Plot.
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Tangles

2026 · Film · 102 min

  • Animation
  • Drama
  • Comedy
  • History

Plot

A young woman is forced to return to the conservative small town where her bizarre family lives to take care of her mother, having to deal with the cruel reality of her mom's Alzheimer disease and become the daughter they need.

About Tangles

Tangles is a 2026 adult animated biographical drama film directed by Leah Nelson, co-written with Sarah Leavitt and Trev Renney, based on Leavitt's graphic novel Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother and Me. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson, Bryan Cranston, Beanie Feldstein, Seth Rogen, Samira Wiley, Pamela Adlon, Pat Finn, Phil Rosenthal, Adam Shapiro, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, and Bowen Yang. The film had its world premiere at the Special Screenings section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2026, where it was nominated for the Caméra d'Or and the Queer Palm. The film is scheduled to be released in limited theaters in the United States on January 15, 2027, before expanding wide on January 22.

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Cast

  • Julia Louis-DreyfusMidge Leavitt (voice)
  • Abbi JacobsonSarah Leavitt (voice)
  • Bryan CranstonRob Leavitt (voice)
  • Samira WileyDonimo (voice)
  • Beanie FeldsteinHannah Leavitt (voice)
  • Seth RogenZach (voice)
  • Wanda SykesPaula (voice)
  • Bowen YangDale (voice)
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