Mother Knows Best (song) own gains. Falco continued, "The audience knows what Gothel wants with Rapunzel, but the fact that we are unable to protect the naïve princess results in further hatred for the witch." Falco also concluded that Gothel's "sinister reprise at the end of "Tangled" allows for these horrifying undertones to emerge, which makes 'Mother Knows Best' one of the most sinister villain songs in the Disney library." Similarly, Elissa Smith of Paper Droids wrote that while the audience is fully aware of Gothel's evil intentions, Rapunzel is denied "the outsider's point of view." Glen Chapman of Den of Geek wrote that
Mother Gothel 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