Tangled

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Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard
Produced by Roy Conli
Screenplay by Dan Fogelman Based on the fairy tale "Rapunzel" by The Brothers Grimm

With: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman, M.C. Gainey, Jeffrey Tambor, Brad Garrett, Paul F. Tompkins, Richard Kiel, Delaney Rose Stein, and Laraine Newman

Editing: Tim Mertens
Music: Alan Menken

Runtime: 100 min
Release Date: 24 November 2010
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color

This delightful reimaging of Rapunzel updates the Grim Brother's story without altering the story in a way that feels slavishly beholden to contemporary ideals and marketing. Writer Dan Fogelman (Cars, Fred Claus, Bolt) is to be commended for threading a needle with Rumpelstiltskinequse dexterity and Disney Animation's first blending of its traditional fairy-tale princess musical with its hip Pixar-style CGI dynamism works surprisingly well.

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