Pixar's Brave Movie Review

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Ojha's Opinion:  

Amazing animation, just short of Pixar's standard, young audience will surely enjoy, adults may find it a bit itchy. Let your kids go alone.

IMDb: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10
Metacritic: 67/100

Voice Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson, Kevin McKidd
Directed By: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman and Steve Purcell
Genre: Animation Comedy
Runtime/Duration: 1hr 34mins
In Theatres: June 22, 2012
Banner: Walt Disney Pictures

  14 Reviews | Avg Rating: 3/5

From India


CNN IBN: By Rajeev Masand
Rating: 2.5/5

Pixar's latest film Brave can be safely described as a children’s movie. After all, the animation is gorgeous but the humor is mostly slapstick, and the message is hammered into our heads repeatedly. Plus, the film’s premise – of a feisty princess who must undo a witch’s dastardly spell in the face of danger – feels old-fashioned and familiar. Neither layered, nor blazingly original like many of Pixar’s previous films, Brave offers relentless action and silly laughs instead…which isn’t exactly a terrible recipe for a children’s film.......Read Full Review

Hindustan Times: By Anupama Chopra
Rating: 3.5/5

Brave isn't a Pixar classic.  The first half hour seems a little too pat but then the film moves into unexpected territory.  Brave gets the mother-bond exactly right - they love each other but also drive each other crazy. Brave is lovely film that mothers and daughters should see, preferably together.......Read Full Review

Rediff.com : By Raja Sen 
Rating: 2/5

It is nothing more than the visuals: just another cartoon, something that could have come from Dreamworks or Fox. Brave is not the annual Pixar event that enthralls us, and as an adult who takes great joy in being predictably overwhelmed by the tablelamp-hopping wizards each summer, it's a crushing disappointment. Take the kids if you like, sure, but I do recommend renting Mulan instead.......Read Full Review

Times of India: By Renuka Vyavahare
Rating: 3/5 Good

'Brave' is one such story of a feisty princess Merida (voice Kelly Macdonald) who cherishes her freedom. Brave is every girl's story. The mother-daughter relationship shown is extremely genuine. The film however drags in the first half and gets a tad too childish at times, making the intent of the film lose its significance. Brave is heart-warming, liberating!......Read Full Review

DNA: By Daniel Pinto
Rating: 3/5

Brave is a spell-bindingly pretty, moderately-entertaining but not extremely profound Pixar offering. As beautiful as animated films come, this is one film the genre’s buffs wouldn’t want to miss out on. They must, however, be ready to forgive the relative conventionalism......Read Full Review

Mid-Day: By Mihir Fadnavis
Rating: 3/5

The problem with Pixar is that one expects every film of theirs to be groundbreaking, and while their latest Brave fails to be one, it’s still a charming and entertaining little story. Brave is a cute little film that stands apart from the slam-bang pop culture laced humour that epitomises the current crop of animated movies.......Read Full Review

From Hollywood


Rotten Tomatoes: by Flixter
Rating: 6.7/10

It may not live up to the lofty standards of the Pixar brand, but Brave offers young audiences and fairy tale fans a rousing, funny fantasy adventure with a distaff twist -- and surprising depth.

Chicago Suntimes: By Roger Ebert
Rating: 3/4

The good news is that the kids will probably love it, and the bad news is that parents will be disappointed if they're hoping for another Pixar groundbreaker. "Brave" has an uplifting message about improving communication between mothers and daughters......Read Full Reveiw

NYTimes: by Manhola Dargis
Rating: 2.5/5

Pixar movie, “Brave,” is a marvel of computer imagineering. While the mother-daughter clashes may make the story "relatable," they drain it of its mythopoetic potential, turning what could have been a cool postmodern fairy tale into another family melodrama.....Read Full Review

Rolling Stone: By Peter Travers
Rating: 3.5/4

Pixar's Brave is a rousing, gorgeously animated good time. When a witch turns Merida's loving mom (Emma Thompson) into a sometime grizzly bear, Brave takes dark, dazzling turns. The beasts of the Scottish wild are no match for Merida's girl power......Read Full Review

Wall Street Journal: By Joe Morgenstern
Rating: Mixed

The most important lesson for the audience is to be clear about what you expect. This is less a film in the lustrous Pixar tradition than a Disney fairy tale told with Pixar's virtuosity. As such, it's enjoyable, consistently beautiful, fairly conventional, occasionally surprising and ultimately disappointing.....Read Full Review

Hollywood Reporter: By Todd McCarthy
Rating: Thumbs Down

A film that starts off big and promising but diminishes into a rather wee thing as it chugs along, with climactic drama that is both too conveniently wrapped up and hinges on magical elements that are somewhat confusing to boot......Read Full Review

Entertainment Weekly: By Lisa Schwarzbaum
Rating: B

Turns out to be much less about the qualities that mark a heroine built to interest a 21st-century audience of girls, boys, and accompanying adults, and much more about the complexities of mother-daughter relations.....Read Full Review

McClatchy Tribune: By Roger Moore
Rating: 3.5/4

The colors are stunning, the animation lush, photo-realistic and wet. Since its inception, no animation house has been as good at telling an adult story for children, as adept at tugging the heartstrings as Pixar, and "Brave" continues that tradition......Read Full Review