Disney’s 50th animated feature, Tangled could be the definition of mediocrity. It’s not that it’s a bad film - it’s a fairly amusing take on the Rapunzel story with a few nice scenes (the lanterns, the prison break) and some funny characters (the horse and the chameleon) - it’s just underwhelming and forgettable. The sub-Broadway musical numbers are perfectly acceptable but unmemorable, the animation is quite nice but would have looked better hand-drawn, and the lead characters are a bit bland.

I have to stress there are much worse 3D animations released nearly every week now, and in that respect Tangled measures as a success, but against Disney’s previous 49 films (most of them classics) Tangled feels lacking in inspiration.