I saw some bad reviews on this earlier so figured i would weigh in

The only thing I did not like like about it was the formulaic singing that Disney seems to do with all their stuff, I believe Disney has some kind of computer program, and anyone who sings, especially women, must adhere to this voice to within 95%, so we always get nice sounding voices with very little range. But no highs or lows, the same sounding voice over and over.

I did not detect any sort of lesbian thing here, the relationship between daughter and Father is strongly emphasized

The animation is weak and will probably be dinged as low budget, but its serviceable

It comes across as a movie targeting girls between K-10 grades, but my wife and i enjoyed it, which is saying something since both of us often avoid Disney, their stuff is pretty redundant

Hopefully the upcoming episodes will be as enjoyable

So a lot of you mightn't know this but I am a huge fan of the 2010 film Tangled starring Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. It was funny,romantic,and most importantly it was full of nostlagia and heart. After the 2012 short of Tangled, both Nathan Greno and Bryon Howard announced that Tangled was done and dusted and to me I was kinda disappointed when they said this because I loved Tangled so much especially both Rapunzel & Eugene and I wanted more adventure and fun with these two charcthers.

But suddenly out of the blue,it was announced that Tangled will return back again with a new TV special movie and of course a TV show based on the 2010 hit film of the same name.

Enough of me rambling about Tangled,lets go into the new show now shall we.

The story kicks off after Rapunzel's coronation from Tangled(2010)and Rapunzel(voiced by the original voice actor Mandy Moore)is struggling to come to terms with her new found home, her boyfriend Eugene Fizherbert(aka Flynn Rider) voiced by Zachary Levi)wants to marry her,even proposing to her with a lovely ring. But of course she doesn't want to get married to him yet and says she does love him but she wants to see more of the world again. Since Rapunzel's father is so overprotective of her,Rapunzel runs away with her friend Cassandra and stumbles across a mysterious rock. But when Rapunzel touches the mysterious rock,her brown short hair turns back to the way it was when Rapunzel was kidnapped by Mother Gothel from the first film. Terrified she tries to hid her hair,only to get caught by Eugene and Rapunzel thanks him for being understanding and not freaking out over her hair. Later an evil woman called Lady Kane comes along to the castle and things are about to get down.

So will Rapunzel save her kingdom from Lady Kane. Now before I give you my final verdict here is my good,bad and then verdict.

Good: All the original actors are back Mandy Moore,Zachary Levi,Jeffrey Tambor etc ,plus Rapunzel's parents can finally talk and they have names now; Queen Ariana(voiced by Julie Bowen which was suppose to be Ashley Judd but she dropped out)and King Fredric(voiced by Clancy Brown). The story is again heartwarming and the animation is great but.....

Bad: I miss the CGI animation from the original Tangled film,because the charcthers were more real looking and my question is how come the likes of How To Train Your Dragon stayed CGI as a TV show when Tangled didn't. Yes maybe its got to do with the budget and all but still I do miss the CGI animation from the 2010 film.

The songs are good too but there No I See The Light,When Will My Life Begin etc. Alan Menken and Glen Slater are back once again to do the songs in this. This time the songs are Wind In My Hair(which is a nice balled sung by Mandy Moore)and Live Happily Ever After All sung by Mandy Moore,Clancy Brown and Zachary Levi. Levi again is hilarious as Eugene Fitzherbert and even more dreamy(although his other counterpart in the 2010 version was more better in design).

Overall I am so happy that Tangled is back again in my life and I am looking forward to getting this and the TV Show on DVD(if it gets released which I am praying it will be).

9/10

Not bad for a Disney Channel sequel.

'Tangled: Before Ever After' is animated in a similar style to 'The Lion Guard' ('The Lion King' sequel) films. In terms of comparing those two, this 2017 production beats those three follow-ups. It's severely weaker animation, but it does the intended job.

I was pleasantly surprised to hear the same cast involved from the original film, that's always a big positive. Mandy Moore (Rapunzel) and Zachary Levi (Flynn) are fine, while the new additions of Eden Espinosa (Cassandra) and Laura Benanti (Lady Caine) aren't noteworthy at all; very average characters in truth.

I can't hate on this too much though, I'm sure the core target audience will enjoy it and, after all, it is one of Disney better made-for-TV/direct-to-video animated sequels.