Title: Tangled

Date: 2010

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Human Growth and Development

Keywords: Adolescence, decision making, response to crisis, family trauma

Rating: PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Audience(s): Children Under 12, High School Age, Families

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Baby Princess Rapunzel, who has been blessed with magical healing powers, is kidnapped in the middle of the night from the palace by Mother Gothel. Mother Gothel locks the growing Rapunzel up in a tower that is hidden away in the forest to keep others from accessing the healing powers of Rapunzel’s golden hair. Fast forward to Rapunzel as a teenager with 70-feet worth of golden hair, Princess Rapunzel becomes curious about the outside world. One day, Flynn Rider climbs the tower and holds Rapunzel captive. The pair strike a deal and Flynn Ryder agrees to show Rapunzel the place where the floating light come from. The pair go on a dangerous journey, and Rapunzel ends up finding out more about of herself than she ever imagined.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: Focus on Princess Rapunzel’s parents and what ways they continue to search for their daughter and how they never give up the faith that their daughter will be found.

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Contributor: Krista Hamann