The weight of expectations

Rating: 6/10 (6 August 2015)

Brave is, in itself, a droll, pleasant yarn about a rebellious princess in ancient Scotland. Package is flawless, with solid voice acting and splendid visuals.
However, movies can't be judged in a vacuum - and this was made by Pixar, the animation studio which crafted some of the most imaginative, topical and daring (both in themes and form) mainstream movies of the last decade, from Finding Nemo to Inside Out. Compared to, say, the stunning, silent first half of Wall-E, or the opening montage about love and loss of Up, Brave is safe, lightweight fluff.
Cue a zany witch, inevitable visual jokes about kilt-wearing highland warriors and bare rears, a curse with a prim queen mother turned into a bear (slapstick ensues), and so on. It's... okay, I guess? A fun adventure for kids - and yeah, the magical version of the typically unhelpful automated answering service had me in stitches. It just pales next to other Pixar movies (well, the majority of them), which are much more than that.
6,5/10