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...
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Brave 3D
Disney and Pixar's Academy Award-winning animated adventure about Merida (voiced by Kelly McDonald), a Scottish princess who confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasties. A skilled archer and the spirited daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), Merida is determined to follow her own path.
She defies an age-old custom to marry the sons of the land’s lords: massive MacGuffin (Kevin McKidd), surly Macintosh (Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Dingwall (Robbie Coltrane). But this inadvertently unleashes chaos and fury in the kingdom, forcing Merida to undo a beastly curse before it's too late.
Less2012Rating: PG, contains scary scenes93 minsUSADisney / Pixar
AdventureAnimatedKids & FamilyFantasy3D
- Director:
- Mark Andrews (feature debut)Brenda Chapman ('The Prince of Egypt')
- Writer:
- Brenda ChapmanIrene Mecchi
- Cast:
- Kelly MacdonaldJulie WaltersBilly ConnollyEmma ThompsonKevin McKiddRobbie ColtraneJohn RatzenbergerCraig Ferguson
Brave 3D | Awards
Best Animated Film at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards 2013.
Brave 3D | Reviews
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.
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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.
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Time Out
This isn't the NASCAR-fellating cash grab that is the Cars franchise, but it's still Pixar on preachy autopilot.
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Hollywood Reporter
Pixar's 13th feature plays it safe and old-fashioned rather than risky and adventurous.
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Box Office Magazine
There's no denying the film's refrain that legends are lessons, but Brave is sadly remedial.
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A.V. Club
At its best, Brave accesses all the complicated feelings involved between a parent and a rebellious adolescent.
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Brave 3D | Release Details
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