Interesting Villain, Wonderful Movie

Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2011)

What I love about this movie is actually the villain. While many villains are pretty cut and dry evil, I don't believe this applies to Mother Gothel. Yes, she is selfish and kidnapping the Princess automatically sends her into the bad person category, yet it isn't all bad. She raises Rapunzel in a nice and cheery looking home, she buys her things she enjoys (paints, books, pottery clay, etc.), and shows her some affection (she says she loves her, hugs her). Even her reasons for keeping Rapunzel in the tower are not a complete lie for there would be people that would be after Rapunzel for her gift. Now, I'm not defending Mother Gothel by any means, I just find her interesting. Plus, let's face it, there are worse real mothers in the world!
There are other things that make this movie the best that Disney has come out with in ages. The sidekick characters are hilarious and my daughter always laughs at Max's antics. I love the music as well. I even added "Mother Knows Best" as one of my ring tones. Overall, this is a fantastic movie that will find itself on the list of Disney classics along with "Beauty and the Beast", "Little Mermaid", "Cinderella", and "Sleeping Beauty".