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Rapunzel is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 50th animated feature film Tangled and its short sequel Tangled Ever After (2012). In both appearances, Rapunzel is voiced by recording artist and actress Mandy Moore. At the beginning of the first film, a young Rapunzel is voiced by child actress Delaney Rose Stein.Created by supervising animator Glen Keane, Rapunzel is loosely based on the heroine of the German fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm. In the Disney film adaptation, for which the character was adapted into a less passive and more heroic character, Rapunzel, a princess born with long, magical golden hair, is abducted as an infant and raised by a vain woman named Mother Gothel, who exploits her hair's unique healing abilities in order to remain youthful for several years. Locked by Gothel in a secluded tower for eighteen years, where she is kept unaware of her true identity, Rapunzel enlists the help of a thief named Flynn Rider to see the floating lanterns in time for her birthday.
Critical reception towards Rapunzel has been rather divided, inspiring generally mixed to positive reviews from film and entertainment journalists. While several critics praised the character's independent and free-spirited personality, others questioned her originality, describing her as as an unoriginal, familiar and "bland" character. Chronologically the tenth Disney Princess, Rapunzel was officially inducted into the line-up on October 2, 2011, becoming the franchise's first computer-animated member. Her physical appearance and personality have drawn much comparison between her and preceding Disney Princess Ariel from The Little Mermaid (1989), by whom she was inspired.
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Filmography of Rapunzel (1 films)
Add to a movie listTangled (2010)
, 1h40Directed by Byron Howard, Nathan Greno
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman, John DiMaggio
Rating76%
Long ago, a drop of sunlight became a golden flower capable of healing illness, decay and injury. For hundreds of years the flower is used by Mother Gothel to retain her youth until it is discovered by soldiers of a nearby kingdom. They use the flower to heal their ailing queen, who soon after gives birth to Princess Rapunzel. Gothel discovers that Rapunzel's hair has the flower's healing properties but that attempting to take just the hair by cutting it destroys its power, so she kidnaps Rapunzel and raises her as her own daughter in an isolated tower. Once a year, the King and Queen release sky lanterns on Rapunzel's birthday, hoping for their daughter's return.