"Figure Play Set features miniature figurines of both Pascal and Maximus in addition to Rapunzel, Flynn Rider and Mother Gothel. However, merchandise inspired by Maximus remains less common. The character's likeness has, however, been adapted into a plush toy. Pascal and Maximus Pascal and Maximus are a pair of fictional characters who first appear in Walt Disney Pictures' 50th animated feature film ""Tangled"" (2010) as supporting characters, and subsequently star in its short ""Tangled Ever After ""(2012), television film """" and television series """". Created by directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, both characters are voiced by American actor Frank"
"Scott's opinion, ""The Disney pantheon is full of evil stepmothers, though none quite match Mother Gothel for sheer sadistic intensity."" According to Jake Coyle of the ""Southtown Star"", Gothel is ""one of Disney's best"" villains, while Gary Thompson of the ""Philadelphia Daily News ""dubbed the character ""one reason to love Disney"". Michael Smith of the ""Tulsa World ""reviewed Gothel as ""perfectly wicked as she kills Rapunzel's dreams"". Kirk Baird of ""The Blade ""identified Gothel as the film's ""strongest character"". Colin Covert of the ""Star Tribune ""commented,"" """"In her own way, Gothel is scarier than Snow White's wicked stepmother"" because the"
"most potent schemers in the Disney canon"", ""Time""s Richard Corliss felt that Murphy's performance was worthy of a Tony Award for Best Actress, concluding, ""no one can summon the malice in humor, and the fun in pain, like this prima Donna"". In his review of the film's soundtrack, James Christopher Monger of AllMusic wrote that both ""Moore and Murphy take on the lion's share of the work here, and both deliver the goods"". IGN ranked Mother Gothel fourth on their list of ""the 12 Disney Villainesses"". In a list of the thirty-three greatest Disney villains conducted by E!, Mother Gothel"
"causing the character to become ""too dark."" Ultimately, the filmmakers voted in favor of having Gothel be subtle as opposed to having her remain ""a one-note, domineering mother,"" similar to Lady Tremaine, Cinderella's cruel stepmother, from Disney's ""Cinderella ""(1950). As reported by ""The Korea Times"", the thought of Gothel being a villain who is both a ""greedy, selfish woman and a mother figure to Rapunzel"" was initially ""perplexing"" for animator Jin Kim, and it wasn't until after Kim heard Gothel's ""Mother Knows Best"" for the first time that he ""came up with the 1940s Hollywood screen siren motif"" for the"
"felt that Gothel could possibly pioneer ""a new kind of Disney villainess,"" introducing ""the undermining, passive-aggressive, guilt-trip-inducing witch."" ""The Village Voice ""wrote that, as a villain, Gothel ""is Disney’s first villainess whose chief crime is being an underminer,"" warning Rapunzel that she is simply ""too silly, too uneducated, too unsophisticated"" to survive life outside of the tower. The ""Los Angeles Times"" referred to Gothel as ""A guilt-tripping, overprotective, super-manipulative parent from hell."" One film critic observed that ""Gothel is one of the most understated villains Disney has used in a long time. She harkens back to the wicked step mother"
"to heal the kingdom's ailing queen, its powers are inherited by the king and the queen's daughter Rapunzel, removing Gothel's access. With her life suddenly endangered, Gothel kidnaps the infant, imprisoning the princess in an isolated tower for eighteen years while posing as her mother in order to exploit her powers. Inspired by classic Disney villainesses such as the Evil Queen and Lady Tremaine from ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" (1937) and ""Cinderella"" (1950), respectively, Gothel was developed by directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard into a more original, complex villain than the witch upon whom she is based"
"Costumed in a long burgundy gown made of satin, Gothel wears her thick black hair in ""a theatrical up-do."" Mother Gothel, also known as Mother Nature, appears on the ABC television series ""Once Upon a Time"", portrayed by actress Emma Booth. She débuts in the seventh season and is one of the main antagonists. She is the mother of Alice with Captain Hook from the Wish Realm, a powerful witch who is the leader of the Coven of the Eight. In Hyperion Heights, she is an accomplice of Drizella and is known as Eloise Gardener. Mother Gothel will make her"
"isn't all that villainous"", while Tyler Hanley of the ""Palo Alto Daily News ""received Gothel as too ""one-dimensional and generic"". PopMatters' Bill Gibron wrote that, as a villain, Gothel ""can't compete with traditional miscreants like Maleficent or Cruella de Vil"". Alison Gang of ""U-T San Diego ""felt that Gothel was an ""annoying"" character at times, while ""USA Today""s Claudia Puig wrote that ""Gothel plays the role of Rapunzel's loving mom [only] sometimes convincingly"". Although Michelle Orange of Movieline enjoyed Gothel's personality to an extent, the author criticized the character in a mixed review that ""By reducing Mother Gothel to a"
"dismissing her as a weaker, less intimidating Disney villainess than Maleficent from ""Sleeping Beauty"" (1959) and Cruella de Vil from ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"" (1961). Walt Disney himself first attempted to adapt the fairy tale ""Rapunzel"" into a feature-length animated film during the 1940s. However, the filmmaker's efforts were never fully realized because the fairy tale was considered too ""small"". In 2008, co-directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard decided to enlarge the film's scale in order to transform it into a ""big event"" in order for it to be successful. Meanwhile, the character Mother Gothel was developed into a"
"much more complex villain than the witch upon whom she is based, conceiving her as ""a very lonely woman who really did not know how to have a relationship of any kind"". Little else had been determined about the character at the time, who was simply described as ""the type of woman who ... envisioned herself in the spotlight."" A departure from traditional Disney villains, Mother Gothel is not a witch or a sorceress. Because she lacks supernatural powers, the character is forced to rely solely on her wit, charm, intellect and charisma, a conscious decision made by Greno and"
"idea in ""Cinderella ""... She proves it's possible to ""be"" evil without all the theatrics."" The author continued, ""Gothel is one for the ages with a bit of darkly comedic timing and the overall greed and menace a villain needs to be disdained."" The character has received comparisons to the Evil Queen, Snow White's stepmother, from Disney's ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ""(1937). Donna Murphy believed that Gothel did really love Rapunzel in her own way. Mother Gothel performs two of the film's songs: ""Mother Knows Best,"" described as a ""brassy, Broadway-targeted tune"" and an ""authoritarian anthem"" in which"
"Gothel as an abusive mother, writing, ""she is manipulative, dishonest, and dedicated to undermining her daughter's independence. This is shown consistently through all her appearances in the film, but comes out clearly very early indeed, with the song 'Mother Knows Best'. Critics have often identified the sequence as one of the film's darkest and edgiest moments. Acknowledging the song's ""extremely dark undertone"", Anthony Falco of Film Class Junkies wrote, ""This song rues in the fact that a child is impressionable; Rapunzel believes that Mother Gothel has the best intentions, but obviously, the evil witch is using the princess for her"
"cast as Gothel"", continuing, ""her 'Mother Knows Best' is a knockout"". Simon Reynolds of ""Digital Spy ""felt that ""Donna Murphy steals the show"". Similarly dubbing Murphy a scene-stealer, Canoe.ca's Lindsey Ward wrote that ""Murphy ... turns into a giant spectacle with her voice, a powerful force to be reckoned with"". David Edelstein of Vulture.com hailed Murphy as ""Broadway's gift to animated movies"", praising in particular the actress' delivery of ""the movie's best line: ""Oh, so I'm the bad guy now?” Quickflix deemed Murphy ""wonderful"", while Stephen Witty of ""The Star-Ledger"" called her ""terrific"". Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media"
"September 11, 2010, as the festival's closing film. When Disney sold Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings, LLC, Disney took over distribution through its division Touchstone Pictures. The film was released on December 10, 2010. The film has received mixed to negative reviews from critics; Rotten Tomatoes maintains that 30% of 86 reviewers gave a positive review with an average score of 4.6/10. ""Entertainment Weekly"" said the film – ""theatrically ambitious, musically busy, and in the end cinematically inert – clearly reflects the authorship of myth-loving director Julie Taymor."" ""USA Today"" found that ""Mirren keeps the film on track. But incomprehensible"
"character ""doesn't cast spells; she's fully capable of manipulating, guilt-tripping and emotionally undermining the girl"". Several comparisons have been made between Gothel and the Evil Queen in Disney's ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" (1937), while several critics observed the character's likeness to singer Cher; Peter Howell of the ""Toronto Star"" joked that Gothel is ""suspiciously Cher-like in her quest for eternal youth"". However, critics were not unanimous in their praise, as some reviewers felt that the character was too passive and tame to be a convincing villain. Jeff Meyers of the ""Detroit Metro Times ""wrote that the film's ""villain"
"because the character is forced to rely solely on her wit, charisma and intelligence as opposed to sorcery in order to survive. The film's most difficult character to develop, Gothel's exotic appearance, whose beauty, dark curly hair and voluptuous figure were deliberately designed to serve as a foil to Rapunzel's, was inspired by the appearance of Murphy herself and American singer Cher. Mother Gothel has been mostly well received by film critics, who enjoyed the character's humor, complexity, charisma and showmanship, dubbing her a scene stealer, while praising Murphy's performance enthusiastically. However, some critics argued that Gothel was too passive,"
"witches in the musical, ""Dothy et le Magicien d’Oz"" by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen at the Grand Rex. The press and public are unanimous in her vocal performance and the quality of her interpretation as an actress. She is mother Gothel’s voice in ""Tangled"", the Disney movie, for the songs (which is otherwise dubbed by Isabelle Adjani). At the end of 2010, she is Donna Sheridan, the leading part of the French version of ""Mamma Mia!"" one of the biggest musical hits in 2011. The show is on tour in France in 2012 and 2013 (Over 1.1 million of"
"opined, ""As for the dramatic tension, it's best in the form of Mother Gothel – brilliantly played by Murphy, whose signature Broadway voice ... adds the necessary punch"". Chen added that Gothel ""is ... a personal favorite"" while comparing the character to Cher and actress Sophia Loren. ""The A.V. Club""s Tasha Robinson wrote that Gothel was ""magnificently voiced by star Murphy"". Murphy's performance of ""Mother Knows Best"" has also been very positively received, with critics again comparing the actress to Julie Andrews. While calling Gothel's voice ""to die for"", Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" deemed her performance of the song"
"the very best of [Stephen] Sondheim's crazed heroines"". IGN's Jim Vejvoda penned, ""Mother Gothel nearly steals the show, with her overprotective tyranny being made to seem almost rational"". Dubbed Disney's ""first passive-aggressive villain"" by Helen O'Hara of ""Empire"", the author reviewed, ""the fact that [Gothel] is entirely bereft of superpowers and reliant on her considerable wits to keep her going makes her strangely admirable"". Writing for the ""Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"", Cathy Jakicic called the character ""a great contemporary villain"" who ""many daughters (and mothers) will find ... funny and a little too familiar"". In ""The New York Times"" A. O."
"debut appearance in the ""Kingdom Hearts"" series in the upcoming ""Kingdom Hearts III"", with Murphy reprising her role in the English version. Mother Gothel has garnered mostly positive reviews from film critics. Nigel Andrews of the ""Financial Times ""felt that the character was given the film's ""best lines and tunes"". Film4 described Gothel as a ""fun"" character ""to the extent that she risks making the good guys seem a bit dull."" Hailing Gothel as the film's """"pièce de résistance"""", Georgie Hobbs of ""Little White Lies"" wrote that Gothel ""performs ... 'Mother Knows Best' ... with a schizophrenic frenzy worthy of"
"work"" while ""Frollo is a much more sophisticated villain, but easier to understand ... than Mother Gothel"", whose relationship with Rapunzel is more manipulative than the Frollo-Quasimodo dynamic. While writing ""Mother Knows Best"", Menken was briefly concerned that ""there [would] be a rash of children trying to kill their parents after they’ve seen the movie."" According to directors Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, one of the song's lines, ""getting kind of chubby"", was lifted from an interview the directors had held with several female Disney employees, in which they asked them to describe their relationships with their mothers. Menken was"
"have warmth"". Greno believes that Gothel is particularly scary because she is not a witch, explaining, ""She's a real-world-type villain."" Considered ""one of the [film's] hardest characters to crack"" by Greno, he and Howard wanted Gothel to be depicted as a conniving villain who is likeable and charismatic enough that audiences would be convinced by her and Rapunzel's unconventional relationship. Greno explained, ""if Mother Gothel was a mean villainess, and looked like a villainess and acted scary, you'd be like, 'Why is Rapunzel staying in the tower?'"" In early drafts, Gothel was inspired by Ursula from ""The Little Mermaid ""(1989),"
"to make the villain appear more relatable. Gothel's ""Mother Knows Best"" line ""Getting kind of chubby"" was in fact borrowed from one of these interviews. Gothel embodies ""the darker side"" of overprotective parents; at the beginning of the film, Gothel and Rapunzel's relationship resembles more-so of ""a pure mother-daughter relationship."" Elaborating on Gothel's ""unique mothering style"", Howard explained to ""Den of Geek"" that the character"" """"has to convince this smart girl that she is her mother ... whatever her motivations are."" Citing Gothel as one of the film's most difficult characters to develop as a result of her complex relationship"
"2010 Disney film ""Alice in Wonderland"", voiced by Paul Whitehouse. His full name is Thackery Earwicket; this, however, is not mentioned in the film. In the movie, the March Hare behaves as if constantly nerve-wracked and completely delirious. He is a cook in the film, and the way he eccentrically throws dishes and pots suggests he is an amalgam of both the March Hare and the cook from Lewis Carroll's original book. The March Hare has a strong Scottish accent in this movie, while his friend the Mad Hatter (played by Johnny Depp) switches into a Scottish accent as well"
"9, 2010. It was directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, based on an original story by Sergio Pablos and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. The film stars Steve Carell as the voice of Felonious Gru, Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Dana Gaier as Edith, Elsie Fisher as Agnes, Jason Segel as Vector, Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario and Julie Andrews as Marlena Gru, Gru's mother. It tells the story of Gru, a super-villain who adopts three girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes, from an orphanage to try and steal a shrink ray from Vector (otherwise known as Victor), his"
"movie characters by Digital Spy, commenting that ""Julia Roberts and Charlize Theron may have taken a stab at this role in two competing 2012 blockbusters, but they didn't get anywhere near the kind of creepiness of Disney's evil Queen,"" as well as among ten scariest Disney villains of all time by entertainment.ie. In 2014, E! ranked ""the original head bitch in charge"" as the seventh top Disney Villain, while WatchMojo.com ranked her as the ninth top Disney animated villain and the fifth greatest female movie villain of all time. Nerdist put the Disney Villainesses ""starting in 1937 with the Evil"
"Goblin (film) Goblin is a 2010 television film directed by Jeffery Scott Lando and written by Raul Inglis. The movie was released on the SyFy channel on July 7, 2010. Filming for ""Goblin"" took place in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada. In 1831 a hamlet holds a yearly ritual to cleanse their home of anything they view as unclean. As a result, the deformed infant of a witch is thrown into a bonfire, which enrages her. She curses the town, saying that every Halloween a goblin will come to the town and try to take its children. Anyone attempting to"
"with Rapunzel, Greno explained to ""Den of Geek"": The ""St. Paul Pioneer Press ""observed that Gothel represents ""an update"" of the traditional wicked stepmother, evolving into ""the passive-aggressive stepmother"" instead. In actress Donna Murphy's opinion, a ""classic"" villainess is ""somebody who wants something with such intensity and such great need but comes to a place of not being bound by any kind of moral code or any sense of what’s ethical"", concluding that ""They will do anything to get what they want"". ""The Austin Chronicle ""observed that the directors' inclusion of Gothel as ""an evil mother figure as a trigger"
"(2010), a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Before she secured the role, she dyed her hair red to convince Favreau that she was right for the part, and undertook stunt and strength training to prepare for the role. Johannsson said the character resonated with her, and she admired the superhero's human traits. The film earned $623.9million against its $200million budget, and received generally positive reviews from critics, but she was mostly criticized for her performance. Tim Robey of ""The Daily Telegraph"" and Matt Goldberg thought that she had little to do but look attractive. In 2011, Johansson played"
"film features commentary with director Darren Lynn Bousman and actor Shawn Ashmore. ""Mother's Day"" was released into cinemas in the United Kingdom on the June 10, 2011. ""Mother's Day"" received mixed reviews, but De Mornay´s performance received widespread praise. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 42% rotten rating, based on 43 reviews. The film made the UK top 10 box office chart where it opened at number 9 following its release on June 10, 2011. The film grossed £94,385 ($155,003) from 79 sites. Mother's Day (2010 film) Mother's Day is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren"
"portrayed Victor Crowley and Reverend Zombie in the 2006 film, respectively. Danielle Harris portrays Marybeth, a role originally played by Tamara Feldman. The film was originally screened at the 2010 London FrightFest Film Festival on August 26, 2010. It was released unrated in the United States on October 1, 2010. Picking up immediately where the first film ended, Marybeth (Danielle Harris) is attacked by Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder), but manages to escape. Jack Cracker (John Carl Buechler) finds her, pulls her out of the river, and takes her back to his cabin. After finding out her last name, he forces"
"stands today - 78 years after the release of the first movie,"" as the most evil personality that Disney has ever created. Moviepilot also proposed ""Disney could give Snow White the Maleficent treatment and make a version telling the story through the Evil Queen’s perspective,"" suggesting she should be played by Megan Fox. In 2016, The Frisky described her and Maleficent as ""two of the best-realized female villains in movie history."" According to Maria Tatar, an academic specializing in children's literature, the film turned ""the evil queen into a figure of gripping narrative energy and makes Snow White [the character]"
"released during the summer or the holiday period (behind ""The Hunger Games""), the fourth-largest for a Disney-distributed film and the fourth-largest among 2010 films. It dominated for three consecutive weekends at the worldwide box office. On May 26, 2010, its 85th day of release, it became the sixth film ever to surpass the $1 billion mark and the second film that had been released by Walt Disney Studios that did so. In North America, ""Alice in Wonderland"" is the forty-fourth-highest-grossing film but out of the top 100 when adjusted for inflation. It is also the second-highest-grossing 2010 film, behind ""Toy"