Tangled

2010 • 100 minutes

About this movie

When the kingdom's most wanted—and most charming—bandit, Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi), hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel (Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, who's looking for her ticket out of the tower where she's been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief, and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse (Maximus), an over-protective chameleon (Pascal), and a gruff gang of pub thugs.

Ratings and reviews

I love the movie but it when I was halfway through, it buffered and took me back to the beginning and didn't let me fast forward so I had to watch the whole thing again. Then, in the same spot, it happened again. I've watched the beginning of that movie 4 times and can never see the end! Plus, Google Play won't let me refund!! I am very angry and want to know where to formally complain. I bought this and wasted a lot of money on this!

Family came by and wanted to see this movie, but since it's no longer playing on Netflix I looked around for another copy. Being a super Google fanboy with Chromecast hooked up to my TV I decided to purchase on Google Play. Huge Mistake. Google is unable to play this video anywhere near the quality of Netflix (or even Amazon Instant Video). So much so that you should not purchase ANY Google Play videos until their technology is up to par. I had two major problems with the playback: 1. The video stalls (audio continues) at two spots in the movie at around 9 min, and 32 min. Both times I had to manually set the video to start after the stall points. This was quite embarrassing since my relatives are all Apple fanboys. 2. The audio only comes through in stereo. That's fine if you're watching with headphones on, but not if your on your couch with a surround sound system. I have a third problem, but it's not really a problem with the video. Google play web interface does not connect natively to Chromecast. You have to play on an android device and "stream" to the Chromecast, which is just annoying at this point. So, Great movie but unacceptable Google playback.

The highlight is the animation here. The film is incredibly visually appealing. The not so great part?... Pretty much everything else. I was most disappointed with the music as it didn't grab me or make me want to sing along. Not one song really stood out. Not a single one was memorable. The plot was hackneyed and I knew exactly how the movie would turn out 20 minutes in. Worth the watch, but don't set your bar too high.