Not the usual Pixar quality.

Rating: 5/10 (9 May 2019)

When I first saw Brave, I wasn't impressed like I usually am by Pixar.
The premise is pretty generic and the mother/daughter relationship isn't very interesting, because of the clichéd story of rebelling against the old traditions of royalty. And to be honest, I didn't find Merida that likable when she more or less constantly bickered and argued with her mother. Not much new done with this material in an already lackluster story.
The other members of the clan can be entertaining and the animation is beautiful as always with Pixar, but visual brilliance is only surface level quality, because a well crafted story can save mediocre animation, but not the other way around in my book.
And out of all animals you can think of why should the mother be turned into a bear? Disney already given us Brother Bear, but at the very least Pixar didn't make it talk and instead added a little fun mannerisms.
Mediocre by Pixar standards, but harmless as a movie in general. Brave can bare the Pixar logo, but in my book not the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature of 2012.