Mother and daughter animation movie

Rating: 7/10 (17 August 2012)

This Pixar animated movie focuses on a sometimes-fraught relationship between a teenage daughter and her mothers.
Set in Scotland in "olden times" we meet Princess Merida, who loves nothing better than riding her horse and practicing her archery. However her mother, Queen Elinor, feels she should be more ladylike, especially since she intends to marry her daughter off to one of the sons of the local clan lords for political reasons. Merida is not pleased with this at all and there is a big argument. After meeting a witch Merida asks for a spell to "change" her mother. Of course this doesn't go as she expects and the action really begins.
Unlike most animation movies the plot takes a few twists I didn't expect. As with all Pixar movies the animation is of the highest quality. The makers are obviously very proud of the job they did on creating Merida's red curly hair as it literally shines out from almost every scene! There are familiar voices doing the main roles, such as Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson.
A very enjoyable movie for both young and old