beautifully drawn Celtic tale about finding your Fate; touching and funny

Rating: 9/10 (2 June 2013)

Disney and Pixar are always a good bet. The artwork and animation are second to none, and even from the opening scene of landscape, it's a visually stunning film. The human characters are all individual and the lip movement for the dialogue is well done. The plot is original and sweet, very funny and heartwarming. It's a lovely story and I love the Scottish backdrop and traditions. It's tense too with suspense and lots of action. The Highland Games were great and there's lots of physical comedy to enjoy. It has reminiscence of some of the older Disney's ie The Sword in the Stone and like other Disney films there's something for children and much that is definitely adult ie Maudie's bosom and the naked behinds of the clansmen when they've used their kilts as a rope to get down off the roof of the castle. Hilarious.
The use of the Druidic standing stones in the story was beautiful and the soundtrack was lovely. Well researched film. Loved it. Like a lot of Disney/Pixar films it might not be suitable for very little ones as some of the scenes with the bears might be a little scary. There is a little scene after the credits so be sure and watch out for it. Perhaps I felt more drawn to it being of Scottish heritage myself, and bottom line it is a children's film, but I really enjoyed it.