Review of Tangled (2010) by Mrmoviebuff — 20 Mar 2015

Disney's 'Tangled' is a movie I did not expect to like, but ended up loving it...and I'm a guy!

This movie is famous for being the first "Disney Princess" movie to be animated with 3D computer technology, something Pixar is known for. This movie does have some of the best animation I've seen in any animated movie.

The story is pretty similar to the fairy-tale "Rapunzel", but there are some changes. A drop of sun light fell from the heavens and grew a magical flower that glows every time you sing to it, this flower has the power to bring anything you desire. There is an old woman who dreams of looking young forever, and every time she sings, she ages backwards to her satisfaction.

In the kingdom, the royal couple were about to have a baby, but when the mother falls ill, the people start to look for the flower and they liquidize it to feed to the Queen.

When the Queen gives birth to her daughter, she is born with long, blonde hair that glows every time you sing to it, just like the flower. The evil woman named Gothel (voiced by Donna Murphy) kidnaps the child after discovering that cutting her hair would make it lose its power and she decides the raise the child as her own.

Every night on little Rapunzel's birthday, the kingdom would release thousands of lanterns and hope that she would return, the young Rapunzel gazes at these lanterns and wants to know what they mean.

Years later, Rapunzel has grown up and is voiced by Mandy Moore, her 18th birthday is coming up and is eager to leave the tower and see those lanterns in person. When she finds out that Gothel forbids her to, it seems like Rapunzel needs to prove herself as she realizes that she cannot spend the rest of her life in a tower.

We also meet a charming and witty thief named Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi) who is on the run from the law and his sidekicks, the Stabbington brothers (Ron Perlman). He hides out in Rapunzel's tower and that's where the main movie begins.

Rapunzel makes a deal with Flynn that she will give him back what's his, as long as he takes her to see those lanterns. Flynn reluctantly agrees to this and they go off on their journey, and we, the audience, hop along as well.

'Tangled' is a surprisingly strong addition to the Disney canon, full of great animation, likeable characters, good songs and a well-written story...in fact, this movie has some of the best writing I've seen in a "Disney Princess" movie, the way they made Rapunzel end up in the tower and growing long hair, is absolutely plausible to a fault.