Brave

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Brave

PG

2012

1h 33m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

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Merida (Kelly Macdonald), the impetuous but courageous daughter of Scottish King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), is a skilled archer who wants to carve out her own path in life. Her defiance of an age-old tradition angers the Highland lords and leads to chaos in the kingdom. Merida seeks help from an eccentric witch (Julie Walters), who grants her an ill-fated wish. Now, Merida must discover the true meaning of courage and undo a beastly curse before it's too late.

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Critics Consensus

Brave offers young audiences and fairy tale fans a rousing, funny fantasy adventure with a distaff twist and surprising depth.

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Rafer Guzman

Newsday

11/18/2013

The main problem is that Merida craves adventure but Brave limits her to mother-daughter psychodrama.

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

11/18/2013

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.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

11/18/2013

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.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

02/18/2024

4/5

Many daughters, young and old, can relate to this kind of story about the plans and expectations that their mothers have for them that differ from their own interests.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

10/04/2022

3.5/4

Merida becomes a rare kind of protagonist, whose lesson tells a rapt audience that defying customs is okay, as long as we take responsibility for our actions and consider the ones we love in the process.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/19/2022

3.5/5

A powerful and relevant story wrapped up in gorgeous animation and one of the best soundtracks of the year.

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Blake G.

@BlakeGray 2d

While it’s not my least favorite Pixar movie, it’s certainly not my favorite. Brave offers the same old recycled story that we see in every coming of age film. It’s predictable, has no substance, and often little to no consequences. Nothing happened to her when she turned her mother into a bear. Her mother forgave her immediately after she embarrassed her during the archery ceremony. No consequences, no sitting with the emotions, just plain bland. There were parts I liked, I liked the songs, I think the voice acting was good, I appreciate that they hired actual Scottish actors/actresses. The animation wasn’t the absolute best but it still deserves to be talked about in some regard. Overall, not the best. Coulda been so much more.

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Sam

@SamColacito Feb 12

My Rotten Tomatoes score: 🍅

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@jeff874uitor- Jan 29

We had to watch this movie in French and do 2 google forms, which were alright, but an entire ESSAY along with a multiple-choice with Open-ended on it as well the day before. after it was finished, our teacher made us RETAKE it. the movie has good animation but it caused me PAIN AND SUFFERING, would only recommend to your kid if they WON'T take French in high school

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Benjamin W.

@Code70 Jan 27

I’ve always enjoyed Brave it seems more than most, but it’s absolutely a flawed film. They stupidly fired Branda Chapman as the director (is that her name?), and replaced her with someone else, resulting in a film with two different halves. One being this coming-of-age princess tale, and another being a body-swap ticking time-bomb. I don’t hate it, I get enjoyment out of it every time, but it’s such a fundamentally flawed film.

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Miikka P

@Miikka Jan 12

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Victoria

@Victoria13 Jan 11

Has Crazy haters 😭 this is such a great mother daughter story and it has that classic fun Disney humor

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Synopsis

Merida (Kelly Macdonald), the impetuous but courageous daughter of Scottish King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), is a skilled archer who wants to carve out her own path in life. Her defiance of an age-old tradition angers the Highland lords and leads to chaos in the kingdom. Merida seeks help from an eccentric witch (Julie Walters), who grants her an ill-fated wish. Now, Merida must discover the true meaning of courage and undo a beastly curse before it's too late.

Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Producer: Katherine Sarafian
Screenwriter: Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi
Distributor: Walt Disney, Pixar Animation Studios
Production Co: Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Studios
Rating: PG (Some Scary Action|Rude Humor)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 1, 2014
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Datasat, Surround

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