Tangled
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: November 24, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
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Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
30
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie PunterDec 9, 2010
They really pulled out all the stops on this one. Read full review
91
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDec 9, 2010
Tangled would be a satisfying adventure on plot and 3D sensations alone. Read full review
90
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelDec 9, 2010
And now with Tangled, a delightfully fresh spin on "Rapunzel," the entertainment powerhouse delivers its first classic-caliber computer animation outside the Pixar family. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonDec 9, 2010
The story should be a standard mismatched-couple-falls-in-love tale, but the script and the sprightly directing give the story plenty of snap and humor, and the animation is so luminously beautiful that even a falling-in-love sequence cribbed in part from The Little Mermaid is overwhelmingly magical. Read full review
80
EmpireHelen O\'HaraJan 24, 2011
Not just a pretty face; there's meat on its bones and a song in its heart besides. This deserves a place up there with the best of Disney's previous fairy tales. Read full review
80
Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoDec 9, 2010
Ultimately, the film is made for longevity, like all the best Disney titles are. However, it's also a ready-made Broadway show, with numbers, dialogue and even drama-club histrionics all pre-packaged for immediate adaptation to stage. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDec 9, 2010
There could have been more side trips on the road to self-discovery, but the plentiful lessons and derring-'do make Tangled a lock for playground pastimes. And maybe even some knotty parent-kid chats about finding your part in life. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallDec 9, 2010
The tale of Rapunzel gets a cheeky make-over in this gorgeous Disney animation, which combines the studio's traditional hand-drawn look with the sculptural qualities of digital 3D. Read full review
80
TimeRichard CorlissDec 9, 2010
This is your basic, and very enjoyable, Disney princess musical, an empowerment tale to teach bright, dreamy girls how to grow to maturity - and outgrow the adults in charge. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternDec 9, 2010
The film is picture-book pretty and fairly conventional, except for the 3-D, which is emerging as a convention in its own right. Still, the prettiness comes with brains, and the whole production, like those newly eye-catching models of American-made cars, bespeaks resurgent confidence. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversDec 9, 2010
Disney's spirited re-telling of Rapunzel in 3D animation turns out to be a dazzler. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia PuigDec 9, 2010
Though not exactly innovative, Tangled has a snappy pace and the Broadway-style appeal of classic Disney fare. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayDec 9, 2010
One thousand points of light never looked so fetching. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDec 9, 2010
Bright and engaging, and blessed with two superb non-verbal non-human sidekicks, Tangled certainly is more like it. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumDec 9, 2010
There's also a Disney den of big, comically dumb-looking bad guys who turn sweet when Rapunzel sings to them. Because Happily Ever After never goes out of fashion Read full review
75
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottDec 9, 2010
The updated version of the familiar tale strikes a nice balance between humor, adventure and romance, making it a movie that will appeal to the whole family. Read full review
75
Orlando SentinelRoger MooreDec 9, 2010
Animated musicals are only as good as their songs, and this one isn't on a par with "Beauty and the Beast" or even "The Princess and the Frog." Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyDec 9, 2010
Much as I enjoyed this diversion, I couldn't help but think that The Princess and the Frog had better songs and (hand-painted) animation, and that Mulan was a ripping adventure that didn't need tweaking to qualify as an action flick. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDec 9, 2010
As a melding of new techniques and technology with old-fashioned methods of storytelling, it's an opportunity for the Magic Kingdom to remind audiences that, when it comes to putting fairy tales on screen, they remain on a higher level. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezDec 9, 2010
Tangled packs old-fashioned Disney magic as endless as Rapunzel's locks. Read full review
70
MovielineMichelle OrangeDec 9, 2010
The story had great optics but not a lot of action, I suppose, though as a child who walked around in towel-fashioned headdresses to simulate the long hair my mother wouldn't let me have, Rapunzel's was the story I longed to thrill to on the big screen. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranDec 9, 2010
It takes a bit of doing, but when Tangled's core sweetness asserts itself and the film dares to wear its heart on its sleeve in a climactic scene featuring 46,000 paper lanterns, it's been worth the wait. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyDec 9, 2010
A passably entertaining hodgepodge of old and new animation techniques, mixed sensibilities and hedged commercial calculations. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 9, 2010
Tangled is the 50th animated feature from Disney, and its look and spirit convey a modified, updated but nonetheless sincere and unmistakable quality of old-fashioned Disneyness. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangDec 9, 2010
Tangled is snappily paced and easy enough to get wrapped up in, propelled by a set of jaunty, serviceable songs from venerable composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater. Read full review
70
Village VoiceDan KoisDec 9, 2010
The movie's real accomplishments are in its look, which was generated inside a computer but is as warm and rich as a painting. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn LevyDec 9, 2010
Tangled is a lively, funny, deft and delicious musical in the vein of Disney's 1989 classic "The Little Mermaid." Read full review
63
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsDec 9, 2010
Tangled is lovely to look at, but if you're not a pre-teen girl, you may be distracted by the split ends. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisDec 9, 2010
The movie has a field day with thousands of airborne lanterns, a troop of Neanderthal thugs (one is a mime), some surprisingly fleet camerawork, and good editing. I can't think of a cartoon more confident about how to use jump cuts for comedy. Those senses of cleverness and innovation merely underscore how shopworn the rest of this movie is. Read full review
63
New York PostLou LumenickDec 9, 2010
Visually, this toon is all over the place. Rapunzel's glowing hair can look alarmingly like fiber-optic cable, but some backgrounds are the computer-generated equivalents of Disney's golden-age work. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichDec 9, 2010
Disney knows how to bewitch a crowd, but the sense that Tangled was made more by corporate mandate than artistic spark remains constant throughout. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerDec 9, 2010
As Disney animated features go, Tangled is middling. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliDec 9, 2010
There aren't that many songs this time - just a handful, reprised ad infinitum. You get to sing most of them, so I'm sure you've noticed how bland they are. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenDec 9, 2010
Tangled is a serviceable kids' picture and marks a milestone in the history of Disney animation, but it's splitting hairs to characterize it beyond that. Read full review
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