Not quite Disney at its very best, but a fast-moving, witty, heartfelt animated CG ’toon that sees the Mouse House leaping into the new era of animation with some style.
Tangled is a crowd-pleaser for sure, but not one for posterity.
Not just a pretty face; there’s meat on its bones and a song in its heart besides. This deserves a place up there with the best of Disney’s previous fairy tales.
What’s disarming about Tangled, underneath the 3D and the savvy sense of humour and the bedazzled girly-girl appeal, is how traditional it actually remains, a romance with songs, and none of them thankfully sung by animals.
Far from Grimm and far from grim.
This just looks like a cynical money-machine.
Tangled looks great, the action is rousing and there are a handful of moments that are simply transcendent.
With terrific songs from Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast) plus a couple of animal charmers in the form of a horse given to hissy fits and a kooky chameleon, Rapunzel is a roots-to-tips delight.
It is a good-looking movie best experienced without a pair of those flimsy, tinted spectacles on your nose.
After a few too many inferior Pixar-style movies, Disney's 50th animated feature is a CG-rendered return to the all-singing, all-dancing musical fairytales with which the studio made its name.
Tangled is the company's fiftieth animated feature, and it's far better and far more Disney-ish than the last 15. The sting in the tail? The studio boss has just announced they're not planning to make any more fairytale cartoons. Typical.
Lacks the wit and invention of a Pixar film.
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