Tangled
When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair.
I was thankfully surprised that it didn't went the route of modern pop-culture CG animated films that Dreamworks have been guilty of, but it goes back to the classic fairy-tale narrative with princesses, magic and of course, musical showtunes. But done with a very very nice visual moments and a good choice of sense and theme. The characters were fleshed out appropriately and were given some good funny and dramatic moments, none that goes out of place or goes sappy. I just found myself chuckling really hard every time the horse comes on screen, giving that attitude of a hard-ass cop. Its just priceless. The musical numbers, granted they won't be as classical as some like Beauty and the Beast or Aladdin, were at least fun, tight and very well-performed and considered as a notch improvement from Princess and The Frog. All around its a fun wacky and classical film while also being a story of a girl coming of age and heading out into the world. So glad it wasn't a pop-cultured reference-filled cool-attitude film like... most Dreamworks movies out there...
4 out of 5 stars
