Brave...3 out of 4 Skittles

Rating: 8/10 (6 September 2012)

Brave is charming, funny, heart-warming and filled with excitement. Everything we've come to expect from a Pixar animated film. Built on their reputation from past classics Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Wall-E and Up, Pixar continues to prove that when it comes to great animated family filmsthere's Pixar.and then there's everyone else.
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, No Country For Old Men) brings the lead character Merida to life with such likability and honesty that you tend to forget she is generated by a computer. Emma Thompson (Nanny McPhee, Men In Black 3) and Billy Connolly (The Last Samurai, The Boondock Saints) round out the lead voice characters providing a warm and truthful environment that help paint a portrait of realism and showcase why Merida is the young woman she's become.
I can't rate Brave at the top of the modern masterpiece class with the likes of Up and Wall-E, but it is very good and definitely lives up to the Pixar standard. It's a family film that the entire family will actually enjoy. Thanks Pixar for being one of the only studios that seems to understand how to make that possible.
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