Rotten
The main problem is that Merida craves adventure but Brave limits her to mother-daughter psychodrama.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Brave
Change your fate.
2012 · 1h 33m · PG
Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Mark Andrews
,
Steve Purcell
,
Brenda Chapman
Overview
In the mystical Scottish Highlands, Merida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Merida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Merida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Merida'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.
Director and cast
- Mark Andrews Director
- Steve Purcell Director
- Brenda Chapman Director
- Kelly Macdonald as Mérida (voice)
- Emma Thompson as Elinor (voice)
- Billy Connolly as King Fergus (voice)
- Julie Walters as The Witch (voice)
- Robbie Coltrane as Lord Dingwall (voice)
- Kevin McKidd as Lord MacGuffin / Young MacGuffin (voice)
- Craig Ferguson as Lord Macintosh (voice)
- Peigi Barker Cast
- Steve Purcell Cast
- Patrick Doyle Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
By the climax, at which all right-thinking viewers will have dissolved in a puddle of warm appreciation, the new Pixar film has earned two cheers and a big bear hug.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
The story for this revisionist fairy tale, which promotes contemporary attitudes about parenting and gender equality, is less inspired than usual for Pixar, but the movie upholds the studio's high standard of computer animation.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Fresh
No, not another Pixar classic, but for full-on family fun it's a brave effort.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Fresh
The story, with its patchwork of plots (involving feuding clans and disastrous spells), holds together enough to thrill intermittently.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
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