Title: Tangled

Directed by: Nathan Greno & Byron Howard

Written by: Dan Fogelman and Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm

Current Flickchart position:  #234 of 1329 overall.  My #11 film, of 53, from the year 2010.

What It’s About:
When the kingdom’s most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by Rapunzel (Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn’s curious captor, who’s looking for her ticket out of the tower where she’s been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs.

General Comments:
I enjoy animated films, but as a general rule I dislike Disney sing-along movies.  Probably because they’ve historically been populated by racist characters and offensive stereotypes.  Well Tangled is nothing like the other Disney sing-alongs.  It’s filled with great dialogue, fantastic action, lovable characters, two pretty decent bad guys, one really really good bad woman, and a whole hell of a lot of charm.

Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore do a really good job with the voice work, but one of the things that really stood out for me was the style of the artwork and animation.  It’s just so un-Disneylike.  I was only able to sit through the first 5-10 minutes of Princess and the Frog because of my dislike for Disney’s traditionally animated films.  I’m hopeful that with the very strong reviews Tangled has been getting together with the switch to CGI, that Disney will now full convert to CGI only animation.  Fingers crossed for more films of the spectacular quality of Tangled.

Watch the film for the brilliant art/animation style, a lovely story, some not too bad songs, and the awesome horse and chameleon.

Rating:  8/10