Fun "Fractured Fairy Tale" take on "Rapunzel"

Rating: 9/10 (4 January 2011)

TANGLED (2010) ***1/2 (VOICES of: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levy, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman, M.C. Gainey, Jeffrey Tambor, Brad Garrett, Paul F. Tompkins, Richard Kiel) Wonderful Disney Fractured Fairy Tale take on "Rapunzel" with the long-suffering unbeknownst-to-be princess tonsorially challenged heroine (pluckily voiced by Moore), whose imprisonment by her wicked stepmother (gleefully malevolent Murphy) soon comes to fruition in the unlikely form of a handsome thief/rapscallion (Levy, loose and having a field day) proving there is a whole-wide world of opportunity out there (and all sorts of platitudes carefully administered). Delightful animation and design with kinetic energy thanks to the directing team of Nathan Greno & Byron Howard with a witty, fast & footloose screenplay by Dan Fogelman). The bonus attraction of 3-D only enhances the vivid imagery and painterly skills of its ingenious animating crew.