One of my favorite Disney movies!! Definitely an instant classic

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2012)

First I would like to note that when I saw the previews for this film I was as non-interested as you could get (as other people here have pointed out)! I mean, GET A MARKETING CREW!! Ughhh!! The first trailer/teaser was horrible, and like 50% of the footage shown in the teaser wasn't even included in the final movie. The second trailer was a bit better though.
2 weeks ago I finally gave up (after about 5 times of hearing from my soon-to-be sister-in-law that it was awesome and beautiful), and while I was in the hospital I asked my aunt to rent it for me so we could watch it on my sister's laptop. The first thing that went through my mind when the movie started was ''Huh... I guess this movie is just another attempt at Disney wanting to be cool and romantic while TRYING TO BE FUNNY!! :@@@''. Boy, was I wrong...
This movie is everything you could possibly want from a modern Disney movie (which is saying a LOT since Disney isn't the same as it was in the days of yore). It has lots of action, beautiful CGI animation, great humor, awesome and deeply developed characters (which were voiced really well), and of course what would a traditional Disney movie be without awesome songs (more on that later)???!
The story is (as you most probably know already) centered on a girl named Rapunzel, who after her mother (while still pregnant with Rapunzel) falls gravely ill and is cured by a magical, golden flower, gains beautiful, golden hair which can be used to heal people and give people eternal youth while singing it a special song (yes, it sounds kind of girly, but hey! I'm a 15-year-old boy and I ADORE THIS MOVIE!).
A few days after her birth an old woman (referred to as Mother Gothel in the movie, and had been using the flower to stay young forever for centuries before the flower was used to heal Rapunzel's mother), visits Rapunzel's nursery and tries to cut a strand of Rapunzel's hair and starts singing the song, but is quickly stopped when she realizes that if you cut the hair, it turns brown and loses it's power. Faced with a difficult predicament, Gothel decides to steal the child and raise her as her own in order to stay young forever. I won't spoil anymore, so that you can enjoy the movie for it's amazing story.
The voice-acting in this movie is spot-on (even though only 2 of the people involved in the cast are actually high-profile actors)! Mandy Moore as Rapunzel and Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider (the ''prince'' in the movie and Rapunzel's love interest), really give life to their characters, have great chemistry with each other, and they both sing beautifully. Donna Murphy is also excellent as Gothel, giving her character the necessary sarcasm and fake sweetness which surprisingly flawless skill, considering I'd never heard of her before.
The songs are my favorite part of the movie. They make you feel full of joy in a world that is slowly turning into a world of violence and corruption, and that is something all of us need right now, and is usually not present in today's movies, which are usually full of over- the-top violence, sex and pervasive language. Don't worry, though, as you will not find ANY of those things here. There is one particular song in the movie that is easily one of the best Disney songs out there, and is so romantic and beautiful I just want to dance and smile whenever I hear it :')
All in all, ''Tangled'' is an excellent family movie, and has something in it for everyone (even boys and adults, which at first glance doesn't seem to be the target demographic in these type of film). Keep it up, Disney!!!