I actually saw this as a preview screening on the 5th January. It was released in UK on the 28th January 2011. You are probably looking at American release date unless you saw an even earlier preview screening than I did! I log and review every single film I see at the cinema so I know the dates
Glad you thought it scaled the heights of other classics but I just didnt feel it to that extent but as my score reflects I highly enjoyed it. Being a modern film has nothing to do with it,
I'm surprised at you to think of me that way, tut tut I thought Princess and the Frog could have been up there if the songs were a tad more tuneful. But give me a choice, I will watch Pinocchio, Dumbo, Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Little Mermaid, Aristocats, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Fox and the Hound, 101 dalmations, Hunchback of Notre Damn, and Aladdin endlessly over Tangled. But I rate Tangled over or equal to most of the other Disney movies.