Tangled
Acceptable with guidance. Age: 6+. A Catholic review of this movie for parents.
Our review
Rapunzel has very long golden hair that can heal people. She was stolen as a baby and grew up in a tower. The woman who keeps her there pretends to be her mother. With a thief named Flynn she goes to see the floating lights, and she finds out who she really is. The film is lovely to look at and its true parents are faithful and loving. It also tells one more story of a girl who is right to disobey the woman she calls Mother. Greydanus scores it both up and down for that reason. Watch it with your children and explain why Gothel is not a real mother.
For parents
PG, and Common Sense Media says five and up. Greydanus at Decent Films says Kids & Up and warns of slapstick and swashbuckling violence, complex family issues, and a fleeting act against a villain's life at the climax. Things to know: Rapunzel knocks Flynn out with a frying pan several times. There are chases, arrows, rising water, fire and knives. Gothel belittles Rapunzel and calls it a joke. Rapunzel tricks her and disobeys her. Plugged In notes Gothel's low-cut dress, an old thug dressed as a cupid in a diaper, a kiss, tankards in a tavern and a tipsy ruffian. Rapunzel sings an incantation to make her hair heal. The film says the power came from a drop of sunlight. Ask: how can we tell Gothel does not love Rapunzel? What do her real parents do every year? How does Rapunzel change the rough men she meets?