A Great Mother/Daughter film

Rating: 7/10 (20 June 2013)

Animation: 8/10 The animation is amazing (equal to the quality in UP I would say). The animation really excels when showing the Scottish landscape as well as Merida's hair. The only sad part is that after the opening first act you don't see too many larger scenes of the landscape.
Voice Acting: 10/10 This is where the film is absolutely perfect, some people have been complaining they had difficulty watching since everyone in the film have such thick Scottish accents but it brings a lot of originality to the film and helps bring more personality to all the characters. The accents (though Scottish) are similar to How to Train your Dragon, if those accents bothered you the ones in this film probably will as well.
Score: 7/10 Fits perfectly with the film. The score was done by Patrick Doyle using bagpipes, single flutes and other Scottish instruments adapting traditional Scottish jigs and Gaelic psalms. The result is a score with an authentic Scottish feel as well as sounding surprisingly modern.
Story: 5/10 Unfortunately this is were the film starts to fall apart, the characters are really fantastic, and this film is very much a character story, but the actual plot surrounding those characters is mediocre at best. The first act in the film, which sets up the characters and background, is perfect in every way, and I mean perfect. Unfortunately once the plot gets going into the second and third act the film becomes increasingly average.
Still it is a great film centering on a real mother daughter kind of relationship, and the character of Merida herself is a great role model for kids, she is far from the perfect stylized princesses with an adult personality that have traditionally been used. This princess is a real girl imperfect with a genuine childlike and spontaneous personality.
Conclusion: 7/10 This is a great film about a mother and daughter both needing to listen to one another, they learn to recognize their own flaws, listen to what the other wants, and see the world through the others point of view. If you're looking for an animated mother/daughter film or a good young female role model then this is the best film out there.
side note: A lot of younger kids have found the bear Mordu in the film too scary, google a picture of Mordu before you watch it, he really is surprisingly frightening for a children's film.