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Brave offers young audiences and fairy tale fans a rousing, funny fantasy adventure with a distaff twist and surprising depth.
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The main problem is that Merida craves adventure but Brave limits her to mother-daughter psychodrama. November 18, 2013 | Full Review…
The main problem is that Merida craves adventure but Brave limits her to mother-daughter psychodrama.
Rafer Guzman
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. November 18, 2013 | Full Review…
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
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. November 18, 2013 | Full Review…
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
Unsatisfying for all ages. August 9, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Unsatisfying for all ages.
Peter Bradshaw
No, not another Pixar classic, but for full-on family fun it's a brave effort. August 7, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
No, not another Pixar classic, but for full-on family fun it's a brave effort.
Trevor Johnston
The story, with its patchwork of plots (involving feuding clans and disastrous spells), holds together enough to thrill intermittently. July 2, 2012 | Full Review…
The story, with its patchwork of plots (involving feuding clans and disastrous spells), holds together enough to thrill intermittently.
Bruce Diones
Brave is a charming diversion lacking the inspiration needed to make it linger in the memory. February 14, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Brave is a charming diversion lacking the inspiration needed to make it linger in the memory.
Jim Ross
...try as they might to dress up Brave's conventional story with delicious visuals in hopes of balancing its faults, the film remains a substandard Pixar production that lacks the inventive creativity that we've all come to love and expect. February 9, 2020 | Full Review…
...try as they might to dress up Brave's conventional story with delicious visuals in hopes of balancing its faults, the film remains a substandard Pixar production that lacks the inventive creativity that we've all come to love and expect.
Jordan M. Smith
However, what the film lacks in originality, it makes up for in technical and animated excellence. December 9, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
However, what the film lacks in originality, it makes up for in technical and animated excellence.
Katie Smith-Wong
Be transported to ancient Scotland and a land of magic and adventure. The most visually stunning animated film of the year, Brave hits the bullseye! Move over Katniss! Merida's in town! November 26, 2019 | Full Review…
Be transported to ancient Scotland and a land of magic and adventure. The most visually stunning animated film of the year, Brave hits the bullseye! Move over Katniss! Merida's in town!
Debbie Lynn Elias
...call me picky, but it seems a shame that a movie devoted to demolishing an outdated stereotype of female subservience enlists legion hall of hoary stereotypes to do so. July 31, 2019 | Full Review…
...call me picky, but it seems a shame that a movie devoted to demolishing an outdated stereotype of female subservience enlists legion hall of hoary stereotypes to do so.
Brian D. Johnson
There's plenty of rowdy humor to keep audiences entertained. But for a supposedly progressive film, Brave is marked by a notable amount of timidity. June 20, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
There's plenty of rowdy humor to keep audiences entertained. But for a supposedly progressive film, Brave is marked by a notable amount of timidity.
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