Mandy Moore's best animated performance of all time!

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 2013)

Better than the more recent "Brave", in my opinion! Except for the good but not exceptional musical score, I would rate this up there with "Little Mermaid" and "Beauty and the Beast". There appears to be a blending of animation and Pixar computer techniques, with many of the backgrounds "drawn" and it works perfectly. Great characterizations and voice casting. "Flynn" looks a lot like a young Errol Flynn. "Rapunzel" looks like a Barbie doll, right down to her cute button nose. The pub scene (and song) intentionally make fun of Alan Meinken's own "Gastons' pub song". Maximus the wonder horse steals the movie. He is part valiant steed and part bloodhound. John Lassiter has truly saved Walt Disney Pictures. Unlike "Brave", my family wants to see this movie again and again. Wagner cast iron frying pans are the new medieval secret weapon! Look for Pinocchio "hidden" in the rafters of the "Snugly Duckling" Pub! Excessive comic violence, hints of execution, a brief death-scene (magically reversed), plus a "Barbie Doll" figure on a teenager make this a "9" instead of a "10". Mandy Moore's performance is an "11".