Nathan Greno and Byron Howard directs Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi and Donna Murphy in this Disney animated respin of the Rapunzel fairy tale.

To my mind the first time CGI animation felt mainly unobtrusive and natural to the storytelling. It is neither a selling point nor a handicap here. The comedy, romance and action are well balanced though Tangled probably could do with a couple more show tunes. Donna Murphy puts in a big, memorable voice acting turn as the villainous witch. The most interesting thing about this is it starts out like something very ‘turn of the millennium’ and flip (Shrek or Enchanted) and actually resets back to something more traditional by the third act. Begone sarcasm.

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