Tangled Discussion Guide

Family Movie Night
This film can help trigger meaningful dialogue on growing up, love, and self-sacrifice. Parents with older children can also consider the implications of Tangled as a political allegory. (To explore this aspect of the film, see Jeffery A. Tucker’s article at http://mises.org/daily/5307/Tangled-as-Political-Allegory.)

Questions:

1. What does Flynn Rider say to Rapunzel about growing up? 
2. What does the Bible say about rebellion? (Eph 6:2; Prov 30:17)
3. What makes Gothel such a bad mother? (Phil 2:4)
4. How does Flynn’s and the king and queen’s love for Rapunzel compare with Gothel’s shallow love?
5. What Bible story does Flynn’s sacrifice remind you of? (John 3:16)
6. How does Rapunzel become free from Gothel in the end, and how can we also become free from sin?

Answers:

1. He tells her that rebellion is a healthy part of growing up.
2. Rebellion is dangerous. Children should honor their parents, not rebel.
3. She uses Rapunzel for her own selfish gain. Gothel only considers her own interests, paying no attention to what is best for Rapunzel. 
4. They don’t love her for how she can serve them but for who she is. Flynn loves her enough to sacrifice his life to save her (John 15:13). 
5. Flynn’s death reminds us of Christ’s death on the cross to save sinners.
6. Rapunzel becomes free when Flynn cuts her hair. We can become free if we let God take away the sin in our life.