Movie Review: Tangled

 

Rating: G

Starring: Voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy

Director: Nathan Greno and Byron Howard

If you are after a movie that is simply light entertainment, then I recommend Disney’s latest animation Tangled!

The most expensive animation produced by Disney thus far, it was worth the money for me just to see how far animation has come since I was a little girl! But let's get down to what Tangled is actually about...

A modern version of the classic children’s book, Princess Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore) is stolen from her castle by an evil woman who is possessed by her own desires to be young and beautiful.

The evil woman is therefore awestruck by Rapunzel’s golden hair, which exhibits healing properties whenever Rapunzel sings.

Rapunzel remains locked in a tower until just before her eighteenth birthday, by which time she decides she wants to see the magical lights that curiously appear on her birthday each year.

She tricks her mother (well, adopted mother) to leave the tower for three days in search for her ideal birthday present – special paint (Rapunzel is an artist).

Luckily for Rapunzel, robber Flynn (voice of Zachary Levi) arrives at her tower with a stolen royal crown, and she makes him a deal - take her to see the lights and she will give him his crown back.

And so begins an adventure of fun, betrayal, and blackmail, with some extremely funny scenes involving a horse as well as some macho men.

I think this movie has something for everyone – slapstick comedy for the children (Rapunzel enjoys using a fry pan as a weapon) and clever one liners for the adults.

And if you do not trust my opinions, here is what I overhead some children in the cinema say about it...

“Mummy, he just got whacked over! That was so funny!” – little boy, approximately four years old.

“This is just HILARIOUS, don’t you think Mummy?” – little girl, approximately six years old.

I must also add the couple sitting behind me were in stiches during the movie. And they were in their fifties at least!

4 out of 5 stars