelved indefinitely.
    • Goofs
      On the Scottish island, when Freddie and Scotty knock out the two guards at the entrance to the secret lair, Scotty states that they should use the guards' uniforms and face masks to camouflage themselves. Freddie has difficulty understanding the term and saying the word, which is a mistake as the word itself is French, meaning to disguise oneself. However, such a word may not have been in use during Freddie's childhood in France, but he is likely to have run across it in his several hundred years of life, and as it is a French word he should understand its meaning.
    • Quotes

      [Freddie has just met Daffers]

      Freddie: [smoothly] Delighted to meet "you", Daffers.

      [kisses her hand]

      Freddie: I'm afraid I don't have much use for gadgets but...

      [looks down her chest]

      Freddie: [referring to her robot fly] I like the landing area.

    • Alternate versions
      The US version of the film is heavily cut, under the title of Freddie the Frog with new narration from actor James Earl Jones. Nearly 20 minutes of footage (including double entendres) was cut and several sequences were re-edited. Racially sensitive elements were removed or changed, like the KKK-members and Nazi axis-like soldiers during the "Evilmainya" song sequence and the tourist and punk crows were re-dubbed, not only was this to make the film more family friendly, but was also an attempt to make the movie less confusing to viewers. This re-edit of the film ended up with a G rating from the MPAA.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Movie Game: Episode #5.13 (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Keep Your Dreams Alive
      Composed by David Dundas

      Lyrics by Don Black

      Sung by George Benson and Patti Austin

      George Benson appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

      Patti Austin appears courtesy of GRP Records Inc.

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    • Release date
      • October 17, 1996 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Freddie, agent secret
    • Production companies
      • Hollywood Road Films
      • Motion Picture Investments
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,119,368
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $501,230
      • Aug 30, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,119,368
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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