Brave

3.50
    Brave
    2012

    Synopsis

    Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Mérida’s quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom’s three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall.

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    Cast

    • Kelly MacdonaldMerida (voice)
    • Emma ThompsonElinor (voice)
    • Billy ConnollyFergus (voice)
    • Julie WaltersThe Witch (voice)
    • Robbie ColtraneLord Dingwall (voice)
    • Kevin McKiddLord MacGuffin / Young MacGuffin (voice)
    • Craig FergusonLord Macintosh (voice)
    • Peigi BarkerYoung Merida (voice)
    • Steve PurcellThe Crow (voice)
    • Patrick DoyleMartin (voice)

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    • 80

      Variety

      Brave offers a tougher, more self-reliant heroine for an era in which princes aren't so charming, set in a sumptuously detailed Scottish environment where her spirit blazes bright as her fiery red hair.
    • 80

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      In addition to being fast, funny, and unpretentious, Brave is a happy antidote to all the recent films in which women triumph by besting men at their own macho games.
    • 80

      Village Voice

      The animation studio's first film with a female protagonist, a defiant lass who acts as a much-welcome corrective to retrograde Disney heroines of the past and the company's unstoppable pink-princess merchandising.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      Merida may be a headstrong heroine, a feisty animated hybrid who calls to mind Katniss Everdeen, Bella Swan, and the neo-fairy-tale protagonist who faces off against her evil stepmother in "Snow White and the Huntsman." But she is also, for safety's sake, a nice girl in a pretty green dress who loves her family and believes in dynasty.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Visually stunning and strongly voiced, but doesn't take any real risks.
    • 70

      Salon

      Moms and girls everywhere deserve this movie, absolutely, and I hope they have a great time. But they also deserve much more, and much better.
    • 70

      Arizona Republic

      You won't find a lot of jaw-dropping elements in Brave. But what you will find is really well-done.
    • 50

      Slant Magazine

      Pixar's latest ultimately offers nothing more than a caricature of a well-worn conceit.

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